Glass Fibers

Glass Fibers

Owen Corning acquires vliepa GmbH

Combination expands Owen Corning’s global nonwovens portfolio to address sustainability, lightweight building materials and more labor-efficient construction solutions in European markets.

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Pressure Vessels

NCC develops composite structural systems for bus fuel cell retrofits

Glass fiber storage structure increases energy storage density by 28%, meets cost and weight targets and ultimately enables a rapid retrofit of U.K. commercial buses, with potential for larger vehicles.

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Glass Fibers

Multifunctional composite structures across end markets

Innovators find new ways to add functions — from anti-icing to 5G signal transmission to structural batteries and beyond — into structural composites.

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Additive manufacturing adds versatility to large marine structures

Dive Technologies and Moi Composites are among those extending composite 3D printing’s design flexibility past prototyping and into customizable end-use parts.

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Automotive

Thermoplastic composites: Structural bumper bracket

Hybrid bracket reduces mass, increases design flexibility, package space in pickup front bumper.

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Molds/Tools

Integrating antennas into composite aerostructures

ACASIAS project integrates Ku-band array antenna in novel AFP orthogrid with drastically reduced tooling for more fuel-efficient, multifunctional CFRP aircraft fuselage panel.

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Consumer

Mar-Bal fire-resistant composite wastebasket promotes fire safety

Made from thermoset composites reinforced with glass fiber, Waste-Safe is able to contain a fire without burning, melting or collapsing.

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Partnership integrates recycled turbine blade materials into energy storage system

Enel Green Power and Energy Vault aim to use decommissioned carbon and glass fiber wind turbine blades to produce composite blocks for the EVx renewable energy storage system.

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Trends

Continuous fiber-reinforced, 3D printed houses on the horizon

3D-printed modular building manufacturer Mighty Buildings moves toward certification of higher-strength, more sustainable glass fiber-reinforced housing panels.

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Bonding

Henkel develops REACH-compliant structural adhesive for aircraft interiors

FST-certified Loctite EA 9365FST reinforces and bonds thermoplastic and thermoset substrates and can serve as a matrix resin on fiberglass to strengthen the thin walls of thermoplastic assemblies

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