Scott Francis

Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

Sustainability

Can the automotive industry turn to face the change?

SPE ACCE speakers speculate about how changing consumer behaviors might shape the automotive industry.

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Gazechim Composites and Nouryon expand partnership

Gazechim Composites will distribute Nouryon’s organic peroxides and auxiliaries for the thermoset business in the U.K., Ireland, France and Italy.

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Swancor to supply MHI Vestas with wind blade materials in Taiwan

The supply contract covers more than 50% of the direct materials value of blade manufacturing, including carbon tow, carbon pultrusion, resin and bonding glue.

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Automotive

The state of recycled carbon fiber

As the need for carbon fiber rises, can recycling fill the gap?

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Aerospace

Virgin Galactic moving closer to commercial service

Virgin’s all-composite VMS Eve was recently relocated to Spaceport America where the company has begun operations, implementing a newly designed Mission Control and preparing for commercial service. 

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Aerospace

FACC to manufacture radomes for Airbus A220

FACC will start delivery of the radomes in 2020 and will manufacture them for the Airbus A220 under a life-of-program contract.

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Space

National Composites Week: Helping us explore

As we celebrate National Composites Week here’s a look at some of the ways composites help us explore.  

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Carbon Fibers

Airbus, Hexcel celebrate National Composites Week with milestone production rate

The two companies are celebrating more than 40 years of collaboration and Hexcel Salt Lake City’s first year at full rate for the A350 program.

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Carbon Fibers

NASA assembles James Webb Telescope

NASA has successfully connected the two halves — the Optical Telescope Element (OTE) and the Space Craft Element (SCE) — of the composites intensive James Webb Telescope for the first time, marking a major milestone for the program.

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Out of Autoclave

Protecting those who protect us

Core Composites unveils all-composite military shelter.

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Construction

National Composites Week: How composites protect us

As we celebrate National Composites Week, here’s a look at some of the ways composites keeping us safe.  

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Wind/Energy

Gurit announces wind market supply contracts

The company has secured supply contracts for core materials with two world leading wind OEMs.

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