Cannon Afros

  • 23 October 2024

    Cannon acquires Polytec EMC Engineering and grows in PUR

    Cannon Group announced the acquisition of Polytec EMC Engineering, based in Marchtrenk, Austria, from PUR Holding, as part of its strategic strengthening of Cannon Afros in the PUR-based elastomer business. The deal enriches Cannon Afros’ current portfolio with...
  • 11 May 2022

    Direct resin infusion system to speed up wind turbine blades manufacture

    A company of Cannon Group, Cannon Afros has developed an innovative direct infusion system for faster processing of epoxy and polyurethane (PU) resin systems for the manufacturing of wind turbine rotor blades. Rotor blades are typically made of fiberglass reinforced resin through vacuum infusion technology. They are the...
  • 08 March 2022

    Mourning in the polyurethane industry

    Cannon Group announced the passing of Carlo Fiorentini on March 3, 2022, at the age of 91. Carlo Fiorentini was born in Bologna (Italy) in 1930 and graduated with a degree in industrial engineering chemistry at the prestigious university of his city. After gaining significant professional experience at Rhodiatoce and Grace, he was appointed...
  • 01 December 2021

    Dosing of polyurethane elastomers with integrated degassing

    A company of Cannon Group, Cannon Afros has introduced B-Cast, an innovative new dosing unit addressing the needs of PU casting elastomers. B-Cast integrates Cannon’s proprietary technologies including - but not limited to - thin-film degassing, and eco-cleaner for solvent recycle, and can easily be configured to customers’ specific...