Heather Caliendo

Heather Caliendo Senior Editor

New composite pipe designed for extreme subsea oil and gas operations

The m-pipe subsea intervention line is the longest VICTREX PEEK-based solution ever made.

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Sustainability

New technologies from REFORM project may reduce costs of composites

The project focused on improving the environmental performance of composite components along the lifecycle from production to disposal.

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Glass Fibers

Navy unveils unmanned composites-intensive vessel

This entirely new class of ocean-going vessel can traverse thousands of kilometers over the open seas for months at a time, without a single crew member aboard.

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Automotive

Honda’s Clarity Fuel Cell sedan features hybrid-molded rear bumper beam

The rear bumper beam is made of the Tepex composites material from the Lanxess subsidiary Bond-Laminates.

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Wind/Energy

Nordex and Acciona Windpower finalize merger

In October 2015, Nordex and Acciona Windpower announced that they planned to combine their activities to establish a global wind energy player.

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Aerospace

DARPA awards Phase 1 contracts for its Gremlins program

The contracts for Gremlins has been awarded to four teams led by Composite Engineering Inc., Dynetics Inc., General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and Lockheed Martin.

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RTM

LG Hausys invests in HP-RTM machine from KraussMaffei

The machine is producing advanced structural components for the visible part of automobiles, including a CFRP roof panel.

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Giant blades could spur more growth in offshore energy in U.S.

Sandia National Laboratories’ research is working on designs that are two and a half times longer than any existing wind blade.

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Pressure Vessels

Wind energy is top source for new electric capacity in the U.S.

2015 ranks as the third highest year for wind installations on record.

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Aerospace

SGL Group combines fibers and materials into single business unit

The new business unit, named Composites – Fibers and Materials (CFM), is headed by Andreas Wüllner, who also continues as managing director of SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers.

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Adhesives

Elemental’s Rp1 sports car features patented composite technology

Elemental will announce further technical detail plus the final production design of its new wheel arch design at JEC World.

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Space

Meet VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s new all-composite SpaceShipTwo

The new SpaceShipTwo is the first vehicle to be manufactured by The Spaceship Co., Virgin Galactic's wholly owned manufacturing arm.

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Composite raw materials