Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

General Nano launches VeeloVEIL nonwoven

General Nano has launched VeeloVEIL, a new lightweight, flexible, electrically conductive, metallized nonwoven material that has been developed with aerospace and defense customers to meet the aerospace industry’s most stringent lightning strike protection and electromagnetic environment effects requirements.

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Infusion

Airtech celebrates 45th anniversary in 2018

The vacuum bagging materials specialist, begun in 1973, is celebrating 45 years of serving the composites manufacturing industry.

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Cristex launches hybrid glass/polypropylene fabric

Cristex has introduced Co-Fibre, a hybrid glass fiber and polypropylene (PP) fabric designed to provide good mechanical properties, such as exceptional stiffness-to-weight ratio and impact resistance.

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Webinar: Fire protection with nonwovens

CompositesWorld is presenting a free Technical Fibre Products-sponsored webinar on Jan. 31 at 2:00 p.m. ET titled, “Enhancing Composite Fire Protection Using Advanced Nonwovens.”

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Webinar: Simulating thermoset cure reactions

CompositesWorld is presenting a free Netzsch-sponsored webinar on Jan. 23 at 11:00 a.m. ET titled, “How to Use Kinetics NEO and How This Can Change Your Thermosetting Curing Process.”

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Aerospace

Boeing, Embraer confirm talks about potential combination

The companies confirm that they are discussing combining in some way, following initial and widespread reports that talks were under way.

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Automotive

Overview of CAMX 2017

CAMX 2017 was postponed, the event’s quality was not.

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Defense

Spirit AeroSystems fabricates V-280 composite fuselage

Spirit Defense designed and built the fuselage in 22 months at the company's Rapid Prototype facility in Wichita, KS, US.

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Aerospace

Saab acquires GKN Aerospace's Applied Composites business

Sweden-based Applied Composites employs 55 people and primarily serves the aerospace, defense and transit markets.

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Aerospace

Aerion, Lockheed Martin to develop supersonic business jet

The two companies will spend take 12 months to iron out development plans for the Mach 1.4 AS2, designed by Aerion.

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Airtech Asia expands China presence

The new facility in Tianjin, China, is 300,000 ft2/27,800m2 and should meet the company’s needs in the region for the next two decades.

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Aerospace

AC&A acquires EnCore Composite Structures

California-based EcCore Composite Structures makes parts for the Airbus A320, Airbus A350 XWB, Boeing 737 MAX and Boeing 787, as well as several military programs.

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