Owens-Corning launches reinforcements for thermosets

I NDUSTRY C o n s o l i d a t i o n for V e t r o t e x T h e l a s t s t a g e in t h e c o n s o l i d a t i o n o f its E u r o p e a n policy has been r e a c h e d with two n a m e changes, V e t r o t e x says. T h e F r e n c h firm r e c e n t l y a n n o u n c e d t h a t G e v e t e x T e x t i l g l a s s G m b H will b e c o m e V e t r o t e x D e u t c h l a n d G m b H a n d Ve'trotex S a i n t - G o b a i n will b e c o m e V e t r o t e x F r a n c e SA_ The latest n a m e changes follow those of sister c o m p a n i e s in S p a i n a n d I t a l y w h i c h a r e n o w k n o w n as V e t r o t e x E s p a n a SA a n d V e t r o t e x I t a l i a SA. V e t r o t e x s ays t h i s e n a b l e s all t h e S a i n t - G o b a i n c o m p a n i e s manufacturing and marketing reinforcement and t e x t i l e glass fibre to affirm t h e i r i d e n t i t y u n d e r a single n a m e . T h e a b i l i t y t o offer an i m p r o v e d r e s p o n s e to m a r k e t d e m a n d s for p r o d u c t s , service a n d d e v e l o p m e n t , is b e h i n d its w i s h for E u r o p e a n unity, says t h e c o m p a n y . T hi s is p a r t of a w o r l d w i d e e x p a n s i o n p r o g r a m m e a l r e a d y in p r o g r e s s t h r o u g h C e r t a i n t e e d C o r p in t h e USA, a n d t h e c r e a t i o n of t w o f a c t o r i e s , V e t r o t e x Do Brasil a n d H a n k u k V e t r o t e x , in S o u t h Korea.

im O w e n s - C o m i n g launches reinforcements for thermosets

Five new or improved fibregl ass r e i n f o r c e m e n t s fo r thermosets have been launched by Owens Corning Fiberglas (OCF) of Toledo, Ohio, LISA. The products are: - - 1 5 8 Type 30 roving for filament winding with epoxy resins; - - 9 7 3 roving for structural sheet moulding c o m p o u n d (SMC) with 30-50% glass loadings; --performable c o n t i n u o u s strand mat for resin transfer moulding (RTM) and structural reaction inject i on m o u l d i n g (SRIM) transportation applicaS y l v i e Dobson, Vetrotex (UK) Ltd, 3 B e a d l e T r a d i n g tions; Estate, Hithercrofi Road, Wallingford OXIO 9RA, Uh:" -- 357B gun roving for spraytel: 0491-35335; fc~': 0491-35591. up; and - - 9 9 2 B roving for c l e a r / translucent panels. JEC exhibition AQAP award for The filament winding roving has i m p r o v e d sizing fo r to move National Plastics s t r o n g e r g la ss/re sin adhesion, OCF says. Pipes made Coventry, UK based National The annual JEC exhibition with it have shown a 15% Plastics says t ha t it has won and conference, held in Paris, higher hurst strength than t h e a p p r o v a l of t h e UK is to move to permit expan- those made with o th e r reinMinistry of Defence (MoD) sion. In 1992 the meeting will f o r c e m e n t s , a c c o r d i n g to to Allied Quality Assurance be h e l d at CNIT in La tests conducted with Smith Procedures (AQAP) 1 Ed. 3. Defense, Paris, on 22-24 Fiberglass Products. This is the highest interna- April. The SMC roving, meanThe Centre de Promotion while, has been developed tionally recognized accolade t hat it is possible to achieve des Composites, which orga- with Budd Co with the aim in military quality standards. nizes JEC, says t hat the 1991 of improving processing and The s t a n d a r d is acknow- event was a huge success., increasing line speeds. 973 ledged by all North Atlantic attracting 8875 visitors, com- roving is said to p r e v e n t Treaty Organization (NATO) p a r e d to 5965 in 1990. ' s q u e e z e o u l ' a l o n g t h e Attendees at ,IEC came from edges of the sheet and perm e m b e r countries. N a t i o n a l P l a s t i c s w a s 45 countries, including six in mit better wet-through. sponsored in its quest for Asia, seven in Africa and Similar improvements in AQAP accreditation by the seven in the Far East. How- p r o c e s s i n g and p r o p e r t i e s Quality Assurance Director- ever, the French still make are offered by t h e o t h e r ate, S t o r e s a n d C l o t h i n g up t h e large m a j o r i t y of products, says OCF. visitors, 6816 in 1991. branch of the MoD. Richard D. Kaverman,

Courtaulds Advanced Materials, PO Box 16 Foleshill Road, Coventry CV6 5AE, UK; tel: 0203-688771: fa3c: 0203- 687325.

REINFORCED PLASTICS MAY 1991

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