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European Coatings Overview A bio-based epoxy coating utilizing vanillin-derived chemistry and Schiff base linkages has demonstrated continuous marine corrosion resistance for 2,640 hours in salt spray testing. The system integrates intri...

Impressions USA Overview Toray Industries has developed a polyester-nylon composite fiber containing at least 93% recycled material by mass. This innovation enables premium apparel aesthetics and performance without relying on PFAS in wa...

Thomasnet USA Overview Engineers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated that Composite Metal Foam (CMF) significantly reduces vehicle deceleration and head-injury risk during high-speed frontal collisions. Computational sim...

CORDIS Europe Overview The LIFE BIOBCOMPO project has developed a lightweight biocomposite using renewable cellulose fibres to replace conventional mineral fillers in automotive parts. Since 2022, approximately 10,000 vehicles have been ...

CORDIS Europe Overview The EU-funded SOLiD project is developing a sustainable pilot-scale process for solid-state lithium-metal batteries to increase energy density by up to 70% compared to lithium-ion. By integrating dry electrode proc...

CompositesWorld (implied by content related to "Composites Growth Faces a Lightweighting Cost Barrier - Plastics Engineering" source) USA Overview Recyclamine® technology introduces a dynamic epoxy system that combines the mechanical per...

Plastics Engineering USA Overview Research into the catalytic pyrolysis of automotive plastic waste (APW) demonstrates that iron-modified clay catalysts can increase oil yields to 78.6%. The resulting oil exhibits a calorific value of 49...

PR TIMES Japan Overview Toray, in collaboration with Nagoya University, has successfully prototyped a film capacitor utilizing a 150°C heat-resistant film as its dielectric and demonstrated its integration into an inverter operating stab...

MONOist - ITmedia Japan Overview Toray has developed the industry's first solvent material recycling technology for polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), a super engineering plastic, enabling the recovery of virgin-equivalent quality PPS from was...

Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (Tohoku University) Japan Overview Tohoku University researchers have developed an innovative machine learning method for automated, high-precision microstructure analysis of...