This week MULTIPLAST S.A.S. received the largest curing oven in Europe in the 200°C class. The exceptional size of this equipment, in this range of temperature (32.6 m long, 6.9 m wide and 4 m high, i.e. approximately 900m3) will enable MULTIPLAST to offer its customers vast possibilities in the manufacturing of "out-of-autoclave" polymerized parts.

MULTIPLAST will exhibit from 13 to 15 April 2010 in Paris, Porte de Versailles, within the framework of the Journées Européennes du Composite (JEC composite show). For the second year, the company will be present at this show that brings together French and international key players in the world of composite materials.

The « ALMA » radio telescope programme, headed up by European Southern Observatory (ESO) which got underway in spring of 2007, has just reached a new stage.

Airbus's A340-600 development aircraft (F-WWCA) is flight testing technology to reduce noise inside airliner cabins.