Over 40 percent lighter than steel counterpart
Tepex dynalite continuous-fiber-reinforced, semi-finished thermoplastic composites are now finding new applications in vehicle interiors. Tepex is used for backseat load-through of an offroad vehicle
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Toyo divesting industrial products unit to Nitta and Sekisui
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. agreed to divest major portions of its chemical industrial products business unit to fellow other Japanese companies Nitta Corp. and Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. for undisclosed sums.
Smooth steering, safe control
The French automotive supplier Valeo has now developed a top column module whose housing and levers are made of BASF’s engineering plastics Ultramid SI (PA) and Ultradur (PBT).
EU to probe Chinese tire dumping
The European Commission has started antidumping investigation proceedings concerning imports of new and retreaded truck and bus tires from China.
Industry competence in action
At the Fakuma 2017 from October 17 - October 21 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, ENGEL will be opening up new horizons for the injection moulding industry.
Composites Europe 2017: Lightweight construction propels use of fibre-reinforced plastics
Composites Europe - 12th European Trade Fair and Forum for Composites, Technology and Applications 19 - 21 September 2017, Messe Stuttgart, Germany
Henkel opens new composite test center in Asia
Henkel has opened a state-of-the-art test facility for composites in Japan.
LANXESS launches new PBT compound
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has developed a new compound called Pocan AF4130 for battery components in electric cars.
Over 500 participants attend ENGEL trend.scaut
More than 500 development and production managers, managing directors and market analysts attended the two-day conference at the end of June in Linz and St. Valentin, Austria, where they discussed trends and challenges, presented new technologies and shared their visions for the future.
How Lamborghini is accelerating medical device innovation
Lamborghini collaborates with the Houston Methodist Research Institute, to share knowledge in the study of carbon fibre composite materials for medical devices.
Focus on the automotive future
ENGEL trend.scaut conference at June 28 - 29, in Linz and St. Valentin, Austria
Bridgestone develops airless bicycle tires
Bridgestone Corp., together with Bridgestone Cycle Co., Ltd., has developed an airless bicycle tire as part of its "air free concept" technology.
