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Carbon Fibers

Hexagon Digital Wave starts continued life service testing on composite cylinders for breathing apparatus

Tested tanks returned for extended service life with Antarctic Fire Department, prevents landfill on Antarctica continent.

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Composites 4.0

Advanced Composites Training uses augmented reality to deliver composites training

Virtual system delivers live composite technology training courses for a range of industries without the inconvenience of travel.

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Recycling

AIMPLAS enters financial year with €13.3 million revenue and sustainability commitment

AIMPLAS closed 2019 with a 14% increase in revenue based on 226 R&D&I projects, became leading plastics technology center in Valencia, constructed new facility that promote research for circular economy.

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Automotive

Teijin, Applied EV develop energy-efficient autonomous LS-EV for future mobility

The autonomous low-speed electric vehicle (LS-EV) incorporates Teijin Ltd.’s resins and fabrics and Applied EV’s mobility vehicle platform technology.

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Prepregs

Hexcel joins ASCEND project for composite development acceleration

Hexcel to collaborate and further develop HexPly, HiMax and HiTape technologies and incorporate its Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) products into the project framework. 

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Automotive

Hexagon Agility to supply CNG, RNG fuel systems to UPS

Per a 2019 master services agreement, Hexagon Agility will be delivering the fuel cell systems for medium and heavy-duty trucks by Q3 2021.

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Carbon Fibers

Lilium announces seven-seater Lilium Jet, acquisition by Qell Acquisition Corp.

The new, larger eVTOL aircraft is slated to be the combined company Lilium’s first to go into serial production, by 2024.

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Zero-emissions cargo ship to be powered by hydrogen and wind

The ship, to be developed by Norwegian partners along with rotor sail developer Norsepower, is expected to enter service in 2024.

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White House to jumpstart offshore wind energy projects

New leasing, funding and development goals announced to accelerate and deploy offshore wind energy at scale and strengthen the domestic supply chain.

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GWEC report indicates wind industry resilience, but a need to triple installation for net zero

Despite marking 2020 as the best year in history for the global wind industry, GWEC warns that new wind power capacity needs to be installed three times faster over the next decade to achieve global climate targets.

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