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Toray, EconCore and Itochu enter into a license option agreement on polyamide honeycomb technology
After preliminary process and product development work, Toray, EconCore and ...More
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EconCore and ThermHex Waben look back at a successful edition of the JEC Composites Show
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[19-11-12] First US licensee for EconCore
EconCore is proud to present its first US licensee: Coroplast, Inc. Based in Chicago, IL, Coroplast is the number one brand of fluted polypropylene board used for signage and packaging applications.
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[24-04-12] Econcore steps into the automotive world
EconCore is pleased to announce it counts RENOLIT GOR as one of its prime customers. The EconCore licensee produces a unique composite sandwich concept using a thermoplastic honeycomb core with wood fiber skins. The product is sold under the brand name Renolit Gorcell.
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[01-03-12] ThermHex on JEC show 2012
The JEC 2012 composite show in Paris will be, as every year, the place to be for the people of the composite world. EconCore, and its ThermHex technology, will be present through our partner companies and customers.
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[09-05-11] EconCore exhibits at the 2011 JEC in Paris
The JEC Show is one of the worlds's leading trade shows for the composites industry with approximately 1000 exhibitors. The use of composite materials is increasing by new environmental and energy requirements and the continuous search for ever lighter and stronger materials. EconCore is looking back at 3 successful days at the JEC show in Paris.
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[09-02-11] Product innovation: Next Generation Metal Composite Panels
After the successful global launch of ThermHex technology for packaging applications, EconCore intensively explores new material combinations, beyond mono-material sandwich panel concepts. The company introduces technology for cost efficient production of the next generation ThermHex Composite Panels with Steel or Aluminium skins.
The smart hybridizing of metal sheet with EconCore’s thermoplastic honeycomb core brings panel weight to levels that were not possible today in mass aluminium or steel panel production. Furthermore weight savings are translated into cost savings thanks to the continuous ThermHex process.
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[20-12-10] EconCore winner of the Bioplastics Award 2010!
We are proud to announce that this year the prestigious Bioplastics Award was given to EconCore. The Bioplastics Award is organized by two trade publications: bioplastics MAGAZINE and European Plastics News. From a total of more than 20 high class proposals our product PLA honeycomb sandwich structure was selected by the judging panel. The winner of the Bioplastics award was announced during the 5th European Bioplastics Conference on December 1st, 2010 in Düsseldorf (Germany).
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[26-10-10] EconCore Finalist Bioplastics Award 2010
We are happy to announce that EconCore is among the 5 finalists for the 2010 Bioplastics Award! The Bioplastics Award is organized by two trade publications bioplastics MAGAZINE and European Plastics News. From a total of more than 20 high class proposals our product PLA honeycomb sandwich structure was selected by the judging panel.
The winner of the Bioplastics award will be announced during the 5th European Bioplastics Conference on December 1st, 2010 in Düsseldorf (Germany).
A 2 page article on EconCore and our bio-based composite panels was published in the latest bioplastics MAGAZINE (volume 5/2010) which you can download here.
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[30-09-10] New applications presented at Logis-Tech Tokyo 2010
Gifu Plastics, our Japanese licensee, exhibited at the Logis-Tech Show 2010. The products on display were manufactured with our THERMHEX technology and marketed under trade name TECCELL. A whole range of new applications was presented as e.g. low weight pallets, foldable boxes, an aerospace container and aluminium doors for industrial kitchens.
LOGIS-TECH TOKYO took place in September 2010 and is also well-known as the largest material handling & logistics trade show in Asia attracting many visitors from Japan and overseas.
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[06-09-10] Product innovation: ThermHex Paper Board for cost sensitive applications
As technology leader in honeycomb sandwich materials, EconCore is constantly investing in research and product innovation in order to introduce materials with improved quality for new market applications.
As a result of this continuous engagement EconCore is able to present its latest product development: ultra lightweight boards with paper liners and ThermHex polypropylene honeycomb cores.
These highly innovative, cost competitive honeycomb panels are targeting graphical, display market segments extended by such applications as temporary walls and construction panels, partition walls or exhibition stand elements.
The panels are made of green, recyclable materials and hence meet the trends of the market.
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[06-09-10] European patent for ThermHex granted
The European Patent Office in Munich, Germany, has granted the application under number 1824667, entitled “Half closed thermoplastic honeycomb, their production process and equipment to produce”. The mention of the grant was published in the European Patent Bulletin 10/29 on July 21, 2010 on page 464. You can read the patent here.
This latest patent follows a number of earlier ThermHex patent grants in Europe, US and Asia to protect our technology for enabling an in-line production of lightweight, cost efficient honeycomb sandwich panels. The technology is already being used by some of our licensees.
For interest in obtaining a licensing agreement to the invention please contact francois.debie@econcore.com or Mob +32 492 660 614
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[23-06-10] Cartonplast Italia launches the Exalite® product line using EconCore’s patented technology
CARTONPLAST ITALIA – a leading company in the processing of plastics by extrusion – has launched Exalite®, an innovative polypropylene sheet which offers excellent mechanical properties while using a minimal amount of material resources.
Cartonplast and EconCore concluded a license agreement for the packaging market in Europe in 2009. This enabled Cartonplast to use EconCore’s technologies to continuously produce honeycomb cores, which increases productivity significantly. After the signing of the license agreement Cartonplast and EconCore worked closely together to optimize the product design and build up the production line.
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[20-05-10] Successful exhibition at JEC Paris
EconCore is looking back at 3 successful days at the JEC Show in Paris. The JEC Show is one of the world’s leading trade shows for the composites industry with approximately 1000 exhibitors and for this year a record attendance of 27.500 visitors. The use of composite materials is increasing by new environmental and energy requirements and the continuous search for ever lighter and stronger materials.
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[12-04-10] High performance composite panels from renewable, bio-based polymers
EconCore is proud to present the first 100% bio-based composite panel. Recently EconCore has optimized the patented ThermHex production technology to produce honeycomb cores and sandwich panels made from bio-based plastics.
“Today, the exploitation of the economical advantages of weight reduction has become essential for many industries,” says François de Bie, EconCore head of sales and marketing. “Bio-based polymer materials are still relatively expensive compared to for example PP alternatives which has limited the use of these materials in structural applications. Bio-based sandwich panels can be used in for example re-usable packaging, furniture, automotive interiors or separation walls.”
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[30-10-09] Successful International Exhibitions
In October EconCore attended a number of International trade shows.
A the 2009 Fachpack in Nürnberg EconCore highlighted it’s technologies that allow for cost efficient packaging concepts using either paper cardboard or thermoplastic PP / PE materials. “More than in recent year the industry requires low cost packaging solutions, that deliver optimal performance while using a minimal amount of material resources” said CEO Jochen Pflug “For these reasons we saw a great interest in our ThermHex and TorHex production technology.”
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[20-05-09] Thermhex Waben GmbH - new plant in Germany
ThermHex Waben GmbH in Halle (Saale), Germany, a fully-owned subsidiary of EconCore, has been established on 20th May 2009. The company will offer to manufacturers of lightweight sandwich components its new, cost-saving polypropylene honeycomb cores and will process polypropylene films into honeycomb cores in a highly efficient, continuous operation.
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[31-03-09] Unique honeycomb core presented at the JEC Show Paris
EconCore was presenting during the JEC Show Paris on March 24 to 26, 2009 a thermoplastic honeycomb with a cell size of only 5 mm. Until today such small cell sizes are only known for high performance aerospace applications. A small cell size allows minimal weight and good surface quality in thin sandwich components with a minimal skin thickness.
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[28-02-09] TECCELL by Gifu Plastics in Japan with EconCore Technologies
Gifu Plastics presented on the New Materials exhibition in Tokyo the first further processed panels for logistics and packaging markets in Japan under the name TECCELL.
TECCELL is made from thermoplastic polymers by EconCore's continuous production technology enabling outstanding high productivity. The honeycomb core material allows saving energy by reducing the weight of the logistic and packaging materials while achieving high performance.
Gifu Plastics plans to launch its first products that employ the new technologies on the market prior to the summer of 2009.
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[24-10-08] JEC Asia Show in Singapore
EconCore was participating in the first JEC Asia Composite Exhibition in Singapore in October 2008.
The JEC Asia Show, with more than 300 exhibitors and 8325 visitors, was a good platform to promote EconCore’s innovative products and technologies for the composite industry in the Asia-Pacific region.
The composite industry in Asia is currently contributing 36% of the global composite market and is expected to generate the highest growth rates in the future.
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[25-08-08] Itochu concludes exclusive license agreement with EconCore
Itochu Corporation and EconCore have concluded an exclusive license agreement for logistics and packaging markets in Asia-Pacific Region including Japan and the Middle East.
Itochu Corporation is one of Japans leading trading companies and is engaged in a wide variety of businesses, including textiles, machinery, aerospace, information technology, multimedia, metals, energy, chemicals, forest products, food, retail, financial services and so forth. For more information, please click on the following link:
http://www.itochu.co.jp/main/news/2008/news_080813e.html
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[30-06-08] EconCore at the euroLITE Trade Fair, Salzburg
EconCore has participated for the first time in euroLITE, the international trade fair for lightweight construction from June 24th to 26th, 2008 in Salzburg (Austria).
Parallel to euroLITE 2008, the Landshut lightweight construction cluster was organising a three-day lightweight construction forum. On the program there were speeches by experts in research and development, from universities and industry with topics as new developments and current trends in the field of construction, materials and manufacturing technologies in lightweight construction. Our CEO Jochen Pflug gave a lecture on innovative manufacturing technologies for cost-effective honeycombs.
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[15-04-08] Seminar „Lightweight materials for recreational vehicles“
Together with Flanders’ DRIVE, the innovation excellence pool and platform for the Flemish vehicle industry, EconCore organised the closing seminar of the cluster project “Light RV – Lightweight materials for recreational vehicles”. The cluster project aimed to investigate possibilities to use lightweight materials in recreational vehicles and focused on identifying the best material combination offering the optimal ratio between weight, price and performance.
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[07-04-08] Successful JEC 2008
The world premiere for EconCore’s new half-closed thermoplastic honeycomb core on the JEC exhibition in Paris (1-3 April 2008) was received with excitement and fascination. The new honeycomb core was presented in a large variety of possible material combinations. We thank all our visitors for their interest and positive reactions.
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[27-03-08] New Half-Closed Honeycomb Core from PP, PET, PC and PA
The new half-closed honeycomb core is based on EconCore´s patented ThermHex technology and was especially developed for the composite industry to offer a thermoplastic honeycomb core of outstanding cost efficiency.
Compared to conventional honeycombs the new core provides a very good core-skin bonding due to a larger bonding area for the skins. The half-open cells allow to create node bonds between the cell walls for maximal shear performance. The core can be made from Polypropylene, Polyethyleneterephthalate, Polycarbonate, Polyamide and other polymers. Flame retardant versions are possible as well.
Further, EconCore announces that a new production line is currently under construction at EconCore to provide economic sandwich cores and panels to small and medium volume customers.
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[01-09-07] 4 Million Euro Investment in EconCore’s ThermHex Technology
Finindus, Gemma Frisius Fonds K.U. Leuven, Allegro Investment Fund, KBC Arkiv and a number of private investors have together invested more than
4 million euros in SteelThermHex, a young Flemish enterprise specialised in the production of sandwich panels with EconCore honeycomb core that weigh far less than traditional structures.
SteelThermHex is a joint venture set up in 2006 by EconCore NV and OCAS, the research center of the world's number one steel company ArcelorMittal. The intensive co-operation between the two companies has led to the development of a new material with the thermoplastic honeycomb core ThermHex and steel skins. The new material is exceptionally stiff and strong enough to be used for furniture, construction or transport panels, but weighs far less than traditional materials.
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[02-08-07] EconCore moves to new location
After a very successful first year EconCore decided to move to a bigger building. In the 560 square meter production hall (and 260 square meter offices) is now enough space available for the industrial production and demonstration of the ThermHex technology as well as the TorHex technology.
Our new coordinates:
Ambachtenlaan 17, 3001 Leuven
Tel: 0032-16-3810-60, Fax: 0032-16-3810-69
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[28-03-07] Visit us at the JEC Composites Show in Paris , 3.- 5. April (stand J24)
This year EconCore will introduce SteelThermHex N.V., the first company to invest in an industrial production line to produce sandwich panels with EconCore honeycomb material. SteelThermHex N.V., the Joint Venture between EconCore and the research center of the world's number one steel company Arcelor Mittal will present first sandwich panels with the ThermHex honeycomb core and steel skins. These panels provide excellent rigidity combined with low weight, flatness and due to the EconCore honeycomb material an advantageous cost. Visit us on stand J24 to see samples of the first sandwich panels with EconCore honeycombs which will be commercially available.
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[12-02-07] EconCore and Granta to develop new sandwich materials software tool
Granta Design and EconCore are to cooperate in the development of a software tool for sandwich material selection and optimisation. The tool will enable users to explore the potential weight and cost savings offered by sandwich material combinations. Having a strong scientific background, both companies are committed to provide industry with a scientifically sound but easy to use software tool for comparing and selecting sandwich material combinations for specific applications with combined performance per cost and performance per weight targets. Full article at Granta Design website
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[02-10-06] 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.“. The Joint Venture will produce and market sandwich panels with the ThermHex honeycomb core technology and steel skins in Europe and in America.
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[24-08-06] 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. In this line several new innovations will be integrated to enable a production speed of 10 m/min.
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[15-07-06] 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. EconCore can now offer engineering of industrial production lines according to the specific requirements of customers to produce panels with polypropylene ThermHex honeycomb cores in these ranges. Moreover we offer development services for applications with core thicknesses larger than 12 mm.
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[26-06-06] 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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[05-04-06] 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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[03-04-06] Successful JEC 2006
The presentation of EconCore technologies on the JEC 2006 exhibition was received with excitement and fascination. We thank all our visitors for their interest and positive reactions.
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