Advanced Materials Magazine

Valeo and TactoTek announce collaboration for innovative automotive lighting solutions

By integrating electronic components into lightweight, 3D injection-molded polymer structures, it offers designers considerable freedom in creating versatile lighting elements.

Automotive 09 Apr 2025

BCI and NCC researchers introduce composite materials to school Children

Researchers from the Bristol Composites Institute (BCI) and National Composites Centre (NCC) introduce school children to the fascinating world of composite materials through a series of interactive demonstrations

Composites Baisics 08 Apr 2025

Aliplast acquires Gurit Italia's PET recycling plant

The acquisition is part of the Hera Group subsidiary's broader strategy aimed at responding to the growing demand for recycled PET

Recycling 08 Apr 2025

PAL-V Flying Car clears essential certification milestone

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, has issued a ‘No Technical Objection’ to PAL-V, the Dutch company that developed and is commercialising the world's first FlyDrive vehicle (Flying Car).

Aerospace 08 Apr 2025

Strategic review of composites business at Electric Glass Fiber UK, Ltd.

The business has been facing a challenging competitive environment with high prices for raw materials, energy, and logistics costs, leading to sluggish sales.

Materials 08 Apr 2025

University of Oxford launches Oxford Advanced Materials Network

This interdisciplinary hub brings together researchers, industry partners and policy makers to address the key challenges in developing critical, next-generation materials

Materials 07 Apr 2025

Daher’s technology center transforms composites innovation into solutions

Designed to centralize R&D and accelerate the maturity of composites, Shap’in takes a new step by moving towards their industrial scaling.

Aerospace 07 Apr 2025

Global logistics and freight industry players explore use of heavy-lift Airlander

Hybrid Air Vehicles’ first aircraft to market, Airlander 10, made of composite materials, will be capable of delivering 100+ seat passenger mobility, or a ten-tonne payload of freight transportation

Aerospace 07 Apr 2025

TPRC develops Continuous Optical Reflection Characterization (CORC) setup

CORC setup for unidirectional (UD) tapes has been developed as part of the composites manufacturing project in the NXTGEN High-tech program

Material Testing 07 Apr 2025

WSU researchers recycle wind turbine blade materials to make improved plastics

A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed Washington State University researchers to re-purpose the materials to create stronger plastics

Materials 04 Apr 2025

AURELIUS Private Equity to acquire Teijin Automotive Technologies North America

AURELIUS Private Equity Mid-Market Buyout announced the acquisition of Teijin Automotive Technologies North America (‘TAT-NA’), the leader in advanced composite technologies

Automotive 04 Apr 2025

Researchers develop a new method of producing carbon fibre

The CARBOWAVE project uses an innovative plasma and microwave heating method to make carbon fibre, replacing the conventional heating processes and significantly reducing energy consumption

Carbon Fibres 03 Apr 2025