Companies increasingly need to understand their safety test criteria and the composite structures underpinning them, but the expertise required to deliver such accurate design analysis is often in scarce supply. Mike Richardson reports....

Increasing demand for aerospace composite structures has resulted in a dramatic boost in orders for Aldershot-based Ultrasonic Sciences Ltd (USL), which develops automated ultrasonic testing systems entirely in-house....

The University of Manchester’s National Composites Certification & Evaluation Facility, officially opened this summer, has been set-up to accelerate the standardisation of new material standards and aid the development of new processes. The centre is aiming......