Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Sustainability

EuCIA welcomes Epoxy Europe as a new member

The sector group will support EuCIA’s climate-neutral ambitions, contributed through strategic projects and promotion of composites sustainability.  

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Automotive

Sumika, Hexagon digitize sustainable compounds, enable 60% carbon reduction for new vehicles

Digitized mechanical and environmental performance of recycled short glass fiber-reinforced PP compounds supports the transition to more sustainable vehicles.  

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Biomaterials

SPE ANTEC 2023 technical program to feature plastics, composites tracks

March 2023 event in Denver Colorado features 18 tracks with more than 115 sessions which include biocomposites, composites, additive manufacturing and a variety of plastics presentations.  

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Pressure Vessels

Mobile Pipeline Titan module orders further RNG, CNG adoption

Hexagon Agility received orders from RenewGas Transportation and Permian Global Inc. and CORE for delivery of its reliable and safe composite pressure vessel modules.  

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Automation

Aerones unveils modular robot for Level 1-3 wind turbine maintenance, repair

Resilient, full-service system can perform a variety of tasks five times faster and more safely than human technicians, while proactively addressing extreme erosion progression.  

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Bonding

Scott Bader, Oxeco partner for high-performance bonding solution

Joint technology breaks barriers to bonding lightweight flexible solar panels to roofing structures made from aluminum, coated steel and composites.  

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Aerospace

NCAMP qualifies Victrex LMPAEK thermoplastic material system

Novel Victrex AE 250-AS4 UD tape has been approved for publication in the NCAMP allowables database for use in aerospace programs.  

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Sustainability

Velocity Composites US facility is granted AS9100, AS9120 accreditation

New Alabama facility will build and supply all composite material kits for Velocity aerospace programs, aid customers with their sustainability and efficiency objectives.  

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Thermoplastics

Milliken & Co. partners with MMI Textiles to offer Tegris thermoplastic

The commercial market partnership enables easier access to the Tegris thermoplastic composite fabric for defense customers in the quantities that they require.  

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Aerospace

Qarbon Aerospace successfully completes icing tunnel test for Helios system

Patented Helios Ice Protection technology uses an embedded heated graphite layer to heat composite structures significantly faster than legacy systems.  

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Bonding

PlasmaBound raises funding to accelerate bonding technology adaptation

Irish Startup earned €3.1 million in 2022 to brings its controlled polymer ablation (CPA) technology for composite materials to mass-market applications.  

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BYK expands additive production capacity with Shanghai facility

The Shanghai-integrated site, designed for an annual capacity of 4,750 tons, is the next step in BYK’s global productions strategy in the near and long term.  

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