JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #75 - August/September 2012 - 10

Companies & Business

in brief
Toho Tenax to grow composite business in India Toho Tenax Co., the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers and composites business, announced that it will develop and market carbon fiber fabrics for India’s composite industry in collaboration with Hindoostan Technical Fabrics Limited, a carbon and aramid textile manufacturer wholly owned byHindoostan Mills, Ltd., a major textile company in India and part of the Thackersey Group. This will be the first time Toho Tenax will partner with a textile manufacturer in India’s carbon fiber sector.
www.teijin.co.jp

- In brief ........................ p10 Toho Tenax to grow composite business in India Michelman awarded $2.5 million grant for new research & development center German Institute of Science & Technology (TUM) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP) signed MOU for composites research Composites manufacturer Hexcel joins Singapore A*STAR Aerospace Programme consortium - A lightweight composite team for automotive applications ............... p12

China Hi-Tech Group Corporation carbon fiber production line put into production China Hi-Tech Group Corporation (CHTGC) carbon fiber production line celebration ceremony was held in Shenyang Kangping production base. CHTGC has stronger production capacity for the traditional textile machinery. At the same time, they started R&D on the development of new materials manufacturing technologies. At present, most of domestic carbon fiber equipments are manufactured by CHTGC.
www.chtgc.com

Development

GKN Aerospace to open composite aerostructures manufacturing facility in Mexico GKN Aerospace has established a new composites manufacturing facility in Mexico. The new 80,000 square foot Mexicali composite manufacturing facility is expected to employ over 100 staff by 2017 and will manufacture composite airframe structures. The site’s first products will be structures manufactured for the Sikorsky BLACK HAWK helicopter, with first parts scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2012.
www.gkn.com

Michelman awarded $2.5 million grant for new research & development center Michelman has been awarded a $2.5 million Ohio Third Frontier Industrial Research and Development Center Grant for its new R&D center, that will be named the Michelman Advanced Materials Collaboration Center.
www.michelman.com

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Airbus to establish assembly line in United State In a major strategic announcement, Airbus said it will establish a manufacturing facility in the United States to assemble and deliver A320 Family aircraft. Located at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, it will be the company’s first U.S.-based production facility. Airbus stressed that the assembly line, which will create jobs and strengthen the aerospace industry, is part of its strategy to enhance Airbus’ global competitiveness by meeting the growing needs of its customers in the United States and elsewhere.
www.airbus.com

Award

Teijin Aramid’s recycling program wins VNCI responsible care award Teijin Aramid’s recycling program shared the first prize for the 2012 VNCI Responsible Care award. Since 2004, Teijin Aramid invested in an infrastructure to reduce aramid waste and recycling Twaron aramid fibers. In 2011, Teijin Aramid received a TüVcertificate for Twaron Pulp 0701, the first product that was entirely based on recycled aramid fibers. AkzoNobel received the award for its environmentally friendly processing of animal hyde.
www.teijinaramid.com

Bernard Ziegler receives the Flight-global Lifetime Achievement Award Airbus pioneer recognised for his outstanding contribution to aerospace. Bernard Ziegler, one of modern day commercial aviation’s most brilliant engineers and test pilots received the

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