At the recent AGM, Composites Australia announced significant leadership changes, with Genelle Coghlan and Martin Nikolas stepping down as President and Vice President, respectively, while remaining on the Board. The organisation welcomes Lynden Vikingur as the new President, Rohan Gillmore as Vice President, and new Board members Tony Caristo and Nathan Howell.
Colan Australia, the country’s sovereign manufacturer of engineered industrial textiles, recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with a gathering of the composites industry at its Huntingwood headquarters.
From its boat building hubs in Mornington and Yaringa Boat Harbour, southeast of Melbourne, Hart Marine builds mighty boats designed for the speed, agility and stability required to navigate both Australian and international waters with industrial purpose.
Plastool specializes in producing high precision components, tooling, and 3D CNC machining solutions.
This 58th edition of the Connection magazine celebrates International Women’s Day on 8th March 2022 by featuring articles on women leaders in the composites sector.
In recent years, we’ve speculated about the commercial benefits in space, space travel and associated opportunities. This ripping article by Dr Nisa Salim, the Vice Chancellor’s Initiative Research Fellow at
Earlier this month, his Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and head of the Abu Dhabi
ATL Composites (ATL) was founded on the transformative use of liquid epoxy formulations for timber boats and, subsequently, for a wide range of liquid and filled systems used in multiple industries including high performance marine applications. And at the tiller of this remarkable Australian company is the remarkable Lorraine Duckworth.
In 2008, Leona made the pivotal decision to leave her secure job to take over her father’s composite fabricating business along with her brother John. Leona admits that “To have grown the business from a small family company to a national manufacturing enterprise is an achievement which has brought me significant career satisfaction.”
Genelle Coghlan is a materials geek. She loves the art of engineering purpose and performance into roll goods, tapes and braids, and pushing the limits of fibre compositions for enabling end-use applications in diverse manufacturing markets, be they composites, ballistic, filtration, industrial, hygiene, transport, infrastructure, motorsports and leisure.
