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• Composite Patch Repair for Marine and Civil Engineering Infrastructure Applications

  

  In January a consortium of 15 organizations from eight European countries kick started a European (FP7) funded project on Composite Patch Repair for Marine and Civil Engineering Infrastructure Applications, Co-Patch.

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• UK Composites Industry gets NEC showcase

  ‘Leading Edge Events & Media will host a brand new show, ‘The Composites Engineering Show 2010’ to service the UK’s rapidly developing composites design & production engineering community across all applications.

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• Russia's United Aircraft Corporation to Use MAG Composites Processing Systems

  MAG Industrial Automation Systems will supply the first automated composites processing system ordered by the Russian aerospace industry as part of a new sale to Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

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• Infucomp Project to Simulate Composite Parts Infusion

  

  The four-year project Infucomp European Research, initiated by ESI, is to develop liquid composites moulding for the aeronautic sector.

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• New EcoTek no-styrene resin makes Catamaran Cruisers and the Environment better

  

  Catamaran Cruisers is the first in the marine sector to adopt AOC’s new Eco-Tek styrene-free technology to improve the environment and the workplace.

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• Oman Air awards $2.6m contract to Spatial Composites for Cabin Trainers

  Oman Air, the National Carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has awarded a US $2.6M contract to Spatial Composite Solutions, the Dubai-based manufacturer of crew training equipment for two new Cabin Crew Safety Trainers.

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• Innovative High-Temperature Material System to Provide Better Crew Protection

  

  The Lockheed Martin led team developing the Orion crew exploration vehicle has achieved a major technology milestone by completing fabrication of the world's largest heat shield structure.

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• Toho Tenax to Launch Ultra-Lightweight Carbon Fibre Fabric

  

  Toho Tenax is to begin selling a carbon fibre fabric that is less than half the weight of conventional lightest carbon fibre fabrics.

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• Kaman to Cut Ply Development Time with FiberSIM Software

  Kaman Helicopters is to license Vistagy’s FiberSIM composites engineering software to streamline the design–to–manufacturing process for large composite helicopter blades, by providing early visibility into producibility challenges and facilitating a smooth hand-off of composite manufacturing data to the shop floor.

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• Applied Minerals Introduces Dragonite to the Polymer Composite Market

  Applied Minerals Inc has completed trials incorporating its halloysite clay as a drop-in additive for reinforcement in polymer composites.

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