Sumitomo Bakelite said it would open a new manufacturing line to produce epoxy encapsulation composite materials for automotive applications at its Belgian production subsidiary, Vyncolit. The ...

Hardly an issue of this magazine goes to press these days without some automaker announcing that a new or updated model will have some or all of its exterior components made from composites. It always ...

In the crashworthiness of automotive structures, the primary issues to the automotive industry are the overall economy and the weight of the material. To reduce the weight and improve the fuel economy ...

Automakers face great pressure to produce passenger cars that are not only comfortable, aesthetically pleasing and handle well on the road, but fuel-stingy, safety feature-filled and recyclable as ...

One of CompoTech’s more recent R&D innovations has been the development of its integrated loop technology (ILT), incorporated into CompoTech’s in-house automated, one step, seamless joint ...

Syensqo’s bio-based registered trademark MTM 49-3 epoxy prepreg was incorporated in the rear brake duct wheel shields of Mercedes-AMG’s W16 race car, which competed in Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku in ...