Future rockets could fly with tanks made of lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic thanks to ground-breaking research carried out within ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Program. A tank made ...

French injection molder Plastic Omnium has recently won a significant order from a German automotive company for the development of 350-bar hydrogen tanks, the company has announced. The contract, the ...

A great deal of innovative design and materials work is going into vehicle fuel tank systems. It is area that is coming under increasing pressure from legislation on both sides of the Atlantic.

Before 1990, most car gas tanks were made of steel. By 1996 plastic had replaced steel in one out of four fuel tanks manufactured in North America. Last year plastic gas tanks had taken over an ...