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The article reports that Solvay and GKN Aerospace have signed an extension to their 2017 collaboration agreement. It mentions under the agreement, both businesses are developing a joint thermoplastic composites (TPC) roadmap to explore new materials and manufacturing processes for aerospace structures. It also mentions Solvay will remain a GKN Aerospace preferred supplier for TPC materials and development of a cost effective AFP TPC fuselage panel.

The article offers information that in order to enable the future of flying through advancements in composite technologies, Solvay, a global pioneer in innovative materials for aerospace, and Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) together opened their Manufacturing Innovation Center. It mentions that the center is located within NIAR's Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS).

The article reports that Teijin Ltd. has established Teijin Carbon Vietnam Co., Ltd. (TCV) in HaNam, Vietnam, has started operating commercially to manufacture carbon fiber products. It mentions prepreg, a fiber sheet pre-impregnated with matrix resin as an intermediate material for composites. It also mentions TCV initially will produce carbon fiber materials for sports and outdoor activities, including fishing, golf, bicycle and ice hockey goods.

The article presents the Sterlite Power announcing the launch of a carbon composite core conductor solution helping in utilizing for overcoming the toughest transmission constraints across long span river crossings.

The article offers information on a technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Drexel University and published in the journal "ChemSusChem" to develop flexible polymer carbon composite films as electrodes for supercapacitors for applications in automobiles by using scrap tires. It mentions recycling scrap tires in context with the production of graphite.

How about a near-perfect material that's good for practically nothing. Carbon-carbon composites have great properties: they're lightweight and can withstand very high temperatures without losing their great strength. They just [...]

This article presents some information about some more immediate ways to reduce American oil dependency than those proposed by President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address. The Rocky Mountain Institute suggests that cars be made of lighter advanced metal alloys and carbon composites such as those used in the Toyota Prius to increase gas mileage. Daily automobile energy consumption could be cut in half with these changes alone.

The article reports on the problems concerning the reliability of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, which is the first commercial aircraft to use lightweight carbon composites. David E. Strauss of UBS has raised concern on whether the cost of building the planes are fast enough for individual plane sales to become profitable by early 2015. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered inspections of fuel line connectors and warned of a risk of fuel leaks and fires.

The Boeing Company has hit another snag in its 787 Dreamliner program, raising fresh concerns about when the fuel-efficient plane will be ready for its first test flight. Boeing confirmed Friday that in June it instructed an Italian company, Alenia Aeronautica, to stop making fuselage sections for the aircraft after small wrinkles were discovered in the carbon composite skin that covers them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]