Funded the CEM-WAVE project to reduce the environmental impact of major industries

The CEM-WAVE Novel CEramic Matrix Composites project produced with MicroWAVE assisted Chemical Vapour Infiltration process for energy-intensive industries project is funded under the SPIRE Work Programme of Horizon 2020. The aim of the CEM-WAVE project is to develop low-cost ceramic matrix composites production technologies in order to encourage the introduction of these materials in highly energy-intensive production processes such as steelmaking.

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Carbon 1 MK II: the world’s first carbon fiber smartphone

The German company Carbon Mobile has finally launched on the market Carbon 1 MK II, the first smartphone in the world entirely made with a carbon fiber shell, undoubtedly the most advanced material of this century, used largely for the automotive industry.

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Tecno Freccia: la macchina da taglio come nessun’altra

Nel settore dei compositi, i clienti richiedono macchine che progrediscano con lo sviluppo dei materiali e stiano al passo con la tecnologia software garantendo anche bassi consumi, sostenibilità e sicurezza. FKgroup sembra aver affrontato tutte le condizioni con il suo sistema di taglio automatizzato di punta: Tecno Freccia è il risultato di uno sforzo tecnologico di decenni.

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eTa Blades: nuovo socio Assocompositi | Qualità italiana, innovazione e sostenibilità

eTa Blades progetta, sviluppa e produce pale eoliche innovative per turbine di nuove installazioni e propone e supporta programmi di Re-blading per parchi eolici già in esercizio per le esigenze della generazione eolica moderna. Lavora alla creazione di nuovi profili alari, utilizzando tecnologie e materiali innovativi al fine di migliorare complessivamente l’efficienza degli impianti eolici.

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CarE-Service: the car of the future is circular

The CarE-Service project is aimed to face current and future challenges towards the transformation from traditional fuel cars to Electric (EV) and Hybrid (HEV) vehicles. The project proposal aims at demonstrating innovative business models entailing the re-use, remanufacturing and recycling of some key components of E&HEVs. The topic will be deepened in a dedicated webinar on December 9th.

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AVK Market Report 2020: Market developments, trends, outlooks and challenges

The GRP market report is now available!

In 2020, the European GRP market is now experiencing the sharpest slump since the economic and financial crisis of 2008/2009 due to the corona pandemic. Production volume has fallen by 12.7% to 996,000 tonnes. The greatest losses are in the transport sector. Germany remains the largest manufacturer of GRP with 207,000 tonnes.

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Alpha rocket, the world’s largest all-carbon-fiber

Alpha rocket, produced by the house Firefly Aerospace, will be upgraded using the automatic carbon fiber spreading process. The new automated rocket manufacturing sites will create several advantages, such as reduced composite material waste, manpower, construction time, structure weight, and overall costs.

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