Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Polyvations, A&S Composites Engineering offer collaborative engineering service

The two Canada-based companies will focus on product development, design engineering and analysis.

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Kitty Hawk ends eVTOL Flyer aircraft program

Designed with composite materials, the eVTOL aircraft was a major milestone for urban air mobility. 

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Aerospace

China's EHang wins approval to use autonomous aerial vehicles for air logistics

The approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China enables commercial operation of the EHang 216 passenger-grade plane for cargo transport.

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Automotive

Zeleros raises €7 million for European Hyperloop development

Spain-based Zeleros is evaluating composites and other materials in the development of its Hyperloop system.

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Sustainability

Thermoplastic components successfully flight tested on Bell V-280 Valor

The components were manufactured for Bell by GKN Aerospace for the V-280 Valor tiltrotor.

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Defense

F-35 Lightning program adopts closed molding technology

Reduced manufacturing time and high part-to-part dimensional repeatability are some benefits of Matrix Composites’ HiRPM molding technology. 

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Infrastructure

FRP sunshades developed for San Francisco retrofit

The 53-year-old office building possesses about 680 FRP hoods, which improve poor daylighting.

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Aerospace

Epic delivers first all-carbon fiber E1000 aircraft

Epic Aircraft delivers a composite, single-engine turboprop aircraft to customers despite recent pandemic-related setbacks.

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Wind/Energy

Germany's aerodyn launches rotor blade for 11-15 MW turbines

The rotor blade boasts CFRP-GFRP spar caps, a 128-meter rotor diameter, an adjustable design and more. 

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Sustainability

Siemens Gamesa to expand wind turbine nacelle capacity in Taiwan

The expansion is designed to support the 300-MW Hai Long 2 offshore wind farm and is expected to strengthen the localized nacelle supply chain.

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Wind/Energy

ACMA report addresses composite wind turbine blade recycling

The report points to viable technologies and strategies for sustainability and energy efficiency in composite manufacturing and EOL recycling. 

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Automotive

New funding accelerates Boston Materials' composite development

The funding enables Boston Materials’ efforts to expand its Supercomp reinforcement product’s presence in the market.

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