Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Marine

Emirates Team New Zealand, Southern Spars partner to beat wind-powered land speed record

Auckland-based sailing team returns with the carbon fiber composite specialist to produce a land yacht light enough to beat the competition.

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SGL Carbon positive 2021 sales and earnings report driven by increased demand

Sales increase of 9.5% to €1,007 million was driven by almost all business units. Carbon Fiber and Composite Solutions units saw a ramp-up of demand in automotive.

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Upcoming CW Tech Days webinar assesses virtual testing, qualification for composite structures

CW Tech Days: Design, Simulation and Testing Technologies for Next-Gen Composite Structures will be held April 21, 2022, and will assess design, simulation, failure analysis, digital twins and more.

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Glass Fibers

Mateenbar GFRP rebar supports concrete sculpture

The Giant, a six-ton sculpture based in United Arab Emirates, comprises FRP rebar to eliminate the risk of corrosion, extend life cycle and maintenance.

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Marine

Hexcel introduces G-Vent technology for thick, OOA marine structures

Hexcel marine prepregs are available with G-Vent integrated, enabling out-of-autoclave processing with reduced time, cost and autoclave-comparable porosity for highly loaded masts and foils without debulking.

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ACMA announces new VP of Government Relations 

Dan Neumann, bringing extensive experience in trade policy to the table, will lead ACMA’s government relations strategy starting on April 4, 2022.

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Construction

Pultron Composites implements flexible composite rebar for skate park construction

The $2.6 million redevelopment for a skate park in Gisborne, New Zealand, reinforced its concrete with GFRP rebar, which easily bent to accomodate complex curves and improved construction times.

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Pultrusion

BASF, L&L Products collaborate on battery protection for the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

Continuous Composites Systems and polyurethane pultrusion system reduces crossmember size while providing strength, stiffness and rigidity to withstand high loads.

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Aerospace

GA-ASI installs first composite V-tail from GKN Aerospace onto MQ-9B RPA

V-tails from GKN Aerospace’s Cowes facility is standard on MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA).

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ATL/AFP

Addcomposites path-planning, simulation and defect detection platform for AFP

Purpose-built OLP software platform, AddPath, now supports multiple AFP tools, enabling end users to use their own existing hardware.

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Textron to purchase Pipistrel Aircraft

Pipistrel will form the basis of a whole new segment under the Textron eAviation name, focused on urban air mobility, general aviation, cargo and special mission roles.

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People in Composites: March 2022

Trelleborg, Lockheed Martin, Volocopter, Boom Supersonic and others announce updates to company personnel.

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