AUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After winning a JEC Innovation Award in 2016 for its Lincoln MKS Decklid Concept – a TCA Ultra Lite® outer panel and a carbon fiber RTM prototype inner – ...

Advancing the idea of lightweight construction together: Martin Wippermann, Member of the Executive Board for Automotive, Vice President Veit Wagner and Stefan Tetek, Viechtach 11 plant manager, ...

Airborne’s automated ply placement (APP) technology represents the culmination of advancements in robotics, intelligent software and process optimization. It is a robotically operated, automated and ...

EM Fiberglas (EM, Hornsyld, Denmark) has given an exceptional ten-year price guarantee to Volkswagen AG (VW, Wolfsburg, Germany) on a new fiberglass composite roof assembly produced for VW's T5 ...

In composites, heat transfer follows resin injection and this heat transfer is very sensitive to processing conditions. High-quality heat flux sensors permit detection of the resin flow front and ...

Krauss Maffei demonstrated, in real-time, the “Surface RTM” manufacturing process, by producing carbon fiber roof panels for the new Roding sports car 5 times per day on 2013 K show. The “Surface RTM” ...

After winning a JEC Innovation Award in 2016 for its Lincoln MKS Decklid Concept – a TCA Ultra Lite® outer panel and a carbon fiber RTM prototype inner – Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) has fine ...

A wide-ranging group of technology, material and equipment suppliers have developed a new resin transfer molding process that would simplify production and painting for automotive composite parts.

Less than a month into the current fiscal year, the RTM's Budget Overview Committee is looking to the next, calling for "new thinking" on town budgeting in hopes of curbing spending increases. In a ...

A new rule for the Representative Town Meeting could arm the body with a sharper sword to wield come budget review time. It requires greater scrutiny of budget proposals in order to exert more ...