Month: March 2014
Faking it with new carsDriveIt is called Alcantara, a synthetic fabric that looks and feels like suede but is made from a combination of two-thirds polyester and one-third polyurethane …
Multimillion-rand accommodation project in Mozambique completedCreamer Media's Mining WeeklyThe units for the camp were made from fully insulated polyurethane-injected panels to enhance temperature control and noise reduction. These are …
Mining growth in Africa impacts on remote site accommodation demandCreamer Media's Mining WeeklyIn addition, the prefabricated panel solution used for the camps comprises a high R-value, which measures a …
Men's Journal The Jeep Renegade Looks for an Audience AbroadMen's JournalHeritage motifs continue with "X" patterns – recalling steel Jerry Cans that toted fuel in wartime Jeeps – on …
D3 Cadillac Road Sport Aero Upgrade For Cadillac ATS Now AvailableGM Authority (blog)All panels are made with polyurethane, though carbon fiber splitters (pictured above) are available, and come with …
The outstanding fibre of BMW's i3 and i8The NationalBut until now its use has eluded mass production because it's still incredibly expensive and labour intensive to use in forming …
UPM Biofore Car Concept Replaces Plastic With Wood CompositesGas 2.0UPM Grada, a thermo-formable wood material, is used to construct pieces such as the cabin floor, center console, door panels …
Composite bridges on a path to wider usePlastics NewsShe also pointed to the quick construction of pre-engineered, pre-fabricated FRP bridge deck panels that arrive to a work site ready …
The Hex Is Back. New Trend Hexagonal Mosaic Collection.specifinder.com (press release)The availability of white and black tiles in the Hexagonal palette enables the recreation of traditional black and white …
Picodeon's ultra-short pulsed laser deposition allows precision coating of ...+Plastic ElectronicsAluminium oxide layers are highly impermeable to water, transparent and flexible; making them an ideal solution for encapsulation a …