Editor’s comment: Green agenda on red alert

My work offices were flooded recently by an unusually high Spring tide. Whilst I was frantically using boxes of old magazines as makeshift sandbags to stem the flow of river water streaming through one door, my computer was gently floating away through another!

As the pandemic recedes, an even greater global challenge in the form of climate change is emerging. With unprecedented weather events, such as extreme temperatures and devastating floods occurring with alarming regularity, the topic of sustainability now matters more than ever.

Life on earth as currently lived is simply not sustainable. Please excuse the pun, but sustainability is the absolute hot topic for our industry as a whole – and recycling plays a huge part of it too.

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Fluency Marketing announces name change

Fluency Marketing, events and marketing specialist for the advanced engineering and advanced materials sectors has announced that it has changed its name to The Fluency Business Group.

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Aeronix launches range of carbon neutral processing materials

Aeronix Technologies, a supplier of vacuum infusion processing materials, equipment and technical support to the UK composites industry, is launching a new range of carbon neutral consumable products.

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CLF provides industry input to BEIS Advanced Materials Consultation

The Composites Leadership Forum (CLF), working with organisations across the composite materials supply chain, developed a combined industry response to the recent BEIS call for evidence on advanced materials.

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Thermwood to exhibit angle layer print at JEC World

Thermwood has added a third print orientation to its LSAM Large Scale Additive Manufacturing systems, and will be exhibiting a fiberglass layup tool example that was printed using this new method at JEC World 2022.

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The green agenda

Aeronix Technologies launches what it says is an ‘industry first’ range of carbon neutral processing materials for the UK composites market. Composites in Manufacturing reports.

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Evolving through innovation

Mike Richardson catches up with Matthew Tillett, commercial sales manager of flatbed cutting machine specialists Blackman & White (B&W) to hear how the company stays at the cutting edge of an increasingly competitive industry.

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More than a filling!

Offering lightweight solutions for many different interior parts to the automotive industry, ThermHex says that its honeycomb sandwich is capable of delivering over 80% weight and cost savings.

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Reuniting the composites community

In a Q&A session, JEC Composites’ vice-president of marketing & communication, Nelly Baron and magazine editor-in-chief & head of technical content, Franck Glowacz reveal what visitors can expect to see at JEC World, held from 3-5 May 2022 at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.

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PRF launches new Q.tool prepreg tooling system

PRF Composite Materials has launched its new prepreg tooling system Q.tool.

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Ilium Composites launches premium chopped strand mat

Ilium Composites has launched its latest chopped strand mat (CSM) as part of its ULTImat range of reinforcements.

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Mirka unveils first battery-powered grinding tool

Mirka UK says it is expanding its product portfolio with the launch of its first battery-powered grinding tool which enables end users to switch quickly and efficiently to another accessory, so they have the right tool for the job.

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