Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America’s NEXX Technologies partners with Tipton-Goss
MGCA advanced composites business unit to bring Tipton-Goss’ high-performance prepreg and film adhesive technologies to the advanced composites, space and aerospace markets.
NEXX Technologies displays the BBi Autosports Porsche GT as an example of the applications covered under its Eduredge Max portfolio. The Pike Peak racing team, for example, used NEXX Technologies’ Enduredge NT350 to produce the front ends and splitter for three BBI Autosports cars for the Pikes Peak International Hill Club. Photo Credit: NEXX Technologies.
On Aug. 17, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America’s (MGCA, New York, N.Y, U.S.) NEXX Technologies advanced composites business unit announced its strategic partnership with Tipton-Goss Inc. (Santa Ana, Calif., U.S.). This partnership will reportedly allow NEXX Technologies to leverage its high-performance prepreg and film adhesive technologies in the advanced composites, space and aerospace market segments.
With more than three decades of advanced composites formulating and manufacturing experience, Tipton-Goss says it has developed a prepreg architecture that gives exceptional vacuum bag-only (VBO) processing capabilities while achieving autoclave-quality results. “We’re excited to have such a well-established partner as Mitsubishi Gas Chemical bring these disruptive technologies to market,” notes Guy Riddle, president of Tipton-Goss Inc.
NEXX Technologies’ Enduredge Max portfolio comprised of modified epoxy and cyanate prepregs offers performance and processing characteristics suitable for aerospace, space, radomes and defense. Enduredge Max’s advanced materials are said to also boast extended out-time and excellent VBO processing.
“The Tipton-Goss prepreg architecture and resin technology is a breakthrough for our industry. The time saved by eliminating out-time tracking and material re-qualifications, freezing, thawing and re-freezing material, in addition to simplified processing requirements, will result in significant cost savings for the parts fabricator, without sacrificing quality,” says Joseph Kidd, general manager of NEXX Technologies. “This compilation of Tipton’s high-performance prepreg architecture and resin technology is the solution our industry has been waiting on for years.”
NEXX Technologies is located in southern California with administrative headquarters within Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America located in NYC and distributing worldwide. For more information, reach out to Mr. Kidd at jkidd@nexx-technologies.com or visit www.enduredge.com.
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