The cover on the rear muffler of the BMW i8 is fabricated using a direct long fiber thermoplastic (DLFT) process from a polypropylene (PP) compression molding compound reinforced with long glass fiber ...

Dayton, Ohio — Success at Composite Technologies Co. LLC is realizing what the company does well and sticking to that. And for the company that goes by CTC Plastics, it's recycling polypropylene, ...

As automotive engineers continue to search for ways to make lighter, less-costly components, the compression molding of composites has taken center stage in composites-for-metal substitution. Unlike ...

Engineers increasingly are using Tepex performance composites from LANXESS subsidiary Bond-Laminates to significantly improve the mechanical strength of components made of fiber-reinforced ...

Sacmi’s Luca Nanetti during the Nova-Pack conference in February; Sacmi is betting processors will consider compression molding as an alternative to injection molding, and not just for simple ...

“Engineers increasingly are using Tepex performance composites from Lanxess subsidiary Bond- Laminates to significantly improve the mechanical strength of components made of fibre reinforced ...