Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

University researchers produce new carbon allotrope with metallic properties

While atomically thin like graphene, the carbon network’s atoms form squares, hexagons and octagons in an ordered lattice and behaves like a metal, making it ideal for nanoscale carbon materials.

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Automation

CompositeTechs to introduce Airborne portfolio to North American market

Digital composites automation equipment and services will be made available to accelerate composites adoption across a wider range of end markets.

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Aerospace

Continuous Composites awarded Phase II SBIR contract for full-scale unmanned aircraft wing

High-performance thermoset resins and continuous carbon fiber via the company’s CF3D process will be used to fabricate an organically integrated wing spar and rib configuration into a single component.

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Suhner drilling units offer material versatility

ECONOmaster line is applicable to light metal, wood, plastic, foam and composites with basic and customizable unit offerings.

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Boston Materials closes $8 million Series A funding to advance z-axis carbon fiber materials

Funds expect to fuel rapid expansion of the company’s z-axis products into market applications such as electric vehicles, aerospace and consumer electronics.

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Teton Simulation names Doug Kenik as CEO

Effective immediately, Doug Kenik replaces Mike Kmetz, who advances to the company’s Board of Directors. The company expects to drive new standards in professional 3D printing.

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Carbon Fibers

Solico, Structor Engineering develop composite superyacht cinema screen 

Twenty-five square-meter superyacht cinema screen supported by carbon fiber support structure which can hold the screen stable in 14 knots of wind and can be deployed in less than four minutes.

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Natural Fibers

Greenboats, Sicomin and Bcomp selected as JEC Innovation Awards 2021 finalists

Project partners nominated for an offshore nacelle manufactured with natural fiber composites, with a construction that saves approximately 60% CO2 equivalent and introduced viable options for the end of the nacelles’ life.

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Pressure Vessels

Vineyard Wind offshore project receives federal approval

U.S. commercial-scale offshore wind farm design to include GE Haliade-X wind turbines for 800 MW of wind energy development in Massachusetts.

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ACMA appoints Cindy Squires as CEO

The manufacturing industry veteran will assume chief leadership of the composites industry trade association beginning July 1, 2021.

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Wind/Energy

CETEC initiative established to commercialize technology for full composite wind turbine blade recyclability

New coalition involving Vestas, Olin, Danish Technological Institute and Aarhus University aims to close the recycling gap for thermoset epoxy composites.

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Hydrogen Storage

Hexagon received sixth set of orders for CFRP pressure vessels

Sixth order per a 2020 master services agreement to be delivered in Q3 2021, with a value of $15.7 million.

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