NetComposites.com News http://www.netcomposites.com Get the latest news and information about NetComposites and the composite industry en-us 60 Copyright 2000 - 2012 NetComposites.com, All Rights Reserved. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Ridea Skis Use TeXtreme Spread Tow Reinforcements Sweden based Ridea Skis have recently released their new high-performance ski models built with TeXtreme Spread Tow Reinforcements which they describe as the lightest high-performance skis in the world.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7231 Gordon Murray Design and Toray Enter Technical Partnership Gordon Murray Design has entered into a technical partnership with Toray Industries which stems from the launch of the TEEWAVE AR.1 at the Tokyo Motor Show in December 2011.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7230 Senator Brown and Airbus Announce New R&D Consortium Centre US Senator Sherrod Brown, Airbus Americas Chairman Allan McArtor, and Lisa Novelli, President of the National Composite Centre (NCC) have joined their efforts to establish a new aerospace research and development consortium.
 

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7229 Composites One Demonstrate Closed Mould Technology Live at COMPOSITES 2012 Composites One, the Closed Mold Alliance and over 15 industry partners, will host a demonstration of closed mould technology live on the show floor during COMPOSITES 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada on a specially designed staging area at Booth #629, both Wednesday, February 22, and Thursday, February 23.
 

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7228 UBC Gains Investment to Advance Canadian Composites Industry The University of British Columbia (UBC) say that businesses in western Canada’s manufacturing sector will receive a federal investment of $9.8 million and Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, unveiled the pan-western Composites Research Network (CRN) which aims to provide businesses the necessary skills and knowledge in a rapidly expanding and evolving industry.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7227 Approval Granted for Iberdrola Renewables’ Tule Wind Power Project The US Department of the Interior has issued its final approval of the Tule Wind Power Project with Secretary Ken Salazar signing the Record of Decision on the Environmental Impact Statement; this is the approval for the portion of the project on federal lands, making it the first approval of five California “priority” wind energy projects proposed for public lands.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7226 DSM Dyneema Successfully Resolve Patent Infringement Dispute in the UK DSM Dyneema has successfully concluded its patent infringement dispute with Miclin and J&D Wilkie (Kirriemuir/UK), trading under the Jack Ellis brand, in a case which was brought before the Patents Court of the High Court in London, and resulted in a settlement, details of which were not made public.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7225 NREL and Gamesa to Collaborate on R&D Project The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Gamesa Technology have formed a collaboration to study and test a variety of components and systems that are expected to guide development of the next generation of wind turbines designed specifically for the US marketplace.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7224 UK Products Showcased Through JEC Technical Sales Presentations As the UK is the country of honour at JEC 2012, Composites UK, UKTI and the National Composites Centre are encouraging UK companies to take part in the Technical Sales presentations at JEC Paris, 27-29 March 2012.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7223 Submissions Requested for the AVK Innovation Award 2012 The AVK Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe (Federation of Reinforced Plastics) invites submissions for the AVK Innovation Award 2012 in the area of fibre reinforced plastics (FRP).

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7222 Hexcel and Snecma Grant Non-Exclusive License to LIBA Hexcel and Snecma Propulsion Solide have granted a non-exclusive license to LIBA under their patents to produce machines for making sheets of multiaxial fibre by laying up unidirectional layers of material formed by spreading several spread tows of filaments, covering those machines currently marketed under the name “COPCENTRA MAX 5” and associated equipment.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7221 COMPOSITES 2012 Launches Online Schedule The complete program for COMPOSITES 2012 is now available online at www.acmashow.com, aiming to bring together all segments of the composites industry in Las Vegas on February 21-23.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7220 Resintex Technology Promotes New Product Range Resintex Technology will exhibit their new product range at the forthcoming Seatec exhibition from 8th-10th February 2012, Carrara, Italy.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7219 Caterham Composites Enters Strategic Partnership with Altair Engineering Caterham Composites have signed a partnership with Altair Engineering to help both companies streamline the critical exchange between design and simulation and they expect their combined years of experience to create great value for their existing customer base and further strengthen their ability to offer increased value for future clients.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7218 Sp-High Modulus to Exhibit at Seatec 2012 SP-High Modulus will exhibit at the forthcoming Seatec exhibition from 8th-10th February 2012, Carrara, Italy, for the first time.

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7217 New Makkah Clock Tower Inaugurated Featuring Gurit Materials The recently inaugurated Makkah clock tower, the central tower of the Abraj-Al Arab development in Makkah, KSA, features FRP composite materials and structural engineering from advanced composite specialists Gurit. 

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7216 Mattia’s Catamaran Made Lighter Using New Technologies Mattia recently launched the Mattia 60, an ocean going sailing catamaran, designed to offer greater speed and manoeuvrability than predecessors, and after investigations into composite materials and processing options the end result is a reengineered fibreglass craft, 19 metre (62ft) long by 9 metre (30ft) wide with a 23 metre high mast which displaces only 17,000kg and is capable of sailing at up to 23 knots.

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7215 New Automotive Carbon Fibre Research Project Launched The House of Composites (HOC), DTU Wind Energy, and Ph.D. Morten Rask has been granted 1.6 million Danish kroner (approximately 210.000€) by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation to form a 3 year industrial postdoc project entitled Mass production method for high quality composite material lightweight components.

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7214 Seifert and Skinner & Associates Expands Seifert and Skinner & Associates (SSA) has expanded their composites laboratory and opened a new testing facility and office in Hasselt, Belgium.

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.netcomposites.com/news.asp?7213 AnalySwift’s Release Latest VABS Software AnalySwift has released VABS 3.6 featuring an improved method of optimising the finite element mesh.

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