News on the EconCore honeycomb sandwich technology
[02-10-2006] EconCore starts a Joint Venture with OCAS / Arcelor Mittal
EconCore and the research center of world's number one steel company Arcelor Mittal have decided to cooperate and have today founded the Joint Venture Company „SteelThermHex N.V.“.
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[19-09-2006] IWT supports EconCore Innovations
The Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT) has decided to support new innovations in the ThermHex production technology and machine development at EconCore.
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[24-08-2006] Investment decision
The EconCore Board decided today to invest in a demonstration line which can endlessly produce thermoplastic ThermHex honeycomb cores in a width of 1.4 m.
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[15-07-2006] ThermHex- Demonstration
EconCore demonstrated the continuous production of polypropylene ThermHex honeycomb cores in a thickness range from 4 mm to 12 mm with cell sizes of 6.4 to 8 mm.
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[26-06-2006] TorHex- Demonstration
EconCore demonstrated the production of TorHex paper honeycomb cores with attached glass fibre reinforcements in 1.2 m width for the further processing with thermoset resin systems.
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[05-04-2006] Capital increase
First license- and project income has enabled a re-evaluation of EconCore. A capital increase, which will allow investments in process innovations and production technologies, was made today.
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