National Composites Week

Sustainability

Bio-based composite construction elements to combat climate change

Neste, LyondellBasell, Biofibre and Naftex cooperate to develop construction components made of bio-based plastics reinforced with natural fiber that can enable the storing of carbon for years or even decades.

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Glass Fibers

CirculinQ: Glass fiber, recycled plastic turn paving into climate solutions

Durable, modular paving system from recycled composite filters, collects, infiltrates stormwater to reduce flooding and recharge local aquifers.

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Caracol launches US operations with new Texas facility

Local North American headquarters based in Austin, Texas, U.S. will further the additive manufacturing company’s manufacturing and customer support and rapid operations growth. 

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Biomaterials

Sperlu prepolymers enable high-performance epoxy resins with up to 80% bio-based content

Spero Renewables has received funding to further scale its pilot production, enabling tunable epoxy resins for composites with Tg of 65-160°C and storage modulus >2,000 megapascals.

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People in composites: August 2023

New hires and promotions have been announced this month by composites-related companies Cevotec, Tri-Mack, Norplex, ABC Polymer Industries, Belzona and Gefran Inc.

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Infusion

Live demonstrations present closed molding advancements

CAMX 2023: The Composites One and Closed Mold Alliance demo zone returns with short but engaging exhibitions featuring vacuum infusion, reusable bag molding, light RTM and other technologies through the show.

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Euro-Composites brings on Multistation as commercial partner

The new partnership will benefit Euro-Composites, France being a key market for its composite materials, and MultiStation which is increasingly becoming involved with lightweighting projects.

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Aerospace

NASA moves into next phase of high-speed supersonic travel project

Under the Advanced Air Vehicle’s Program, Boeing- and Northrop Grumman-led teams are charged with developing technology roadmaps with vehicle concepts that can operate at Mach 2+ speeds.

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Aerospace

Janicki receives Boeing 2023 Supplier of the Year Award

Composite and metallic tooling, equipment and parts supplier has been recognized for its collaboration, commitment and overall support of various Boeing programs.

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Plant Tours

Plant tour: Arris Composites, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.

The creator of Additive Molding is leveraging automation and thermoplastics to provide high-volume, high-quality, sustainable composites manufacturing services.

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C-K Composites Auction
Airtech
Airplane in the air with Collins Aerospace Logo
Industrial CNC Routers
PIONEERING COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS
TFP is now James Cropper
Composites product design
HEATCON Composite Systems
Kraussmaffei Metering Systems