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Acquisition

Toray to take over Dome Carbon Magic
Toray Industries announces its acquisition of Dome Carbon
Magic, a racing car designer and manufacturer highly acclaimed by the automobile industry, and make it a wholly
owned subsidiary in order to expand its carbon fiber composite materials business in the automobile and other applications. Toray plans to rename the company Toray Carbon Magic.
www.toray.com

Opening

UTC Aerospace Systems opens state-of-the-art
composite centre of excellence
UTC Aerospace Systems’ advanced composites manufacturer, CTG, has completed the construction and fit out of
a state-of-the-art Composite Centre of Excellence facility in
Banbury (Oxfordshire, UK).
The facility was
approached with an
environmental and
sustainable focus
and will unite CTG’s
six current sites into
one location and
gives CTG an overall
footprint increase of
more than 90 percent. The move enables CTG to manufacture volume quantities more effectively of advanced composite products and
systems used across a range of high technology industries.
Employees have already started moving in, and the facility
will be fully operational by June 2013.

Announcement

www.utcaerospacesystems.com

Hexagon Composites announces a new global
identity and Jon Erik Engeset as new CEO
The Hexagon Group is gathering
all its business units (Ragasco,
Lincoln Composites, Hexagon
Raufoss and Devold AMT) under
one name: Hexagon Composites.
During 14 years of existence, the
group has built up a solid portfolio
of products, cost-effective manufacturing facilities and an international
team of dedicated and competent
employees.
Hexagon Composites is implementing a unified global
identity to reflect its leading market position, global presence
and ambitions for further growth. Additionally the board
of directors of Hexagon Composites has appointed Jon Erik
Engeset as new CEO. He will take up his new position on
August 5th 2013.
www.hexagon.no

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Partnership

in brief
Owens Corning partners with BASF and TenCate for
thermoplastic automotive composites
Owens Corning, BASF and TenCate Advanced Composites announce their collaboration to deliver global solution to create lighter, stronger, more durable, and environmentally efficient thermoplastic composites for automotive
mass production. In this strategic alliance: BASF contributes
comprehensive knowledge in the production and formulation
of thermoplastic resins, TenCate Advanced Composites delivers its expertise in composites manufacturing, and Owens
Corning brings the technology to develop superior and tailor
made fabrics and glass reinforcement solutions.
www.owenscorning.com - www.tencate.com - www.basf.com

Zoltek and Thermoplast Composite GmbH (TCG) join forces to develop carbon thermoplastic composite products
Zoltek Corporation and Thermoplast Composite GmbH of
Germany announced that they are working together to develop
and improve carbon fiber thermoplastic tapes and other carbon
fiber thermoplastic products. These thermoplastic manufactured with Zoltek’s Panex® 35 carbon fiber and using TCG’s
patented process technology, have the ability to be used as
the primary reinforcement in structural parts or as localized
reinforcement for injection molding in automotive and other
industries.
www.zoltek.com

http://www.toray.com http://www.owenscorning.com http://www.tencate.com http://www.basf.com http://www.zoltek.com http://www.mccleananderson.com http://www.utcaerospacesystems.com http://www.hexagon.no

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