Archive for August, 2009

There is a request for 30,000 sqft of insulated building panels for a construction project in the Southern US. For more information and contact details, please email info@sandwichpanels.org.

Virginia Tech has developed a technology that is available for licensing. It is a core material derived from biological sources and incorporates biofungacides and biopesticides. For more information, please visit their site here.

The USDA has a catalog of composite panels and core material which contains a significant portion of biobased material. Visit it here.

Also be sure to check out a new foam product available containing about 40% biobased material, you can purchase this structural foam core at the sandwich panel store.

Gurit, one of the largest supplies of core materials to the marine, automotive, and wind industry is in the process of acquiring a majority stake in a Chinese manufacturer of structural foam products.

A Global 500 company is searching for a “material with high-strain rate ductility at low-temperatures and the ability to be powder cast.” This material must be able to be laminated to a foam core material without a need for surface treatment.

More information here.