National Composites Week
CEAD grows large-scale 3D printing presence with new facility opening
From garage startup to global 3D printing company, CEAD’s 3,000-square-meter facility, featuring Flexbot, extruders and more, opens up the potential for new R&D, partner collaborations and future company growth.
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Airbus invests in hydrogen-electric company ZeroAvia
Latest financing round boosts plans to progress ZeroAvia engine certifications and Airbus ZEROe concept aircraft, with collaboration in LH2 storage, fuel cells and refueling operations.
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Markforged introduces Digital Source platform for manufacturer-certified parts
Digital Source aims to solve supply chain challenges with licensed, digital inventory printed through Markforged’s global 3D printer network at the point of need.
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Lilium commences fuselage assembly for Lilium Jet
First of seven fuselages, to be manufactured and assembled at partner Aciturri’s facility in Spain by the end of 2023, marks a pivotal step in the eVTOL aircraft’s industrialization.
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Toray, Honda to jointly validate chemical nylon 6 recycling
Partners have begun verifying depolymerization and monomer separation and refining technologies using subcritical water for recovery of glass fiber-reinforced nylon 6 automotive parts, to be eventually broadened into other applications.
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National AAM Center of Excellence officially opens
The Springfield, Ohio-based project seeks to make the state a hub for advanced air mobility R&D activity.
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BAE Systems, Hybrid Air Vehicles agree to explore defense, security applications
Under a recent MOU, HAV’s ultralow emissions Airlander aircraft will be explored for airborne defense logistics and long-endurance airborne communications and surveillance with large payloads.
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Aptera joins forces with C.P.C. Group to accelerate solar EV production
Specialized composite bodies are being produced in Modena, Italy, for Aptera’s BinC vehicle, enabling eventual manufacturing ramp-up of 40 vehicles/day to meet demand targets.
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MODALT project to validate thermoplastic composite electromobility application
Zeleros, Aimplas, CMT and Ziur Composite Solutions will develop and test a high-performance energy storage module for integration into modular battery packs, contributing to transportation electrification.
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Next-generation airship design enabled by modern composites
LTA Research’s proof-of-concept Pathfinder 1 modernizes a fully rigid airship design with a largely carbon fiber composite frame. R&D has already begun on higher volume, more automated manufacturing for the future.
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