Aerospace
Plascore to build new facility in Zeeland, Mich., U.S.
The engineered core and composite products manufacturer is constructing an 80,000-square-foot facility that will lead to the creation of approximately 35 jobs.
Read More
Vision Systems to produce composite structures for Clean Sky 2 RACER program
Multiple parts will be made by the company’s Fibertech composites unit, which produces helicopter composite window frames and aircraft window casings.
Watch
People in Composites: September 2019
CW’s monthly roundup of people news in the composites industry, including recent appointments at Gougeon Brothers, Scott Bader, Shape, KraussMaffei, Teijin Ltd. and the NASA Langley Research Center.
Read More
Scheurer Swiss supplies 3D printed parts for racecar engine
A Swiss engineering company used 3D-printing to quickly produce carbon fiber-reinforced composite engine parts for the Toyota FT-60.
Read More
Rocket module manufactured with in-situ consolidation survives first flight test
A carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRP) module developed at the Technical University of Munich survived its first launch — and a “hard landing” — in March.
Read More
Fiberglass industrial fan manufacturer builds on tradition
Collaboration produces large diameter low noise application composite axial flow fan.
Read More
Automated joining of hybrid metal-thermoplastic composite structures
The FlexHyJoin production cell combines surface structuring, induction and laser joining and NDT for automotive mass production.
Read More
NASA awards Lockheed Martin long-term Orion production contract
The contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that includes a commitment to order a minimum of six and a maximum of 12 Orion spacecraft over the next ten years.
Read More
SAMPE honors three Fellow Award winners
SAMPE recognized three more members by honoring them with the organization’s prestigious Fellow Award, given for distinguished contributions in the fields of materials and processes.
Read More
A&P Technology awarded contract for attritable aircraft primary structure
The company will uses its large-scale braiding technology to manufacture large textile preforms for primary composite attritable aircraft structures.
Read More
