Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Rock West Composites moves to new corporate headquarters

New 107,000-square-foot facility in San Diego retains adaptive infrastructure to accommodate expanding large-scale composite manufacturing capabilities.

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Gatron elected Brazilian Top of Mind award for composites

Recognized under the “Innovation” category, most-voted for under “RTM,” and one of top three most-remembered companies in six other categories.

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Ketones

Boston Materials manufacturing line increases composite material production capacity

Boston Material’s new 60-inch-wide roll-to-roll manufacturing line increases production capacity of Z-axis carbon fiber materials to more than eight million square feet per year.

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Filament Winding

Rock West Composites offers custom filament-wound tube website feature 

Customers can now define their own filament-wound tube specifications per a build-to-order ecommerce transaction. Over 450 base options, 75 mandrels and two materials are available.

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Aerospace

Spintech awarded two U.S. STTR program contracts 

Spintech partners with UDRI, an eVTOL OEM  and Aurora Flight Sciences to explore manufacturing methods and materials for optimized eVTOL aircraft components and production.

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Pressure Vessels

Vestas unveils 15-MW offshore wind turbine with 115.5-meter-long blades

Industry’s largest rotor ups output by 65% versus 9.5 MW turbines, serial production for 2024.

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Automotive

SPE announces nomination call for Automotive Innovation Awards Gala

Winning part nominations are due Sept. 15., 2021 and will be presented at the gala. A new category, “Automotive Plastics Industry Solutions for COVID-19” has been added.

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Avio Commerciale expands facility for vacuum bagging kit production

New facility in Faenza, Italy, to expand production and aim for a more inclusive workforce.

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Sicomin GreenPoxy resins contribute to first NFC wind turbine nacelle

Sicomin’s bio-based resins, intumescent FR gelcoats and UV-resistant clear coatings meet stringent requirements for Greenboats’ 7.3-meter natural fiber composite nacelle.

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Exact Metrology Raytech Measuring Tables meets standard machine needs

Shop floor dimensional measuring machines are offered as a single- or three-axis table for cutting, bending, punching, waterjet cutting, laser cutting, drilling or tapping.

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Wind/Energy

BYK earns additive certification for rotor blade applications

The BYK-C 8001 coupling agent offers 60% improved mechanical strength, design freedom and universal application for glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin systems.

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Solico expands composite engineering team

Team expansion is in response to high demand for composite engineering services moving into 2021 including significant upcoming superyacht and defense projects.

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