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NASA Ingenuity helicopter succeeds in historic first flight on Mars
Ingenuity’s two 4-foot-wide carbon fiber and foam core rotor blades successfully interacted with Mars’ gravity and atmosphere, logging a total of 39.1 seconds of flight.
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Fortify expands fiber-reinforced photopolymer 3D printing line for end-use part applications
Company adds new FRP printers and open access software to enable new advanced materials, including Flux Core and Flux 3D.
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TRB Lightweight Structures manufactures prepreg material in-house to streamline part production
Company reaches 25,000-part milestone via rapid-cure prepreg technology.
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Bedford Reinforced Plastics launches FRP structure line
Pre-engineered and prefabricated structures such as catwalks, walkways, fixed ladders and more can be combined for flexible configuration and minimal ongoing maintenance.
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Trillium Renewable Chemicals to accelerate commercialization of feedstock-based chemical technology
Patented chemical manufacturing platform from Southern Research to convert renewable feedstocks to acrylonitrile, propylene glycol and acrylic acid products.
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Gurit Q1 2021 sales results indicate decline in lightweighting business
Composite Materials and Kitting negatively impacted by slowdown in China and reduced material pricing. Marine and industrial recover to pre-COVID-19 levels, aerospace stabilizes at low levels.
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Cato Composites expands thermoplastic composites production capacity
Larger facility and expanded development team to increase market position and fulfill new orders in safety and sporting goods.
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ThermHex, Brixtone complete honeycomb core panel production for 400 commercial vans
Cargopan wall panels incorporate ThermHex polypropylene honeycomb core for increased robustness damage resistance, waterproofing and a tripled lifespan.
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Purdue University to establish Thermwood LSAM research laboratory
Industry-funded research to pursue large-scale composite thermoplastic additive manufacturing, with the goal of providing services to enhance, encourage and expand the adoption of large-scale AM for diverse industrial applications.
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Armacell, METYX Composites establish joint business opportunity for Turkish composite market
Armacelle to supply PET-based foam for METYX core kitting operations for wind turbine manufacturing, and install a PET foaming line in Turkey, its seventh line globally.
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German composite specialist INVENT collaborates in SUSTAINair for increased aircraft circularity
Three-and-a-half-year, 11-partner EU project will include metals and composites spanning design, manufacturing, maintenance, repair, assembly and recycling.
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Huntsman Advanced Materials resin systems meet composite pressure vessel requirements
Araldite resin systems cover wet and towpreg filament winding and RTM manufacturing processes for increased productivity and greater part consistency.
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