Automotive

The automotive industry is no stranger to composites. In addition to enabling groundbreaking vehicle designs, composites are also being used to reduce vehicle weight and cut CO2 emissions.

AMRC and Prodrive Working Together to Manufacture Recyclable Composite Components

Prodrive, a motorsport and advanced technology company, is working with lightweighting and materials researchers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to advance its...

Porsche Revolutionizes Sports Cars with New Composite Based 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport

Porsche recently debuted the 718 GT4 Clubsport as the first production race car built with natural fiber body parts. It is an updated version of the 2015 GTS Clubsport, made for both amateur racers and...

Materials with Mass Appeal

Composites are moving into new applications for rail and bus travel. For more than 50 years, thermoset composite producer Norplex-Micarta has done a steady business in manufacturing materials for mass...

Audi, Airbus and Italdesign Test Flying Taxi Prototype

Audi (Ingolstadt, Germany), Airbus (Toulouse, France) and Italdesign (Moncalieri, Italy) debuted a flying and driving 1:4 scale prototype of its Pop.Up Next flying taxi concept at Drone Week in Amsterdam. The...

Royal Opening for McLaren Automotive’s New Carbon Fibre Innovation and Production Center

TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain, have officially opened McLaren Automotive’s new £50m production facility in...

CRP’s Technological Know-How Supporting Energica in the Construction of Bolid-E

At Eicma 2018 the functional prototype of Bolid-E motorbike from Smart Ride project was introduced. Many parts of the motorbike were built by CRP Meccanica and CRP Technology, such as headlight support made...