JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #105 - June 2016 - 8

- In brief .......................... p8
Quickstep contract to open
up South Korean automotive
market
Nordex and Acciona
Windpower join forces to
create a major player in the
wind industry
Faurecia sells its
Automotive Exteriors
Business to Plastic Omnium
Superior Composites
announces a $2.5 million
expansion at its Kentucky
facility

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Colin Sirett is appointed as CEO of AMRC
Colin Sirett, former Head of Research &
Technology at Airbus in the UK, is appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
(AMRC) with Boeing.

Announcement

AMRC is a fellow High Value Manufacturing Catapult centre, with technology
focus areas in advanced machining and
materials research, design and prototyping, and hybrid and metallic composites.
Colin will also be stepping down from his
role as Chair of the NCC Steering Board,
with Stephen Burgess from Rolls-Royce
taking up the role.
www.nccuk.com
£38 million fund will use F1
technology to design greener cars
Winners of government competition
will develop ideas to cut vehicle
emissions and help plug-in cars
drive further. Formula 1 technology
could soon make family cars lighter,

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improve fuel efficiency and help plug-in
vehicles go further - after an innovative
research project won a share of a £38.2
million government prize. The project
is one of more than 130 car manufacturers, technology companies and research
centres across the country to have won
a share of the money, announced in
the budget, which will create hi-tech
jobs and help Britain become a global
leader in exporting state of the art, emission-cutting technology.
A consortium including Jaguar Land Rover and Nissan has received £1.7 million for
'light weighting' technology - applying the
science behind F1 cars and space satellites
to make passenger cars weigh less and
be more fuel efficient. The results could
reduce the weight of steel components in
vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf by more
than half, potentially extending the distance a plug-in car can drive by up to 25%.
They will begin unveiling working
prototypes by 2018 and could feature in
passenger cars from 2020.
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Petronas, CRS-ACS and
ACS Australia sign an agreement
for a composite repair system
Petronas Technology Ventures Sdn
Bhd signs a licensing agreement with Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced
Composite Structures (CRC-ACS) and
Advanced Composite Structures Australia
Pty Ltd (ACS Australia), for the commercialization of Petronas' proprietary composite technology repair system known as
ProAssure Clamp.
Under the arrangement, Petronas'
ProAssure Clamp will be manufactured
and marketed worldwide by ACS Australia, the spin-out company of CRCACS. ProAssure Clamp is a cost-effective
composite repair solution for preventing
or arresting leaks in pipelines. This
advanced composite solution is lightweight, resistant to corrosion and can
be customized for odd geometries. The
overall production cost is lower due to
reduced fabrication time in comparison
to its metal counterpart. In addition,
composites are also more fatigue resistant
and customizable, which can be especially

Contract

Dee James DeLong appointed
General Manager for DowAksa USA
Dee James DeLong will be responsible
for the implementation of the overall
DowAksa strategy in North America,
sales team leadership and driving
revenue as well as general management
responsibilities.
Having worked
in the composites
industry for over
thirty years, he is
the General Partner of DeLong and
Associates, LLC; a
business consulting firm in Atlanta,
Georgia. This company was the North
American sales agents for DowAksa carbon
fibers and will become part of DowAksa
USA. D.J. was formerly General Manager
of BP Amoco's Carbon Fiber business unit.

Appointement

Companies & Business

in brief

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