Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Wind/Energy

White House to jumpstart offshore wind energy projects

New leasing, funding and development goals announced to accelerate and deploy offshore wind energy at scale and strengthen the domestic supply chain.

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Wind/Energy

GWEC report indicates wind industry resilience, but a need to triple installation for net zero

Despite marking 2020 as the best year in history for the global wind industry, GWEC warns that new wind power capacity needs to be installed three times faster over the next decade to achieve global climate targets.

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Glass Fibers

Solico launches Amphora engineering, design software for composite silos and tanks

Customizable tool enables the calculate and optimization of construction variables like design loads and laminate thickness for rapid composite vessel development.

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Exel Composites launches anti-viral composite solution

Anti-viral additive impregnated into composite profiles during manufacture, reducing viral loads on material surfaces.

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Design Concepts/Marine Concepts celebrates 45th anniversary

DCMC was founded on a vision to develop a U.S. company that could take a project start to finish. Now, the company continues to leverage these capabilities for a range of industries and applications.

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RTM

FACC successfully develops novel composite flap system for Wing of Tomorrow

RTM’d five-meter-long, complex multicell flap prototype constructed via a highly integral, cost-effective manufacturing process. 

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Arrival EV producer becomes a Nasdaq-listed public company

Deliveries of composites-intensive EVs and expansion of global microfactory network set to ramp up, with first EVs due Q4 2021.

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Infrastructure

IMAGINE Act encourages composite materials use for infrastructure applications

Introduced bipartisan legislation to spur R&D and deployment of advanced materials for nationwide transportation and water infrastructure projects.

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Defense

Kaman Composites Wichita announces contract with Boeing

Kaman Composites to manufacture the refueling boom assembly for the MH-47 program and expand facility to accommodate production scale.

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NASA provides $45 million boost to U.S. small businesses

Three-hundred and sixty five small business proposals were selected for SBIR and STTR programs based on technical merit and commercial potential, including six composite companies.

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Aerospace

Wisk to launch trial to advance autonomous passenger transport for UAM

Transport Trial to safely evaluate, test and demonstrate the integration of unmanned aircraft into existing airspace, supports New Zealand Government’s AITP.

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People in Composites: March 2021

UAMMI, Spirit AeroSystems, Chromaflo Technologies and Virgin Galactic announce new hires in the composites manufacturing industry.

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