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3A Composites acquires PNG Balsa
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Reinforced Plastics Volume 59, Number 1 January/February 2015
Toray Industries to supply 777X wings material to Boeing
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BOEING HAS SIGNED a memorandum of agreement with Japanese composite supplier Toray Industries to expand its current contract for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to include the 777X wing material. Adding the 777X wings to the current 787 contract represents a significant increase in the material Toray is supplying to Boeing. The long-term contract extension will take effect in 2015. The companies will also collaborate to improve the commercialization of composites in the aerospace market, increasing the consistency and performance of composites across the production system and developing a cost structure
that could be more competitive with metals. Boeing and Toray pioneered the use of prepreg composites in the 1970s. By 1994, assemblies including the empennage and floor beams were being produced for the 777 program, the first commercial airplane featuring structurally significant composite parts. This culminated in the launch of the 787, the world’s first largely composite commercial airplane, in 2004. Toray and Boeing have worked together to develop all of the current Boeing programs: the Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX, 747, 767, 777 and the 787 Dreamliner.
‘‘We believe that this agreement signifies the solid mutual trust Toray has been building with Boeing through the stable supply of high quality carbon fiber materials since the 1970s,’’ said Akihiro Nikkaku, president of Toray Industries. ‘‘Going forward, Toray will continue to duly enhance its supply capacity in line with the production increases planned by Boeing.’’ Boeing now has contracts in place for more than 75 percent of the major structural material for the 777X. The wingspan of the 777X measures 71.7 m (235.4 feet), 6.95 m (22.8 feet) longer than the span of today’s 777-300ER. Toray Industries; www.toray.com
acquisition will ensure the future growth of our Balsa wood related business’ says Roman Thomassin, CEO of 3A Composites Core Materials. ‘The combination of these two world class organizations will further improve the quality and accessibility of Balsa wood globally. Additionally, this will help all customers to source stable, affordable, high quality
product in the future’ adds Roman Thomassin. Pierre Mone´ton, Managing Director of PNGB adds, ‘This will ensure a healthy and steady growth for PNGB in the future, while providing us access to new markets, customers, and products.’ 3A Composites; www.3acomposites.com PNG Balsa; www.pngbalsa.com
The 2014 Composites UK Awards dinner held at the UK’s National Motorcycle Museum.
Andrew Dugmore, chairman of Composites UK, presenting at the dinner.
Composites Centre. ‘The awards are also a great event to meet in a more social environment and catch up with some great contacts. The awards keep improving year on year and
we look forward to being involved as much as possible.’ The 2015 dinner will take place on Wednesday 4th November. Composites UK; www.compositesuk.co.uk
3A Composites acquires PNG Balsa 3A COMPOSITES, A DIVISION of Schweiter Technologies, is to acquire PNG Balsa. Producer and distributor of structural core materials 3A Composites has signed a contract to acquire PNGB, a producer of Balsa with its own plantations in Papua New Guinea. ‘This is a great addition to the existing businesses of 3A Composites. This
2014 Composites UK Awards dinner THE UK COMPOSITES industry celebrated its successes at the 2014 Composites UK Awards Dinner held on 11 November. Besides the nine award winners, an ‘Outstanding Contribution to the UK Composites Industry Award’ was presented to Paul Shakspeare of Shakspeare Services for being instrumental in the concept development of the Hub database, his leading role in the Composites Leadership Forum and his work in developing the UK Composites Strategy. ‘It is great to see positive news being shared and recognised in a fantastic industry and British manufacturing,’ said Ben Wilson, director of MPM (Bradford) which co-sponsored with Axillium and the National
Composite Cluster Singapore and Componeering in software partnership COMPOSITE CLUSTER SINGAPORE PTE LTD (CCS) and Componeering Inc. have signed an agreement to substantiate their collaboration regarding Componeering’s ESAComp 8
software in the ASEAN region. Through the agreement, CCS becomes the regional distributor and technical support center for Componeering’s ESAComp software.
‘‘The ASEAN region already has significant production capacity for highperformance composites, so the natural next step is to develop their composite
Reinforced Plastics Volume 59, Number 1 January/February 2015
Toray Industries to supply 777X wings material to Boeing
BUSINESS
BOEING HAS SIGNED a memorandum of agreement with Japanese composite supplier Toray Industries to expand its current contract for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner to include the 777X wing material. Adding the 777X wings to the current 787 contract represents a significant increase in the material Toray is supplying to Boeing. The long-term contract extension will take effect in 2015. The companies will also collaborate to improve the commercialization of composites in the aerospace market, increasing the consistency and performance of composites across the production system and developing a cost structure
that could be more competitive with metals. Boeing and Toray pioneered the use of prepreg composites in the 1970s. By 1994, assemblies including the empennage and floor beams were being produced for the 777 program, the first commercial airplane featuring structurally significant composite parts. This culminated in the launch of the 787, the world’s first largely composite commercial airplane, in 2004. Toray and Boeing have worked together to develop all of the current Boeing programs: the Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX, 747, 767, 777 and the 787 Dreamliner.
‘‘We believe that this agreement signifies the solid mutual trust Toray has been building with Boeing through the stable supply of high quality carbon fiber materials since the 1970s,’’ said Akihiro Nikkaku, president of Toray Industries. ‘‘Going forward, Toray will continue to duly enhance its supply capacity in line with the production increases planned by Boeing.’’ Boeing now has contracts in place for more than 75 percent of the major structural material for the 777X. The wingspan of the 777X measures 71.7 m (235.4 feet), 6.95 m (22.8 feet) longer than the span of today’s 777-300ER. Toray Industries; www.toray.com
acquisition will ensure the future growth of our Balsa wood related business’ says Roman Thomassin, CEO of 3A Composites Core Materials. ‘The combination of these two world class organizations will further improve the quality and accessibility of Balsa wood globally. Additionally, this will help all customers to source stable, affordable, high quality
product in the future’ adds Roman Thomassin. Pierre Mone´ton, Managing Director of PNGB adds, ‘This will ensure a healthy and steady growth for PNGB in the future, while providing us access to new markets, customers, and products.’ 3A Composites; www.3acomposites.com PNG Balsa; www.pngbalsa.com
The 2014 Composites UK Awards dinner held at the UK’s National Motorcycle Museum.
Andrew Dugmore, chairman of Composites UK, presenting at the dinner.
Composites Centre. ‘The awards are also a great event to meet in a more social environment and catch up with some great contacts. The awards keep improving year on year and
we look forward to being involved as much as possible.’ The 2015 dinner will take place on Wednesday 4th November. Composites UK; www.compositesuk.co.uk
3A Composites acquires PNG Balsa 3A COMPOSITES, A DIVISION of Schweiter Technologies, is to acquire PNG Balsa. Producer and distributor of structural core materials 3A Composites has signed a contract to acquire PNGB, a producer of Balsa with its own plantations in Papua New Guinea. ‘This is a great addition to the existing businesses of 3A Composites. This
2014 Composites UK Awards dinner THE UK COMPOSITES industry celebrated its successes at the 2014 Composites UK Awards Dinner held on 11 November. Besides the nine award winners, an ‘Outstanding Contribution to the UK Composites Industry Award’ was presented to Paul Shakspeare of Shakspeare Services for being instrumental in the concept development of the Hub database, his leading role in the Composites Leadership Forum and his work in developing the UK Composites Strategy. ‘It is great to see positive news being shared and recognised in a fantastic industry and British manufacturing,’ said Ben Wilson, director of MPM (Bradford) which co-sponsored with Axillium and the National
Composite Cluster Singapore and Componeering in software partnership COMPOSITE CLUSTER SINGAPORE PTE LTD (CCS) and Componeering Inc. have signed an agreement to substantiate their collaboration regarding Componeering’s ESAComp 8
software in the ASEAN region. Through the agreement, CCS becomes the regional distributor and technical support center for Componeering’s ESAComp software.
‘‘The ASEAN region already has significant production capacity for highperformance composites, so the natural next step is to develop their composite