CompositesWorld News

SAMPE nomination awards are open until Feb. 15th

Industry has the opportunity to honor individuals or chapters that have demonstrated excellence, commitment and innovation to the composites community.

Read More
Automotive

Fire protection materials for pultrusion, 3D printing

JEC World 2024: The Lehvoss Group presents fire-resistant composite materials for transportation and other industries, including their using in 3D printing, toolmaking and other process examples.  

Read More

Zünd establishes new subsidiary in Brazil

Acquisition of long-time partner turned subsidiary BG Soluções Tecnológicas will further expand Zünd’s customer support in Latin America.

Read More

Xnovo Technology, Exciscope introduce X-ray tensor tomography technique

Through a strategic partnership, the companies introduce the FiberScanner3D module, dedicated to bringing more rapid, reliable and robust fiber structure characterization methods to lab settings.

Read More
Defense

Beta Technologies completes first Alia deployment with U.S. DOD

The U.S. Air Force conducted on-base and cross-country mission and performance evaluations of Beta’s composites-intensive CTOL aircraft, hitting key milestones.

Read More

FACC to fabricate essential components for Eve's eVTOL

Horizontal and vertical tail, aileron, and rudder and elevator will be developed and manufactured for the lift + cruise aircraft, scheduled to enter service in 2026.

Read More
Recycling

Arkema aids in construction of 45-foot fishing boat using Elium

Inshore vessel is the largest yet to incorporate the recyclable thermoplastic resin, promotes future sustainability in boat manufacturing.

Read More

People in composites: January 2024

Daher, Web Industries, Eviation, KraussMaffei Group and Verisurf have made new announcements regarding new hires and management updates.

Read More
Aerospace

LATTE project optimizes aerodynamic flow of RACER rotor head

Composites and streamlined rotor head design to enable up to 5% reduction in drag and as much as 20% lifting force improvement for Clean Aviation helicopter, set for flight tests in 2024.

Read More

Top 20 JEC Startup Booster 2024 finalists are revealed

Tailored to find and assess the best startups in the composite industry, the 20 Booster competition finalists will be pitching their projects on stage March 5-7 at JEC World 2024.

Read More
High-Density Urethane (HDU) boards
Airtech International Inc.
Thermoplastic Composite Laminates
The future of extensometry
recycling carbon composite materials
Venango Machine Co. Inc.