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EMPA: Wood as a high-performance material

The SDG Award 2020 of the Swiss Green Economy Symposium goes to a team from Empa and ETH Zurich led by Prof. Ingo Burgert and

3. September 2020

Composites United sets the course for the future in construction with Roy Thyroff

Strengthened into the future of fibre composite applications in the building industry The specialist network CU Bau des Composites United e.V. sets the strategic course

1. September 2020

Quickstep Technology selects JETCAM and CROSSTRACK for nesting and material tracking

Future expansion plans include Industry 4.0 and paperless factory Quickstep Technologies [ASX:QHL], a leading global manufacturer of composite solutions for the defence and commercial sectors,

11. August 2020

On recycled shoe sole for top performance

Light, fast, recyclable. These three attributes are an extremely accurate description of what the sole of a top running shoe of the ON brand must

11. August 2020

Recycled rotor blades save trees

Pioneering joint project in the Siebentischwald in Augsburg Augsburg. Two carbon rods stabilize the still mighty torso of a dead beech in the Augsburg city

3. August 2020

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials Acquires European Carbon Fiber Recycling Company – CFK™ / carboNXT®

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials has acquired the assets of two German carbon fiber recycling companies – CFK Valley Stade Recycling GmbH and Co. KG™ (CFK™)

3. August 2020

Ansys Named to Fast Company’s Second Annual List of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators

Fast Company announced its second annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list, honoring businesses and organizations that demonstrate a deep commitment to encouraging innovation at all

30. July 2020

EMPA: When Concrete learns to pre-stress itself

Concrete is by far the most widely used building material in the world. Using a novel concrete formula, an Empa team has succeeded in producing

15. July 2020

9T Labs and Setforge collaborate to bring Additive Manufacturing CFRP to series production

Metal parts manufacturer will use Red Series™ and Additive Fusion Technology™ to create new parts and market opportunities using carbon fiber composites. 9T Labs (Zurich,

7. July 2020

FHNW: New possibilities through Raman microscopy

With the newly acquired “Horiba XploRA™ PLUS” Raman microspectroscope, plastics can be examined with high precision in three dimensions. Raman spectroscopy, which is equivalent to

1. July 2020