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Composites Market Insights, July 05, 2021 |
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Click the Headlines below for more detail on the news article. News articles are divided into sections such as “Business Development”, “New Material”, “Application Development”, “Technology Development”, “Price Movement”, “Awards and Certification”, and “People”. |
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Business Development |
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United Airlines Orders 200 More Boeing 737 MAX Jets |
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Boeing and United Airlines informed that the carrier will expand its 737 order book by purchasing an additional 200 numbers 737 MAX jets, including 150 for the largest member of the family, the 737-10, and 50 numbers for the airplane that serves the heart of the single-aisle market, the 737-8. The new purchase positions United’s fleet for growth and accelerating demand for air travel. More than 850,000 pounds of composite materials would be needed to fulfill the Airbus portion of the order, w ……. |
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Covestro Creates the Foundation for Sustainable Growth with its New Group Structure |
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Covestro has restructured its organization effective from July 1, 2021, and successfully reorganized its previous three segments – Polyurethanes, Polycarbonates, and Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties – into seven new, tailored business entities. The company has thus achieved a first milestone in implementing its new “Sustainable Future” strategy, which the Group had presented in February 2021. The vision of Covestro to become fully circular is the guiding principle of this strategy. For identi ……. |
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New Material |
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Kordsa Introduces New Structural Reinforcement Products |
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Kordsa (Istanbul, Turkey) staged a digital launch for new Kratos structural reinforcements products including Kratos C-fabric unidirectional (UD) carbon fiber fabric and Kratos C-plate pultruded carbon fiber strips. Kratos C-fabric with Kratos Prime resin is designed for use on reinforced concrete columns, shear walls, and beams. In 2020, the business added Krato Bounce Minimizer, a shotcrete additive that decreases rebound in tunneling and mining applications, to its Kratosec product line. Kor ……. |
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Film Supplier Covestro Develops Solutions for Wound Dressings with a New Rigid Liner |
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Covestro has developed several material solutions, which facilitate a cost-efficient and simple production of wound dressings and wearables. The combination of a polypropylene (PP) liner with thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) blown films, in particular, proved to be well suited to meet today’s high demands for functionality and freedom of design. It also greatly reduces the generation of dust that can interfere with the clean manufacture of medical products at the customer’s site. Producing wo ……. |
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Application Development |
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Lamborghini Austin is offering a Carbon Fiber Kit Exterior with Full Installation |
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Lamborghini Austin, a dealership in the Austin, TX area, offers a wide variety of services. A primary service the dealership provides is in the direct access of Lamborghini customization options and parts. Because of this, those in the local area can receive various upgrades to their Lamborghini models, such as the Carbon Fiber Kit exterior upgrade for select models. For those Lamborghini owners looking for additional pop on their model, the dealership is offering the Carbon Fiber Kit exterio ……. |
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BriskHeat Declares Enhancements to Its ACR3 Hot Bonders |
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BriskHeat, a leading provider of surface and immersion heating products, controllers, and insulators, appraised it has launched an enhanced version of its ACR3 Hot Bonder. The bonder now offers output cords to match any competitors’ blankets (sold separately), now with a three-year warranty (extended from the previous two-year warranty). This bonder is a perfect complement for BriskHeat composite curing blankets. “BriskHeat’s enhanced ACR3 Hot Bonder now features a plug that is compatible wit ……. |
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Technology Development |
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Markforged Introduces the FX20 |
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Markforged, creator of the integrated metal and carbon fiber additive manufacturing platform, The Digital Forge, informed that it will debut its newest printer, the FX20, at Formnext this November. The FX20 will be the biggest, fastest and most sophisticated 3D printer Markforged has ever produced. Together with Markforged’s state-of-the-art software and materials, the FX20 will transform the Digital Forge into a next generation additive manufacturing platform capable of printing high-tempera ……. |
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Price Movement |
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Price Increase on Amino Resins in Europe, Middle East & Africa |
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Effective July 1, 2021, allnex will implement a price increase on all its amino crosslinking resins in Europe, Middle East and Africa, following continued significant raw material, packaging, energy and logistics cost increases. Depending on the grade and product family, prices will be increased up to 10%. Deviations might be possible on a case-by-case basis. The announced increases will be applicable on all shipments as of July 15, 2021, or as contracts allow. ……. |
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Awards and Certification |
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AOC EMEA Sites Receives ISO 9001 Certificate |
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AOC informed that all its European production sites have again been ISO 9001 certified. Having received zero non-compliances is indicative of AOC’s focus on product consistency and continuous quality improvement practices. The ISO 9001 standard is an international norm which summarizes best practices regarding quality management. This norm was created already in 1987, and since then has been revised on a regular basis. Some of the new elements included introduction of processes for better Man ……. |
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SAMPE North America Names Distinguished Service Award Recipients |
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The Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) North America, is pleased to declare that Dr. William B. Avery Ph.D., SAMPE Fellow, and Boeing Technical Fellow (retired), and Dr. A. Brent Strong, SAMPE Fellow, and professor emeritus, Brigham Young University, Utah, have both been named 2021 recipients of the SAMPE North America Distinguished Service Award. “Both of these gentlemen exemplify all that is good about the SAMPE community,” said Jerome Berg, SAMPE North ……. |
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SAMPE Declares Recipients of the SAMPE 2021 Organizational Excellence Award |
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The Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) North America, appraised the winners of the SAMPE 2021 Organizational Excellence Award. The SAMPE North America Awards Committee selected two winners of the award; the Composite Materials Technology program at Davis Technical College and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI – The Composites Institute). This award is granted to one or more organizations exemplifying the best of SAMPE ……. |
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SAMPE North America Names Chapter of the Year Winner |
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The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) North America, has been accredited as the winner of the “Chapter of the Year” award is the SAMPE South Texas chapter. The SAMPE South Texas (SOTEX) Chapter prides itself on expanding learning opportunities for both our professional members as well as our student members. The chapter is spread over 35,000 square miles, ranging from Waco to Houston, to Corpus Christi, to San Antonio, and Austin. Their events rotate between ……. |
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Tando Awards NEWPRO Home Improvement Solutions “Remodeler of the Year” for Industry Leadership |
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Tando, a brand of Derby Building Products, has named NEWPRO Home Improvement Solutions as the Tando 2020 Remodeler of the Year. NEWPRO was chosen by Tando for outstanding year-over-year growth, their highly skilled and professional sales team, exceptional leadership in exterior remodeling, and their dedication to the industry. Serving New England for over 75 years, NEWPRO is a three-generation family business committed to offering homeowners superior products and services. Specializing in windo ……. |
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CAMX 2021 Industry Awards |
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The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX, Diamond Bar, Calif., U.S.) has requested a call for companies to submit applications for its CAMX Awards and Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE) by July 16, 2021. CAMX 2021 will be taking place October 19-21 in Dallas, Texas. Both sponsored by Composites One (Arlington Heights, Ill., U.S.), the CAMX Award is said to celebrate visionary concepts and products that show strength through collaboration, while bridging low-cost materials/high-vol ……. |
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People |
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New Management at ENGEL Machinery India |
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ENGEL completed the generation change in the management of its sales and service subsidiary in Mumbai on July 1st. Frank Schuster, Regional President METAI, takes over the management of ENGEL Machinery India Pvt. Ltd. Stalinjose Selvanayagam is the new Sales Director. Jitendra Devlia, the previous managing director and sales manager, is retiring. “The introduction of this management duo is our response to the significance of the growing Indian market. We are simplifying communication with h ……. |
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New Reports in Composites Market Published By Lucintel |
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- Pultrusion Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, February 2021
- Prepreg Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, January 2021
- Composites Distributor Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, January 2021
- MENA Composites Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, October 2020
- FRP Panel Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, May 2020
- Technology Landscape, Trends and Opportunities in 3D Printing Material Market, March 2020
- High Performance Nylon for Tribology Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, March 2020
- European Automotive Composites Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, March 2020
- Carbon Fiber Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, February 2020
- Composites Materials in Tooling Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, January 2020
- Composites Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, January 2020
- Flame Retardant Resin in E&E Composites Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, January 2020
- Carbon Fiber in the Aerospace and Defense Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, January 2020
- Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, November 2019
- BMI Prepreg Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, November 2019
- Para Aramid Fiber Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, November 2019
- Epoxy Curing Agents in the Composites Industry Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, October 2019
- 3D Printing Materials Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, October 2019
- PET Foam Core Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, September 2019
- Thermoplastic Prepreg in the Transportation Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, September 2019
- Polyurethane Resin Composite Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, September 2019
- Gelcoat Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, September 2019
- Fiber Sizing Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, September 2019
- Long Fiber Thermoplastics Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, August 2019
- FRP Pole Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, August 2019
- Composite Testing Market Report: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis, August 2019
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