Steve Barbour, managing director of Composite Braiding, explores routes towards decarbonising the UK rail industry through the adoption of lighter materials.
Lighter, more durable trains could be developed as a result of Run2Rail, a European project investigating the use of carbon fibre and 3D printing techniques in bogies and other sub-frames.
Industry bodies call for investment as the CBI predicts that the recession will moderate in the second half of 2009.
ABB has become the first manufacturer in the world toreceive certification for its qualification programme of service facilities for hazardous area motors.
