Carbon fiber has been used in race cars and high-end road cars for decades, but the lightweight material is still considered too expensive for mainstream cars, though that may change soon. Nissan is ...

Audi AG is introducing suspension springs made of glass fiber-reinforced polymer for an upcoming upper-mid-size model. The Volkswagen AG subsidiary is collaborating with an undisclosed Italian ...

It's self-evident that cars must become lighter in order to reduce fuel consumption. For most car designers this principally means body parts but the powertrain system, which includes the engine, also ...

Fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) are a composite material consisting of a polymer matrix carefully combined with a supporting material or fiber which serves to enhance the mechanical strength and ...

Nissan has improved on the production process for carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) parts allowing for faster manufacturing. Currently used in airplanes, rockets and sports cars, Nissan aims to ...

The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK, Frankfurt, Germany) announces the 2025 winners of the Innovation Award for fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs), awarded to companies, institutes and ...

RocTool SAS has aimed its 3iTech process of heating a mold using electromagnetic induction at molding carbon-fiber-reinforced parts. The inductors — superheated cartridges — are integrated inside the ...

In recent decades, carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) have been widely applied in many fields, such as the aerospace industry, automotive parts, construction and sporting goods, owing to their ...

This new R&D facility by Morphosis was designed for South Korean textile specialist Kolon Group. It sports a distinctive shading system made from fiber-reinforced plastic, which is the same stuff used ...

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 ...

Long-fiber thermoplastic (LFT) materials and technologies leader PlastiComp (Winona, MN) and Italian short-carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics specialist Xenia (Mussolente) announced at JEC Europe ...