Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Managing Composites closes €1.5 million financing round to accelerate composites growth

Investments made by Bouwen Sistemas Industriales will enable the Spain-based company to continue expanding into new markets, and devote more time to transforming the composite industry.

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Carbon Fibers

Biteam introduces 3D Noodle International AB spin-off for 3D fabric noodles 

Biteam 3D’s third spin-off implements its proprietary 3D weaving technology to produce a variety of carbon, ceramic and other fiber 3D fabric noodle preforms. 

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Airbus, ITA Airways partner to develop urban air mobility in Italy

Both companies will explore the creation of tailored UAM services, by identifying strategic use cases for emission-free mobility solutions, also catering to the launch of the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL aircraft.

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Aerospace

New Hartzell Propeller director leads the way for advanced air mobility

Mitch Heaton, director of business development and new technology will further the company’s involvement in delivering composite propellers for eVTOL, eSTOL, electric, hybrid and hydrogen aircraft.  

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Carbon Fibers

Gurit acquires majority share in Fiberline Composites A/S

Sixty-percent share of the Denmark-based manufacturer brings pultruded carbon and glass fiber products into Gurit’s wheelhouse for wind blade production.

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Automation

Natilus expands to San Diego’s Brown Field for autonomous aircraft manufacture

Natilus 12,000-square-foot facility includes hangar, runway and engineering for final assembly and testing for family of composites-intensive autonomous cargo aircraft.

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Hexagon Purus, Hexagon Agility receive new orders for distribution modules

Hexagon Purus is to deliver high-performance hydrogen distribution systems to a Netherlands industrial gas company, Hexagon Agility RNG, CNG modules in North America.

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Sustainability

Armacell passes two billion milestone in reuse of plastic bottles

Patented recycled PET (rPET) foam technology contributes to a circular economy in plastics in an effort to substitute competing materials such as PVC, PUR, balsa and honeycomb.

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JEC Composites Innovation Award 2022 winners have been announced

The JEC Group has announced the winner for each of the ten Innovation Award categories. Learn more about the winners, their projects and future expectations in person or via livestreaming at JEC World 2022.

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People in Composites: April 2022

STRUCTeam, Toray Advanced Composites, Berndorf Band Group, North Technology Group, Beyond Gravity, Mighty Buildings and CoreTech Systems have announced new appointments for April 2022.

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Core

EconCore, ThermHex Waben optimize honeycomb core production

An investment in additional MEAF 75-H34 extruders reduce energy consumption in honeycomb production by up to 65% and double capacity.  

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COMSOL adds Model Manager Server extension to multiphysics simulation software

Asset management system reaches all elements of product and process design projects, facilitating the collaboration between stakeholders and colleagues working on a modeling and simulation project.

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