Unconventional technology enhances composites important to automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries

Phys.org— Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that demonstrates how fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials used in the automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries can be made stronger and tougher to better withstand mechanical or structural stresses over time.

Phys.org—The ecology of industrial renewal. Industry faces many problems in the current economic, sociopolitical, and environmental context. The idea of industrial renewal has thus come to the fore as an approach that might allow us to address those different challenges sitting with the new approach to understanding, known as service ecosystems.

Mobile World Live—Foxconn raises renewable energy target. Foxconn advanced its environmental sustainability goal, setting a target for its worldwide operations to run on 100 per cent renewable energy sources by 2040.

ifo Institut—Sentiment in the German Automotive Industry Improves | Facts. The business climate in Germany’s automotive industry brightened again in April. The index rose to -1.5 points, up from -5.3 points in March. “Companies in Germany’s automotive industry rate their current business situation as slightly better, but more importantly, their outlook once again turned much less pessimistic than in March,” says Anita Wölfl, a specialist at the ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies.