Despite global economic uncertainty and a downturn in the worldwide composite materials industry, China’s composites market grew by more than 2% through the worst of the recession in 2009.
IDI Composites International recently announced that Chris McClure will head the business development team for its new line of structural thermoset compounds.
H.B. Fuller Co. recently announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into cross-distribution agreements with Plexbond Quimica S/A in Brazil for flexible packaging products in several countries.
The U.S. solar energy industry installed a record 1,855 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2011, more than doubling the previous annual record of 887 MW set in 2010.
International Paint LLC, an AkzoNobel company, recently announced it has signed an exclusive distribution relationship with Polibrid Coatings Inc., Brownsville, TX.
The global market for thin and ultrathin films was valued at nearly $9.3 billion in 2011 and is expected to increase to $14.9 billion in 2016, a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10%, according to “Global Markets, Technologies and Materials for Thin and Ultrathin Films,” a new report from BCC Research.
The Adhesive and Sealant Council Inc. (ASC) recently presented the 2012 Adhesion Society Outstanding Young Adhesion Scientist Award and a $1,000 grant to Frank DelRio, Ph.D., a scientist at the Material Measurement Laboratory within the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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