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Thermoplastic composite activity ramping up fast
Bayer MaterialScience announced the acquisition of Thermoplast Composite (TCG) earlier this month, a specialist producer of continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite materials based at Nuremburg in Germany. BMS said it plans to use its
newly acquired business to expand its range of products for the thermoplastic compos- ite processing sector. The company said its short term plans include expanding production capacity at the TCG facility in Nuremburg, which currently employs 12 people. It plans to add new capacity at other locations in the future. “We are seeing significant demand and growth opportuni- ties for composites made from thermoplastic materials such as polycarbonate,” said Dr Markus Steilemann, member of the company’s executive committee and head of the polycarbonates business Unit. “We want to become one of the driving forces in this industry. We expect promising opportunities above all in the
Interest is growing in lightweight thermoplastic composites
IT, automotive and transporta- tion industries, as well as in consumer goods, which would further strengthen our position,” he said. TCG managing directors Dr Herbert Börger and Ingolf Knaup will remain with the company, BMS said. l Meanwhile, BASF and carbon fibre specialist SGL Group have announced the conclusion of a joint research project to develop a cost-effec- tive system for production of carbon fibre reinforced polyamide parts using the thermoplastic resin transfer moulding (T-RTM) in-situ polymerisation technology. The material system includes a new carbon fibre sizing technology from SGL
Taking on the spills
and optimised caprolactone reactive polyamides from BASF. Part of the project has been integrating the material technology into the BASF Ultrasim simulation product. “The mechanical character-
istic values arising from the interaction of the fibre and matrix are crucial input parameters for our simulation tool Ultrasim,” said Josef R Wünsch, head of structural materials and systems research at BASF. “We are currently working intensively on enhanc- ing our simulation expertise for reactive systems so that we can provide our customers with expert support for part design and optimisation.” ❙
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www.basf.com
UK-based injection moulding and tooling company Agentdraw has invested around £2m in the development of the Magicup anti-spill cup for on-the-go beverage consumption.
The injection moulded design
allows the user to drink from any point around the rim and is said to be completely unaffected by knocks or travel motion. It is also thermally insulated and, according
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Rosti says sales up to €375m
International injection moulding group Rosti announced an 18% increase
in sales for 2014, reaching €375m. The company said all 10
of its production operations in Europe and Asia saw sales growth, with the operations in Malaysia and the UK performing particularly strongly. The company completed a major expansion of its UK site at Pickering during 2014, adding more mould- ing capacity and a new state-of-the-art paint line. The company said the
Rosti Tebplast operation at Istanbul in Turkey, which was acquired at the end of 2013, also made a positive contribution. Rosti will commission a extension to its
new 8,000m2
plant in China next month. CEO Börje Vernet said the company expects to see a further 10-15% sales growth during 2015. ❙
www.rosti.com
to the company, the contents will not spill even if it is knocked over. Agentdraw managing director
Darren Parsons said the design of the cup and its novel flow control mechanism required numerous trials and adjustments to perfect - including the development of a number of proprietary custom polymer formulations. ❙
www.agentdraw.co.uk ❙
www.magicup.co.uk
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