Archive for May, 2009
Omnexus has announced an upcoming online sandwich panel adhesive WebSeminar to discuss some of the latest products for use in sandwich structure production, including VORAMER(tm) Industrial Adhesives.
The lecture, provided by Dow will take place on July 1st 2009, 4pm Paris / 10am New York, registration is free, all that is needed is a phone line and internet connection.
If you manufacuter sandwich panels, you have no reason to miss this.
Follow the link for more information visit the Omnexus WebSeminar.
Tata Nano Car
Tata, the famous manufacturer of the $2,000 dollar Nano Car has announced plans to build 1,000 tiny houses outside of Mumbai. It seems as if prefab insulated composite sandwich panels would be the ideal roof and wall panel. Stay tuned as more information is released…
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The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) annual conference is currently in process in Baltimore, MD. So far there have been a few highly informative conference sessions. In the exhibit hall, there seems to be a fair amount of foreign companies in attendance. Overall, the general feeling observed is that the start of 2009 was extremely slow for composite processing, however in the last few months material orders have increased. There is an increased sense of optimism for the use of composites in wind energy, defense, infrastructure, and even aerospace. Many of which composite sandwich panels will play a role.
More info, visit SAMPE
A common composite sandwich structure used every day by people in coastal cities across the world are surfboards. Generally, a shaped polyurethane foam core with a wooden stringer, is laminated by multiple layers of 12oz or 14oz 0/90 e-glass fabric, using a vinyl ester resin.
In recent years, more advanced composites are being integrated into surfboards, below is a video on how lightweight windsurfing boards (aka composite sandwich structures) are made using aerospace grade materials.
MecTecno, Italian based manufacturer is planning to invest around $7 million into upgrading its Chennai, India facility and opening a new plant in the north or western part of India.
The company has been manufacturing sandwich panels in India since 2007, primarily for the prefab industry. The company has invested $10 million in the Chennai, India sandwich structure facility thus far.
The sandwich panel market in India is estimated at $120 million, and is expected to grow 10-15%.
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