N°125 - november 2018 - JEC Composites Magazine - JEC Composites Magazine Digital Edition

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JEC Composites Magazine is the point of contact of the international Composites Community, 6 times a year, with topics covering scientific information, business, technology, manufacturing, and application sectors trends.

In each and every issue, readers will learn about the entire composites industry value chain (from raw materials to application markets), and be inspired with current and future innovations.

The six sections of the magazine consist in:

NEWS: with interviews, articles about business development (M&As, appointments, partnerships and collaborations, awards etc.).
BUSINESS: with articles covering trends and markets, focusing on a specific country or region, with the composites market, or the application markets, or the companies strategies etc. in that country or region, and a startup focus.
MANUFACTURING: with articles about production processes and processing equipment.
FEATURE: an in-depth overview of a specific topic (typically an application sector), plus a JEC World Preview in April/May and Review in June/July.
SOLUTIONS: composites around us, with articles showing how composite materials are being used in applications which impact our everyday lives.
TECHNOLOGY: with articles about developments in materials, testing and control, repair, joining, design and simulation, recycling and reuse, R&D.

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Solvay, Premium Aerotec, Faurecia and Engel open platform for thermoplastic composites research with ITA-Augsburg as part of IRG CosiMo. New facilities and first piece of equipment were unveiled by...

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TenCate is the composite technology partner of the Aston Martin Valkyrie program, supplying advanced composite materials for a broad range of end-use applications throughout the car, including...

The spar cap and shear web of the 55.2 meter-long blades for the 2MW wind turbine were fabricated with polyurethane infusion resin from Covestro. This turbine was installed recently at a wind farm in...

The former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is being relaunched as Nouryon. The move follows the recent acquisition of the business by The Carlyle Group and marks the company’s transition to becoming an...

The “Fibre-Fixed. Composites in Design” exhibition showcases what can be achieved when fibres are combined with a plastic, demonstrating how composites can bring out the best in both materials. Fibre-...

Ignaas Verpoest: In 2002, we organised the exhibition “ From Bakelite to Composite ”, as part of “Composites-on-Tour”, a science communication project for which we won a JEC Award (in 2003) and the...

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Innovative co-cured engine bay door Most of the composite structures for aircraft are made of carbon-epoxy composites, which can withstand a maximum service temperature of 130°C. As a consequence,...

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High-performance lightweight robot gripper system During the five past years, the partners developed a high-performance lightweight robot gripper and assembly system made of CFRP as a modular...

Easy-fit and self-locking composite jacket A three-year collaborative development project between Joinlox and USQ resulted in the development and commercialisation of a new type of composite pile...

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