Scott Francis

Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

Natural Fibers

Webinar: Introduction to Basalt Fiber

CompositesWorld is presenting a free Mafic-sponsored webinar on Thursday June 7, at 2:00 pm EDT, titled “Introduction to Basalt Fiber.”

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M. Holland Co. to distribute Owens Corning filaments for 3D printing

M. Holland will manage a network of sub-distributors and directly distribute XSTRAND filaments to M. Holland clients in the thermoplastic resin industry

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Infrastructure

Update on CTC Global's ACCC Conductor

The carbon fiber core powerline product has recently been installed in South Carolina, India and Spain.

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Aerospace

FACC expands Wichita location

The company’s Wichita subsidiary offers a portfolio of support services in the MRO business, maintenance and repair of composite systems.

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Wind/Energy

TPI Composites and Vestas add two new wind blade manufacturing lines in Mexico

TPI Composites will produce blades for Vestas’ 4 MW wind turbine platform at TPI’s new facility in Matamoros, Mexico.

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HK Research and Scott Bader form strategic alliance

The companies plan to explore mutual interests in various markets, technologies and manufacturing areas to further strengthen their respective positions in the European and American gel coat markets.

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Aerospace

Structural Composites receives Innovation Company of the Year Award

The company has been recognized for its next-generation CoCure hybrid metal/composite technology featured in Wabash National’s 53 ft semi-trailers.

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Automotive

Tepex technology featured in center console armrest manufacturing demonstration

Composite sheet technology from specialty chemicals company Lanxess featured in live production demonstration during NPE2018.

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Aerospace

Orbital ATK supports Mars InSight mission

The company provided advanced hardware for both the ULA Atlas V launch vehicle and the InSight lander.

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Thermoplastics

RTP Company develops light and tough thermoplastic compounds

LT Compounds can accomplish weight reductions in parts molded with glass fiber reinforcement without compromising performance or requiring modifications to existing tools.

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Wind/Energy

TPI Composites enters wind blade partnership with Enercon

The 60m class blades will be produced at one of TPI’s facilities in Izmir, Turkey with production planned to commence in Q4 2018.

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Revchem Composites expands service capacity in Pacific Northwest

The distributor’s expanded facility based in Tumwater, Washington will create a regional composites materials, supplies and equipment distribution hub for the Pacific Northwest.

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