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Survey on fiber waste as part of the HORIZON EUROPE project MC4

In the EU project “MC4 – Multi-level Circular Process Chain for Carbon and Glass Fibre Composites”, methods for recycling carbon and glass fiber composite components

30. June 2022

9T Labs to Open First Office in the US, Boston

CU member 9T Labs, specialists in digital, automated, cost-competitive series production of continuous fibre components, is set to open its inaugural office in Boston, after

29. June 2022

Everything in flow – Efficiency-enhancing flow-line production of large CFRP components in Stade

As part of the “UniFix” joint project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), experts in Automation and Production

28. June 2022

Meeting of the working group “Fiber Composites in Wind Energy” in Stade

On June 14, 22 a meeting of a working group took place in Stade for the first time this year. The productive exchange of the

21. June 2022

SUPREM installs new manufacturing line for thermoplastic composite materials

Suprem has installed a new manufacturing line to produce high-quality high-performance thermoplastic composite materials for automated additive manufacturing. Relying on decades of experience in thermoplastic

17. June 2022

From research directly into practice: National Lightweighting Validation Center opened

Circularly compatible lightweight engineering technologies are a key to sustainable business and the industrial future. The Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) at

15. June 2022

Launch of calcbond – The ecosystem for adhesive joint design

The team of ar engineers GmbH has released the official version of their online calculation platform for bonded joints – calcbond. What is the mission

14. June 2022

2500 tons Press for Research

On May 31, 2022, the new Technology Center Thermoplastic Composites “TTC” was ceremonially put into operation at the Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH (IVW) by Rhineland-Palatinate

7. June 2022

Successful launch of the LightCon

LightCon celebrated its premiere in Hanover from June 1 to 2, 2022, parallel to this year’s Hannover Messe. The German Federal Minister of Economics and

7. June 2022

Review: “More efficiency through automation, digital twins and machine learning?” – CU members in dialogue

In the monthly “Jour Fixe” of the CU West cluster of Composites United e. V., companies from one technology field briefly introduce themselves. An expert

31. May 2022