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FEBRUARY 2016
26 CompositesWorld
Disney uses carbon fber to create wall-climbing robot
Weight is minimized with central carbon-fber baseplate, while 3D-printed parts in
conjunction with carbon rods are used for more complex 3D structures.
01/11/16 | short.compositesworld.com/DisneyRobt
Hexcel acquires remaining interest in Formax joint venture
Multi-axials and carbon fber reinforcements specialist Formax created a 50-50
joint venture with Hexcel in December 2014.
01/11/16 | short.compositesworld.com/HexclFX100
Second California desalination plant close to regulatory approval
Poseidon Water, which just opened a composites-intensive desalination plant in
Carlsbad, CA, US, wants to build another in Huntington Beach, CA.
01/11/16 | short.compositesworld.com/2ndDesal
LANXESS starts second production line in North Carolina, US
The new line in Gastonia, NC, represents an investment of about US$15 million and
doubles the site's previous production capacity.
01/11/16 | short.compositesworld.com/LanxessNC
NASA's ERA project could save airlines money
Environmentally Responsible Aviation's (ERA) new process stitches together large
sections of lightweight composite materials to create damage-tolerant structures.
01/11/16 | short.compositesworld.com/NASA-ERA
Front Street Shipyards, Brødrene Aa to build carbon fber ferries
The organizations are working together to develop the ferry designs for US waters
under the new company name Arcadia Alliance.
01/04/16 | short.compositesworld.com/CFferries
Airborne, Siemens to build digital factory for composites
Companies, educational institutions and government researchers may work at the
facility, where digitalization will form the core of all business processes.
01/04/16 | short.compositesworld.com/SB-Daimler
MHI Vestas Ofshore Wind receives 330 MW order for UK project
Blades for the 8-MW turbines destined for the Walney Extension West wind farm
project will be produced at the MHI Vestas factory on the Isle of Wight.
01/04/16 | short.compositesworld.com/SwindEgypt
Weiss develops custom oven for Airbus A350 XWB door fabrication
The Grand Rapids, MI, US-based frm has developed an out-of-autoclave process
for fast, repeatable, cost-efcient cure of carbon fber composite door structures.
01/04/16 | short.compositesworld.com/WeissOven
MTorres to open Innovation Center in Washington
The Center will fulfll contracts associated with Boeing's 777X composite wing and
will serve as the headquarters for MTorres' subsidiary Pacifca Engineering.
01/04/16 | short.compositesworld.com/MTorresIC
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