EU RESEARCH PROJECT CREATES NANOCOMPOSITE FOR CURTAIN WALLS
March 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is developing a polymeric nano-composite designed to frame non-load bearing curtain exterior walls for buildings, replacing the aluminium and steel used in the past.
The FACOMP project, funded with Euro 954,000 from the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), involves British composites manufacturer Exel Composites, which is based in Runcorn, Cheshire, and is part of a Finnish-owned global group.
It and other consortium members are developing a polymeric nanocomposite reinforced with fibres and ...
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