MNW Literature Archive

MNW Newsletter - Issue 33 - Autumn 2008
Chairman's Corner • Innovative Rubber Recycling Technologies • Brother Industries • Corus Visit • Metal Matrix Composites Recycling • Steel – the choice of design • Plastic Recycling

MNW Newsletter - Issue 32 - Summer 2008
Chairman's Corner • Materials in Sport: 2008 Prestige Event • COLORCOAT HPS00 ULTRA • Titanium Metals Corporation • Vale Inco Europe 

MNW Newsletter - Issue 31 - Spring 2008
Chairman's Corner • Welsh wood plastics composites • Welsh Composites • Consortium Pembroke shipbuilder adopts lightweight aluminium sandwich panels • Toyota Visit • Materials for Sport

MNW Bulletin Issue 30 - Winter 2008
Chairman's Corner • CARM helps develop novel packaging materials • Magnetics in energy and power • Report on Prestige event ‘Materials for Energy’ • Materials Centre of Excellence

MNW Bulletin Issue 29 - Autumn 2007
Chairman's Corner • Technium Overview • Technium Sustainable Technologies • 9 Technium centres across Wales • Technium Performance Engineering • OpTIC - Business Incubator of the Year

MNW Bulletin Issue 28 - Spring 2007
Chairman's Corner • Composite Materials and Challenges to Airbus • Non Destructive Testing Validation Centre • New Environmentally Friendly Building • The Welsh Composites Network • Paris Airshow - Le Bourget

MNW Bulletin Issue 27 - Winter 2006
Chairman's Corner • Materials Directory Update • Industry and Academia working together • Computer Simulation of the Structure and Properties of Clay-Polymer Nanocomposite Materials • Materials CETIC • New Facilities and a New Recruit • Welsh Composite Training Consortium (WECOTAC) and Welsh Composite Technology Training Network (WECON)

MNW Bulletin Issue 26 - Autumn 2006
Chairman's Corner • Innovation in the Plastics & Rubber Industry • Recycling of Polymer Packaging • Master Recycling Technology • News • Polymers in Autosport

MNW Bulletin Issue 25 - Summer 2006
Chairman's Corner • Friction Stir Welding • China - threat or boost to the Welsh Print Industry? • UW Swansea host major European ceramics conference • End of Life Vehicles • Member company profile: Clearflow Air Movement Hygiene • Newport hosts one of Europe's largest recycling facilities

MNW Bulletin Issue 24 - Spring 2006
Chairman's Corner • Airbus • Technology Opportunities • Sidney Gilchrist Thomas Lecture • Lotus: Composite Materials in the Automotive Industry • Diary Dates • Member Company Profile: Ice Chuck Systems Clamp • News

MTFW Bulletin Issue 23 - Winter 2005
Chairman's Corner • Materials Science Research in Space PRESS Project Update • Aerospace Materials Research at Swansea • Opportunities to find OVERSEAS PARTNERS • Nanomagnetism - the way of the future • Grass as an Engineering Material Feedstock • News

MTFW Bulletin Issue 22 - Autumn 2005
Chairman's Corner • Finding the best solutions in metals - a continuous challenge • Manufacturing Review • Case Study – Custom Design Group • Member Company Profile - Tritech Group Ltd • UW Swansea host major European ceramics conference • Diary Dates • University network to tackle sustainability • Technology Opportunities • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 21 - Summer 2005
Chairman's Corner • Mastering Recycling • NCN Centres Overview • National Validation Centre – TWI Wales • The Advanced Composites Facility (ACF) at GKN Aerospace, Isle of Wight • The Composites Development Centre (CDC) at Airbus, Filton • Member Company Profile - Therma Tru • Technology Opportunities • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 20 - Spring 2005
Chairman's Corner • Challenges and Opportunities in Metal Finishing • Corus Steel Crash Barriers: The Safe Option • Poeton's 'One Stop Shop' for Surface Treatments • Calch Ty-Mawr Lime • Paris Airshow Technology Days • Technology Opportunities • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 19 - Winter 2004
Chairman's Corner • Fibre reinforced polymers – house building in the 21st century • Network Group for Composites in Construction (NGCC) • Centres of Excellence for Technology and Industrial Collaboration • Construction materials made from waste • Swansea Helping Develop Space-Age Materials For Greener Power • Wolfson Centre for Magnetics Technology • Wales Innovation Relay Centre • Surface Treatments and Coatings • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 18 - Autumn 2004
Chairman's Corner • Elegant and Ethical – Sustainable Architectural Materials • Comeld™ - An Innovation in Composite to Metal Joining • Towards a Sustainable Built Environment • Member company profile: Security Composites Ltd • Technology Opportunities in the Materials Sector • Diary Dates • MTFW Website Materials Directory

MTFW Bulletin Issue 17- Summer 2004
Chairman's Corner • Materials Directory • Benefits of MTFW Membership • A Stirring Success - Member Company Profile • Testing Solutions Wales • Functional Surfaces for Superior Wear Resistance & Friction Reduction in the Automotive Industry • Tech Alert • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 16- Spring 2004
Chairman's Corner • Materials Directory • MTFW Annual Prestigious Event • £20m of Extra Business Generated by Welsh Companies • Swansea Institute helps push inventive new system into emerging world-wide markets • SMARTCymru • Technology Exploitation Programme • Innovation Credit Programme for Wales • Tech Alert • ECM² - A Progress Report • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 15- Winter 2003
Chairman's Corner • Launch of Member's Web Page• Materials Directory • Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University• Member Profile: Uniq Extrusions. • Materials Centre of Excellence Case Study: Rubbertech Ltd. • Tech Alert • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 14- Autumn 2003
Chairman's Corner • Bio-derived sustainable & renewable materials offer new opportunities in Wales • Materials Directory • Excel Industries Limited • Case Study: Biochem Wales Ltd. • The use of insulation for suistanable development • Environmentally Sustainable Plastics • Tech Alert • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 13- Summer 2003
Chairman's Corner • Steering Group • Material Directory • Fibre Reinforced Composites:Processing Methods • Morganite Electrical Carbon Ltd. • Nanotechnology and Applications • Tech Alert

MTFW Bulletin Issue 12- Spring 2003
Chairman's Corner • Annual Prestigious Event • Material Directory • Namtec Launched • Living in a material world • ECM squared, a winning formula • Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing • Tech Alert • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 11- Winter 2003
Chairman's Corner • Functional Prototyping at PDR • Free of Charge Advisory service for Manufacturers • Witherdale Plastics • Quality Polymer Systems - Atlas Polymers • WDA Technology Awards 2002 • Tech Alert:Technology Opportunities • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 10 - Autumn 2002
Chairman's Corner • MTFW Website - Materials Directory • Wolfson Centre for Magnetics Technology • Wall Colmonoy Ltd. • European Research 2002 The European Research Area and the Framework Programme • Tech Alert: Technology Opportunities • Joining Technologies • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 9 - Summer 2002
Chairman's Corner • Joining Technologies Today • ECM2: a winning formula for manufacturing excellence • Materials Directory - T.W.I. (The Welding Institute) • Technology Requests and Offers • Diary Dates • The Centre for Advanced and Renewable Materials (CARM)

MTFW Bulletin Issue 8 - Spring 2002
Chairman's Corner • NEW ! Materials Directory • Invitation to participate in Computer Simulation • ECM2 Update • Cutting costs through Rapid Crockery Design • Technology Requests and Offers • Aerospace committment to Welsh SMEs • Diary Dates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 7 - Autumn 2001
Chairman's Corner • The MTFW and the Centres of Excellence • Materials from a Motor Sport Perspective • Three universities pool in technology centre for Welsh Industry • BlueBird Back at Pendine • 2020 Vision • Technology Opportunities in the Materials Sector • Diary Updates

MTFW Bulletin Issue 6 - Summer 2001
Chairman's Corner • Celebration of Innovation 2001 • Titanium Alloys and the IRC at Swansea • Materials from a Motor Sport Perspective • Titanium - A Metal Comes of Age • Access to Defence Technology • Technology Offers and Requests

MTFW Bulletin Issue 5 - Spring 2001
Chairman's Corner • Award Boat can be Packed and Stacked in Car Boot • Better Thermal spray coatings • These (dog) boots were made for walking... • Dylunio Cymru/Design Wales FREE and independent advice • Materials Information Service • Technology Offers and Requests

MTFW Bulletin Issue 4 - Spring 1999
Chairman's Corner • EFQM • Tales from the Wood Group • Automotive Component Suppliers Urged to Invest in R&D • European-funded R&D - the Fifth RTD Framework Programme, 1998-2002 • The Technology Collaboration Programme • Centres of Expertise - University of Wales, Cardiff • Requests • News Releases

MTFW Bulletin Issue 2 - Autumn 1998
Chairman's Corner • How to Recycle Packaging • Minimising Waste By Design • Working with Wood • Packaging Recycling Unit • News Releases • Centres of Expertise - Cardiff University

MTFW Bulletin Issue 1
Chairman's Corner • Launch of Welsh Manufacturing and Materials Advisory Service • Joining Forces, Bangor June 17 • Objectives of the MTFW • Wales Innovation Relay Centre • Centres of Expertise - University of Wales Swansea.