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ATA Industrial Group report evaluates the state of the global carbon fiber market

Carbon fiber composites market report provides statistics, analyses and trends regarding 2023 demand in China and around the world.

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Lilium looks to France to establish high-volume eVTOL production

Lilium is keen to expand its industrial footprint through leveraging of France’s aerospace heritage and vast supplier base in aerospace and electrification, in preparation for the eVTOL aircraft market demand.

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Aerospace

Airbus finalizes Aerovel acquisition

Per the agreement, Aerovel’s Flexrotor, a vertical takeoff and landing UAS aircraft, will provide enhanced and expanded mission capability offerings to Airbus customers.

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Aerospace

Airbus video highlights RACER compound helicopter first flight

Launched as part of a Clean Sky 2 program, a compound design — rotor, split fixed-wing, propulsive propellers — uses composites to cut fuel consumption and emissions by 20%.

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Pressure Vessels

GTL validates LH2 composite dewar tanks for use in aviation

Test results exceeded expectations regarding holding hard vacuum, heat load, rapid chill-down and hydrogen fraction goal, leading to flight prototype fabrication.  

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Automotive

Second SPE ACCE 2024 keynote emphasizes carbon neutrality through autocomposites

Kristin von Szadkowski will be presenting sustainability research programs pursued by the Volkswagen Group to establish recycling and circular economy concepts in automotive production.

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Recycling

11th Hour Racing sponsors IMOCA to advance competitive sailing diversity, sustainability

Additional support will be provided for IMOCA projects related to building with alternative material sources, a carbon fiber recycling pilot project, increasing opportunities for female sailors and more.

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Trends

NIAR receives $10 million NASA funding for high-temp advanced materials

Specialized research program will develop, mature and implement composites and other novel materials for use in hypersonic vehicles.

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Natural Fibers

Toyoda Gosei develops seawater-derived fiber-reinforced material

Fiber reinforcement is formed from magnesium hydroxide derived from seawater, achieving plastic parts that contributed to improved environmental performance.

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Natural Fibers

BioStruct project to validate biocomposite-focused manufacturing processes

For the next 3 years, Ideko and European partners are working to develop and validate to TLR 7 novel processes to boost the use of natural fibers and biological resins.

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