Trnava, February 15, 2012 — Johns Manville (JM), a market-leading manufacturer of glass fiber products, today confirmed its plans to expand current fiber production capacities in its Trnava, Slovakia facility. The investment involves replacing and expanding a furnace, which is expected to be operational by the end of September 2012. Products from this manufacturing process are used to reinforce both engineered thermoset and thermoplastic polymers in addition to supplying internal demand.
The EATC Show-Car was on the road again.
It was presented at this years COMPOSITES EUROPE from the 27th-29th september in Stuttgart next to the AVK/EuCIA booth.
At this occasion the EATC members have renewed the show car and allocated some new parts (see picture).
You can download the new part list by using the following link.
We are very proud to welcome two new members to our Alliance:
Borealias as well as van Wees have decided to join our special network for thermoplastic composites.
With about 5.100 employees wordwide and customers in more than 120 countries, Borealis is a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions.
For more information about BOREALIS please visit www.borealisgroup.com
Van Wees is leader in UD and Crossply technology. A high quality, high volume production method with the lowest possible costs for the production of technical textiles and composite materials. In our engineering department and Research and Technology Center we develop machines, new products and processes. For manufacturing and installation we can rely on the experience gained since the start of the company in 1945. To learn more, please visit www.vanwees.nl
Johns Manville (JM) launched recently a host of new ThermoFlow® and StarRov® LFTPlus products for glass reinforcements of engineered thermoplastics with a strong emphasis on improved property performance and increased productivity for compounders.
StarRov® 490 LFTPlus Roving continues JM’s innovation in long fiber thermoplastics (LFT). Through the use of unique JM sizing chemistry, we can reduce the odor impact of polypropylene LFT compounds with new StarRov® 490 LFTPlus. According to VDA270 odor analysis, odor is reduced by 0.5 to 1 point while still offering premium impact and strength performance. This new offering will further boost the use of polypropylene in critical interior automotive components.
AVK/EATC attendance at the ESPRIT meeting Q8 at NetComposites in Chesterfield, UK 28th-29th September 2010
During this meeting the results of the last quarter’s work has been presented by the partners. There are variations on Self Reinforced Polyolefins (srPO), Self Reinforced Nylons (srPA) and Self Reinforced Polyesters (srPet) and some processing trials have been carried out in order to qualify the material to the specific processes such as injection moulding, compression moulding and extrusion. Since these materials are very critical to heating, heating by microwave, induction and other heating sources has been investigated and processing parameters defined.
(Technical Bulletin ESPRIT Oct 2010)
The next steps for 2011 will be the applications of the materials to case studies. Here the members of the EATC group can participate with their know how, experience and market overview.
A summary of the meeting results will be given at the next EATC meeting in Frankfurt, AVK office, 9th December 2010 by Dr. Egon Moos, Röchling Automotive.
We welcome BASF as the newest member of EATC.
At the same time, BASF enters the market for high-performance polyamides with long glass fiber reinforcement. At the K 2010, the company will be presenting its first products from the Ultramid® Structure family with this special reinforcement.
This new BASF product group represents a considerable increase in performance and is targeted at metal replacement since Ultramid® Structure offers new opportunities when even highly optimized short glass fiber-reinforced products have reached their limits. The company is starting with a basic assortment of PA 6 and PA 66 grades with long glass fiber contents between 40 and 60 percent.
As in the last year the EATC will have an own session at the next AVK-Conference. The session includes 6 speeches and will be moderated by Mr. Jochen Reichhold (Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH), chairman of the EATC .
The AVK-Conference will take place from the 13-14 September 2010 in Essen (in conjunction with the Trade Fairs COMPOSITES EUROPE + ALUMINIUM 2010)
For detailed information and registration please visit the following link.
The ESPRIT project, funded by the EC FP7 programme, started in 2008 and is a three and a half year project which aims to take SRP technology to a new level by modifying the fibre and matrix and by radically improving the processing methods.
The aim is to develop production-ready technology utilising advanced selective melting processes, allowing the materials to be flow-moulded without affecting the reinforcing fibre properties.
Brochure: AVK_Esprit_Folder
Celanese takes over FACT Future Advanced Composites Technology GmbH
Kelsterbach, Germany / Florence, Kentucky – December 21, 2009 – Ticona’s parent company, the Celanese Corporation, announced today the acquisition of FACT Future Advanced Composites Technology GmbH (FACT). With its main office in Kaiserslautern and a workforce of about 60 employees, the company is a leading producer of long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (LFT) for injection molding, extrusion, compression molding and blow molding applications. Prior to its acquisition by Celanese, FACT was a subsidiary of the Ravago Group of Belgium. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Your contact:
Henning Küll
Phone: +49 (0) 6107 772 17 97
Fax: +49 (0) 6107 772 72 31
E-mail: kuell(at)ticona.de
Internet: http://www.ticona.com
How time flies: Next year there will be the 10th jubilee of the EATC-Group.
The first meeting started at the 14th of March 2000 in Frankfurt/Main. In the meantime there have been a lot of discussions, meetings, ideas and activities.
We are looking forward for the next 10 years and will summerize some activities, which we will show up in March next year.
We wish everybody a mery christmas and a good start in 2010!
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