Everyone knows Lola as one of the big names in international motorsport, but some might be surprised to know that though its expertise in composite manufacture learned on the track, the company now does the majority of its business in the aerospace and defence sectors......

Despite the growing use of composites in the high end manufacturing sectors such as aerospace, automotive and power generation - the research into effective machining of composite material is still at its infancy.  Conventional metalcutting tooling is still......