Future rockets could fly with tanks made of lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic thanks to ground-breaking research carried out within ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Program. A tank made ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. has developed* a cellulose nanofiber (CNF)-reinforced plastic with the aim of reducing CO2 over the lifecycle of automotive components, from raw material procurement and ...

TIRUPATI: BFG India, a subsidiary of BFG International has been leading in offering world-class Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics (FRP) products to Vande Bharat Express and the majority of the country’s ...