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TheFraunhoferInstituteandpartnershavedevelopedatractionbatterywiththermalstoragecapacityfeaturingasandwichbatteryhousingmadeofcontinuousfiberreinforcedthermoplastics(CFRTP).Accordingtotheinstitute,the
TenCateAdvancedComposites,partoftheTorayGroup,haschangeitsnametoTorayAdvancedComposites.TenCatePerformanceComposites,asubsidiaryofTenCateAdvancedComposites,willbechangedtoTorayPMC.Toray,aglobalsupplie
HexcelhasjoinedforceswithaLyons,France-basedstartupthatdevelopsmaterialsourcedentirelyfromcarboncompositeby-productsgeneratedbytheaerospacesector.LavoisierComposites’sCarboniummaterialhasbeendev
HexcelsaysthatitscarbonprepregpatchtechnologyhasbeenselectedasafinalistfortheJECInnovationAwards2019intheautomotivecategory.Thecompany’sHexPlypatchesconsistofuni-directionalcarbonfiberandanepoxy
TeijinLimitedhasreportedlydevelopedamulti-materialcompositeautomotivedoorprototypethatmaintainsrequiredcrashspecificationswhilereducingoverallweightby35%whencomparedtoaconventionalsteeldoor.Themodulei
FraunhoferInstituteforProductionTechnologyIPTandforLaserTechnologyILTsaysthatitisdevelopingwaystocombinemetalandfiberreinforcedplasticcompositesforautomotiveandaerospaceapplications.Theinstitutesand14