Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Solvay carbon footprint tool accelerates GHG reduction efforts

The digital tool will enable Solvay to quickly and accurately calculate the carbon footprints of its products and take action to reduce them, beginning with its Novecare sites and extending to other business areas.

Read More
Defense

US Air Force selects Integris Composites ballistic body armor

Cratus Wave armor is thin, lightweight and reduces heat stress, providing buoyant personal protection for the 582nd Helicopter Group.

Read More
Glass Fibers

Solvay launches Xencor XTreme for battery thermal runaway protection

Long glass fiber-reinforced PPA solution, produced with partially bio-based content, provides resistance to thermal runaway and propagation in EVs.

Read More
Recycling

Toray reveals glass fiber-reinforced PPS recycling technology

Proprietary compounding process achieves recycled GFRP-PPS pellets offering comparable mechanical strength performance to virgin products.

Read More
Composites 4.0

Machina Labs secures $32 million to advance AI manufacturing for metals, composites

Latest funds will accelerate research initiatives and meet growing customer demand.

Read More
Wind/Energy

DOE funds project for 3D-printed wind blade tooling

Targeting U.S. wind energy, the program backs Purdue’s CMSC center and industry partners to develop the foundation for automated tooling manufacture, supporting new innovations in composite materials, other technology elements.

Read More
Space

Firefly Aerospace completes composite Blue Ghost lunar lander 

First of two lunar missions under NASA’s CLPS initiative will launch in 2024 and conduct diverse technology demonstrations and scientific investigations on the moon’s surface.

Watch

IVW research to better determines fiber friction coefficient 

Highly variable system development contributes to the increasing precision and efficiency in the manufacture of filament-wound composite components.

Read More
Aerospace

RTX joins Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project team

Selected by Boeing, RTX business units Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace will be supporting the X-66A aircraft dedicated to aviation decarbonization.

Read More
Defense

Infinite Composites signs $1.6 million US Army contract for H2 tanks

Development of conformable composite fuel tanks for hydrogen storage backs military applications including aircraft, ground support and marine.

Read More

Toray expands eco-friendly PBT resin offerings

New grades include low-warpage and hydrolysis-resistant glass fiber-reinforced grades, with post-consumer chemical- and material-recycled versions in development.

Read More
Carbon Fibers

Toray boosts European carbon fiber production capacity

Toray Carbon Fibers Europe S.A. facility in France will increase to an annual production of 6,000 metric tons of medium and high modulus carbon fiber tows.

Read More
Composites One - distributor
prepeg and slit tape products