Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Mass Transit

Basaltex reveals basalt fiber milestone for use in rail carriage interiors

Testing and development of basalt fiber, bioresin and rPET combo achieves rigidity, fire resistance and lightweight properties that meet railway application standards.

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Wind/Energy

GE, LafargeHolcim team up to explore circular economy solutions for the wind industry

Per an active drive for more sustainable, circular solutions, both partners will be investigating ways to use decommissioned wind turbine materials. 

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Aerospace

Airbus establishes Zero-Emissions Development Centres for hydrogen tank manufacture

Bremen and Nantes sites will aim to achieve cost-competitive cryogenic tank manufacturing via metallic, composite technologies, and testing/installation capabilities to support future ZEROe launch.

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Consumer

Helicoid Industries releases preliminary results for biomimetic composite protective helmets

The Helicoid fiber-reinforced composites technology helped achieve a 25% weight reduction with enhanced toughness and crash protection, while simultaneously enabling a reduction in raw material consumption.

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Archer unveils eVTOL Maker aircraft

California-based UAM company debuts its inaugural composite eVTOL demonstrator aircraft at an in-person event in Los Angeles.

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Carbon Fibers

Apply Carbon France invests in new manufacturing facility for recycled carbon fiber 

The 15,600-square-meter facility will integrate the former ELG Carbon Fibre’s short carbon fiber business to address the growing market for sustainable technical fibers.

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Automotive

Sigmatex approved for National Manufacturing Competitiveness Levels funding

Industry-led program serves to increase Sigmatex’s CFRP capability and competitiveness relative to the changing needs of the automotive sector.

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Epoxies

Aditya Birla Group plans to increase advanced materials business capacity

A brown field expansion at the company’s existing location in Gujarat, India, will increase capacity by ~125 kilo-tonnes per annum, which include standard and specialty epoxy products and curing agents.

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Self-organization and photopolymerization method constructs tailorable 2D polymer materials

International research team uses fantrip molecule and a violet laser to create durable covalent bonds for ultra-thin, functional materials with highly defined and regular crystalline structures.

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Aerospace

Airbus opens Aerospace Integrated Research and Test Centre

Jointly funded by Airbus and the U.K. government’s ATI program, the £40 million research and testing facility serves to undertake structural testing of large-scale aircraft assemblies.

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Curing

LEWCO presents enhanced-duty, vacuum-assisted composite curing oven

The composite oven, recently delivered to a U.S. military base, reaches a maximum temperature of 500°F and is used to cure vacuum-bagged composite aircraft parts.

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Aerospace

Hexagon Digital Wave to supply ultrasonic examination equipment for Type III composite cylinders

Ultrasonic examination (UE) installation to help assess the structural integrity of the aerospace-grade high-pressure vessels.

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