Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Sustainability 25 Apr 2022

Trex Company, CNG announce top U.S. schools for annual recycling challenge

Composite decking manufacturer and specialty polyethylene film producer reward students for actively engaging in upcycling program.

Aerospace 25 Apr 2022

FACC expands global MRO service network

FACC to cooperate with international parts distributor and service provider Leki Aviation, passenger aviation market set to double to 46,000 aircraft globally in the next two decades.

25 Apr 2022

Kordsa expands to European market with new composite technologies investment

Kordsa acquires the majority shares of Microtex Composites Srl, adding super-luxury automotive and motorsport, along with marine and industrial sector clients, to its customer portfolio.

Additive Manufacturing 22 Apr 2022

Purdue-related startup Araqev creates quality-control software for additive manufacturing

Araqev software expected to help reduce estimated $2 billion in global losses when using AM through machine learning models that simulate shape deviations for future prints.

Natural Fibers 22 Apr 2022

Basanite basalt rebar chosen to reinforce underground concrete structures

Indian Creek Village, an island municipality located in Florida, selected BasaFlex and BasaMesh fiber reinforcement products as alternatives to steel rebar.

Materials Testing 22 Apr 2022

InfraCore develops composite helideck for 85-meter seagoing patrol vessel

Nominated for the JEC Innovation Awards 2022, the FRP deck has undergone rigorous impact and hydrocarbon fire tests, proving that it is robust enough to resist a helicopter crash.

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22 Apr 2022

Scott Bader commits support to the Indian composites market

Anticipation of +£20 million investment in India over the next five years in addition to supply of composite and adhesive technologies and technical support.

Aerospace 22 Apr 2022

Magnomatics designs air-cooled propulsion motor for UAM

Carbon ThreeSixty will be evaluating composite materials use to further reduce weight and increase torque for the 86-kilowatt magnetic gear motor.

Natural Fibers 22 Apr 2022

INCA Renewtech to build advanced biocomposites manufacturing facility in Alberta, Canada

The fiber processing and composites manufacturing facility will ramp up INCA’s production of highly refined short and long fibers to substitute increasingly scarce balsa wood in boats, wind turbine blades, rail and automotive.

Aerospace 20 Apr 2022

LIFT Aircraft’s HEXA is awarded Phase 3 contract for Agility Prime program

The rigorous program will continue experimentation and flight testing of the composite eVTOL aircraft, closely following behind U.S. eVTOL developers like Joby, Archer and Beta Technologies.

Aerospace 20 Apr 2022

First A380 powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel takes to the skies

This is the third Airbus aircraft type to fly on 100% SAF over the course of 12 months, following an Airbus A350 and A319neo, with a goal of 100% certification for all Airbus aircraft at the end of this decade.