Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Pressure Vessels

WETO funding opportunity addresses wind energy deployment challenges

Wind Energy Technologies Office releases $28 million in funding for interested parties to address barriers to the deployment of wind energy onshore, offshore and distributed.   

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Ross FDA-3500 dual shaft mixer designed for high-speed polymer dispersions

Custom-built multi-agitator system is ideal for producing resin blends, filled composites, plastisols and more.  

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Aerospace

UD researchers advance TuFF composite's viability for aerospace

The University of Delaware’s research team continues to mature the short fiber composite’s cost competitiveness with metal through sensor embedding, virtual modeling and TuFF thermoset manufacture.  

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Pressure Vessels

Cryomotive opens Hydrogen Storage Manufacturing Center 

Cryomotive is to develop, manufacture and assemble Cryogas composite hydrogen tanks for commercial vehicles, buses and ships at new Pfeffenhausen site, accelerating hydrogen refueling systems production for zero-emission commercial vehicles.  

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BriskHeat selects Costa Rica for Latin American operations location

BriskHeat boosts thermal blankets and insulation production for customers throughout the Americas, adds to U.S. and European operations.   

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Construction

NCC announces life cycle assessment software results for construction

Study is undertaken to better understand LCA software tools to inform composites design and product development in decarbonization initiatives.  

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Tis’ the season: Christmas gift ideas for composites enthusiasts

Gift your boss, coworker, family members or even yourself this holiday season with one of these fun composites-related ideas.  

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Owens Corning completes sale of Russian operations

The decision, made earlier this year, includes a composites and insulation manufacturing plant based in Russia.  

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Sustainability

Super Formula, Bcomp announce sustainable fiber composite bodywork

Japan’s premiere single-seater race series confirms hybrid composite parts for SF23 chassis as part of Next 50 plan.  

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Automotive

Plastic Omnium finalizes HBPO acquisition

Full ownership of the front-end module (FEM) producer enables Plastic Omnium to develop new modules and systems for the growing electrification trend in the automotive sector.  

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Drawing design cues from nature: Designing for biomimetic composites, Part 2

As biomimetic design continues to inform composites manufacturing, technologies like 3D printing, tailored fiber placement, braiding and filament winding prove strong candidates for making these structures a reality.  

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Carbon Fibers

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli adopts Siemens Xcelerator portfolio for America’s Cup composite yacht

Critical digital tools and services increase design complexity, improve manufacturing repeatability and accelerate development for composite racing yacht construction, in and out of season.  

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