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Warden Schijve joins the AZL product and application development team
Warden Schijve, former Chief Scientist Composites at Sabic, joined the AZL engineering team in October. As Design Leader, he is further expanding the product and application development division of the service provider for business development and technology development in lightweight.
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AZL investigates potential for bio-based composite materials
Sustainability and environmental responsibility are important developments for the current design of productions and products. In order to obtain a comprehensive evaluation of the potential of bio-based composites, the AZL, together with an industry consortium, is investigating the market potential, future applications and relevant technologies for bio-based composite materials.
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Roth Composite Machinery becomes AZL partner and participates in winding technology study
Roth Composite Machinery started its four-year partnership with the cross-industry AZL network of more than 80 companies in June 2020. The manufacturer of filament winding machines will actively participate in the AZL workgroup "Composite Pipes & Vessels" and contribute its system expertise to a joint study on winding technologies for…
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AZL establishes a workgroup to study composites in buildings & infrastructure
The AZL will continue its collaboration on composites in buildings and infrastructure after completing an initial market and technology study which identified new potentials for composite technologies in buildings and infrastructure markets.
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Maezio composites reduce carbon footprint for the electronics industry
A recent Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has found Covestro’s continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites under the Maezio brand can significantly reduce carbon footprint compared to aluminum-magnesium alloy for laptop applications.
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AZL, Winner of the JEC Innovation Award 2019, Category: Industry & Equipment
This year, AZL won the JEC AWARD 2019 for the development of the new machine system ‘Ultra-Fast Consolidator Machine’.
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AZL Demonstrates New Ultra-Fast Consolidator Machine at the JEC World
After many years of successful cooperation on JEC World since 2015, the Aachen Centre for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) renewed the cooperation with the JEC Group for 2019:
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Two AZL partners join forces for commercialization of tape-placement and winding systems
The two AZL Partners Conbility and Fraunhofer IPT, Aachen started their long-term cooperation for the further development and for the commercialization of Fraunhofer´s tape-placement and tape winding systems with in-situ-consolidation by the usage of laser or IR heat sources.
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International consortium starts study on technological analysis of energy storage systems
With a kick-off on January 30, 2018, AZL Aachen, in cooperation with 19 participating companies as well as RWTH Aachen University and Conbility, has launched an international market and technology study.
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International Consortium Studies Energy Storage Systems
AZL Aachen, in cooperation with 19 participating companies, RWTH Aachen University and CONBILITY, has launched an international market and technology study focused on energy storage systems.
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