Polestar’s artistic collaboration leads to sustainable material innovation
Automotive

Polestar?s artistic collaboration leads to sustainable material innovationIn October 2021, Polestar and awareness artist Thijs Biersteker presented the interactive installation ?We Harvest Wind?. The collaboration, which was inspired by Polestar?s LCA report, a…

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Arkema to increase global elastomer production capacity

Arkema to increase global elastomer production capacitySpeciality materials company, Arkema, is to increase the global manufacturing capacity for its ‘Pebax’ range of ‘bio-circular’ elastomers by approximately 25 per cent through an investment at its Serquigny plant in France.

Radian Aerospace raises seed round to fund work on spaceplane
Aerospace

Radian Aerospace raises seed round to fund work on spaceplane – SpaceNewsA startup has raised a seed round of funding to pursue development of a single-stage-to-orbit reusable spaceplane.

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Glass Multifilament Roving to Produce Hybrid Prepreg Tapes
Research

Glass Multifilament Roving to Produce Hybrid Prepreg TapesIn a recent study published in the journal Materials, researchers from the Czech Republic developed hybrid prepreg tapes (rectangular cross-section) from glass multifilament roving (circular cross-section) and epoxy matrix…

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Solvay to collaborate with Trillium on bio-based acrylonitrile for carbon fiber applications
Research

Solvay to collaborate with Trillium on bio-based acrylonitrile for carbon fiber applicationsNew agreement with Trillium Renewable Chemicals will enable Solvay's development of sustainable, bio-carbon fiber for use in various applications.

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Sunman opens 1GW lightweight PV module factory
Energy

Sunman opens 1GW lightweight PV module factorySunman Energy claims the new factory, located in Yangzhong City in China's Jiangsu province, is the world’s largest production facility for lightweight photovoltaics.

‘Mega air yacht’ with helium-filled blimps is designed to FLY
Marine

'Mega air yacht' with helium-filled blimps is designed to FLYCalled Air Yacht, the extravagant vehicle has been revealed in detailed concept images by the Rome-based company Lazzarini Design Studio, which has not revealed how much it might cost.

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