Lightweight yet strong and resistant to corrosion and weathering, carbon fiber–reinforced polymers (CFRPs) are used in aircraft, shipping containers, natural gas storage tanks, wind turbine blades, ...

The E-Works team found what they were looking for in the fibre-reinforced plastics expert SGL Carbon. The company is now supplying the first battery boxes made of glass fibre-reinforced plastic to ...

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a method to recycle nearly 100 percent of the materials in certain types of thermoset carbon fiber composites. The new method involves ...

A new carbon-fiber-reinforced PEEK filament for use in 3D-printed medical implants has been developed by German chemicals company Evonik. The biomaterial can be processed using common extrusion-based ...

The development work undertaken in Saxony formed part of CRRC’s overall “Next Generation Metro Train” project, which aims to redesign public transport, and underground systems in particular, making it ...