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Automotive
- Funding for recycled carbon brakes company
- 2020 vision from Lotus
- BMW opts for multiaxial roof
- Brazil’s lead in natural auto composites
- Canada invests in new composites centre
- Carbon in cars – a natural development
- Egg protein in Nissan’s artificial leather
- Electric metamorphosis
- Electric vehicle master plan for China
- Fast track to sustainability
- French partners announce recycling plan
- GM backing for Bright IDEA
- Hemp in cars set to soar, says EIHA
- High speed pioneer
- Hydropower route for BMW carbon
- Losing weight at a price
- Major boost for flax and hemp in autos
- Natural fibre boost from BASF binder
- Natural fibres in the spotlight
- New eco standards from DSM
- New nanotube-based resins for AEVs
- North American gains predicted
- Organic plastic in the new A8
- Perfect storm for automotive composites
- Recyclable alternative to thermoset parts for cars
- Toyota sources eco-fibre nonwovens
- UK composites sector gets £22 million boost
- Wheat straw focus for Ford
Construction
- 100% biodegradable wind turbine
- 3XN design takes JEC honour
- Advanced polyurethane for wind turbine blades
- Baltek at the core
- Beauty of new glass bricks
- Catching the sun with composites
- Clean product for cushion flooring from Owens Corning
- CNT fabric eliminates on-site mixing
- Composite cover for Commonwealth Games
- Composite skin for Malpensa Sheraton
- Composite solution for wastewater
- Cost effective eco-composite sound barrier
- Cradle-to-cradle cores
- Cutting the weight of solar installations
- EcoBarrier panels prove a sound investment
- Energy efficient Whitehall
- Engineered ecology with Medite Tricoya
- European job cuts at LM Glasfiber
- Fast track to Morocco
- Floating to the future
- Greener wood alternative
- Greenguard for OC glass veils
- Hemp cores for new UK homes
- High energy savings with AeroLite
- Moebius band in flax and cork
- Natural starch adds strength
- New fibreboard alternative
- New treatment for WPCs
- New US plant for recycled composites
- PV laminates for roofing membranes
- Rapid growth in hemp-based construction
- Recycled alternative to granite
- Shanghai’s new composite landmark
- Shedding steel and weight at Shanghai Expo
- Step change for natural insulation
- US Army commissions recycled bridges
- Waste paper and tyres
- Wood composites earn LEED points
- WPCs – 100% growth in three years
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- Lowdown on McClaren’s groundbreaker
- Next solar plane will feature CNTs
- Advanced composites contribute to Zephyr success
- Affordable PLA-based core
- Benefits with hemp cladding
- Biomass moulding compound takes the heat
- BPF seminar on bio plastics
- C2C to go public in California
- Cannabis car grabs the headlines
- Catalysis the key to Dream Production
- Cereplast gaining momentum
- Cleaner pipes with MoldWiz
- Composite nozzle test by Boeing
- Composites Engineering Show in the UK
- Composites role in cleaner US air
- Cradle to Cradle success for DSM
- DSM resins up €150 per ton
- Eco designs from Brazil
- Emphasis on production processes at JEC
- Expanded bioplastics range
- FDA clearance for Mirel
- Fibre composites research funding
- First from FutureCarbon
- Gateway to Ras Al Khaimah
- Halogen free from DSM
- High five from SABIC
- JEC announces innovation winners
- NASA opportunity for composites
- Natural approach by Tata for G2
- Natural materials focus
- New Explorer is 85% recyclable
- New extruder for natural fibre reinforced plastics
- New PLA plant opens in Belgium
- Ocean recycling for Electrolux
- Open book for biobased products
- Plant conversion cuts emissions for Owens Corning
- Plastics from waste in China
- Raising the roof at Soccer City
- Recyclable foam for wind blades
- Recycled panels at the cutting edge
- Sustainable UK showcase at K
- Tesla Roadster approval in Japan
- Top honour for Tecnaro
- Wood composites research centre planned
- Workshop on bioplastic developments
- World first for Telene and the Buddy
Materials
- Adding tranquility in Tokyo
- Agenda for growth
- Algae resins on track
- Algae-based bioplastic resins launch in 2010
- Avantium launches YXY affordable furanics
- Bioplastics and Europe 2020
- Bioplastics boom predicted
- Bioplastics for Chile and Peru
- Biopolymers 2010
- Carbon recycling – challenges and opportunities
- Cellulose focus for Woody
- Cereplast to launch algae-based resins
- Double digit growth for European biopolymers
- First CO2-based resin under development
- First service for flax
- First service for flax at JEC
- Four-Star renewable Ingeo
- Germany self-sufficient in industrial renewables
- Glass is the competition, says CELC
- Global distribution deal for Tecnaro
- Instant carbon nanotubes
- It’s good to talk with PLA
- Many applications for new furanic resins
- Metabolix commercial start-up
- Natural showcase at JEC
- Natural starches for glassfibre applications
- NEC introduces new bioplastic
- New flax composites family launch
- New natural fibre compounds
- New recycling plant for Placon
- Next stage for bioplastics?
- Polypropylene from sugarcane partnership
- Prepreg fabric half the weight
- Recognition for SABIC’s 2009 milestone
- Record-breaking JEC
- Recycled carbon US expansion plan
- Renewable, recycled or styrene free
- Second generation Ingeo bioresin
- The carbon footprint of composites
- Tighter control at Synergy
- UltraFibre aiming for cleaner EU fibres
- VDMA sets up Composite Technology Network
- Weight savings on ice
- ‘Black box’ nesting for simple processing
Transport
- Fighting piracy with prepreg USV
- Bamboo in the frame
- Basalt fibre in CNG tanks
- Boeing backs UK carbon recycling project
- Cork composites take to the skies
- DSM low weight aerospace resin awarded
- From wood and bone to nanotubes
- Marine leader backs bioresin
- Nanotubes boost structural integrity of composites
- Renewable plane set for first flight
- RTM process reduces VOCs and styrene emissions in TGV door production
- Setting sail with the PlanetSolar
- Superbus chassis and interior now complete
- Tree bark interests aerospace sector
- UOP and Total methanol to olefin success
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Automotive
- Award for new Huntsman fuel cell resins
- Bio-based hybrid car makes race debut
- Denso employing plant-derived resin in radiator
- Green award for Johnson Controls
- Nanochemical route to energy efficiency
- Natural fibre composites high on the Ford agenda
- New method for recycling and repair
- Recyclable glass and carbon fibre plastics
- Self-healing car chassis
- Toyota’s take on bioplastics
Construction
Materials
- Arkema launches new bio-based resins
- Best of both worlds with EcoPaXX
- Bio-renewable chemicals market to skyrocket
- Biodegradable composites developed
- Biomaterials, not bioenergy
- Bioplastic bone replacement
- Boeing and Airbus at recycling conference
- Bullet proof vests from cement
- Call for more bioplastics research
- Canada funds cellulose composites research
- Canada funds flax composites research
- Carbon recycling first for the UK
- Compostability confirmed for bioplastics
- Feathering tomorrow’s nests
- Hexion partners with natural fibre company
- Lignin route to carbon fibres
- Metals add strength to spider silk
- NatureWorks opens new applications lab
- New additive breaks down plastic
- New bioplastic vision for Japan
- New ultra-light carbon multiaxials
- Ohio plan for multi-tasking composites
- PLA and bamboo products introduced
- Project aims to boost use of wood and cellulose
- Tennis racket with flax hits mass market