Full profile interview
7 May 2020

Boston Materials
Boston Materials has developed z-axis reinforcement for composite applications. IDTechEx spoke with Anvesh Gurijala (CEO)
Update
27 Nov 2019

Roboze
Dr Bryony Core caught up with Roboze at Formnext 2019. Roboze are an Italian 3D printer manufacturer who develop professional level FFF printers compatible with high performance thermoplastic filaments.
Full profile interview
25 Nov 2019

SABIC
Dr Bryony Core met Sabic at Formnext 2019 to discuss their newest materials for 3D printing.
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Update interview
22 Nov 2019

PolymerFilms, a division of PolymerShapes
PolymerFilms, a division of PolymerShapes, is a reseller of polymer films to small and medium companies. At the IDTechEx Show 2019 in Santa Clara, Technology Analyst Dr Michael Dent spoke with Adam Kline, General Manager at PolymerFilms.
25 Oct 2019

Race for 1000 km Electric Vehicles
Range sells electric cars. Long range ones sell in 100 times the numbers and have three times the resale value. In this article Dr Peter Harrop discusses the future of electric vehicles capable of 1000km range.
18 Oct 2019

Rivian Overblown?
Those desperate to invest in "The next Tesla" continue to pile into start-up Rivian, the latest $350 million coming from a media company. That takes investment up to the $2 billion level familiar at Tesla.
Background
8 Oct 2019

PlasticEnergy
PlasticEnergy have a technology HQ in London and have two industrial plants in Seville, Spain.
External press release
17 Jan 2019

SABIC acquires majority stake in carbon nanotube business
SABIC announced that it has taken a majority stake in Black Diamond Structures, a nanotechnology company established in 2014. BDS produces and commercializes MOLECULAR REBAR®, a proprietary technology of modified carbon nanotubes that offers great potential for enhancing the performance of energy storage applications using lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries.
External press release
20 Nov 2018

New LEXAN™ CXT film from SABIC
SABIC presented an innovative new transparent high-heat LEXAN™ CXT film product at the IDTechEx show in California. The new polycarbonate (PC) based technology combines superior optical clarity and high design flexibility with excellent thermal and dimensional stability at elevated process temperatures.
9 May 2018

The development of high temperature thermoplastics for 3D Printing
Within the field of 3D printing, there is increasing emphasis on functionality as the industry shifts away from the stereotype of rapid prototyping, and materials are not exempt from such scrutiny.
Full profile interview: Company Financials
2 Jan 2018

Airborne
24 Nov 2017

Composite materials for the automotive sector - who needs who more?
It is hard to avoid the topic of the automotive sector within the composite industry, but of late there has been a shift in the rhetoric from when the large uptake will happen to whether it will happen at all.
25 Apr 2017

Turbulence in the lightweight composite market: a bumpy ride ahead
IDTechEx technology analyst Dr Richard Collins was in attendance of JEC World in Paris, the premier composite event with the hosts reporting record attendees of over 40,000 people and 1,300 exhibitors.
8 Nov 2016

The bus of the future
Buses are very important. Injuries and deaths from two wheelers have not reduced very much in decades whereas vehicles with four wheels or more have seen huge improvements.
4 May 2016

New solar power advances for electric vehicles
This article summarises some of the future oriented presentations on solar power advances at the recent IDTechEx Show! in Berlin.