National Composites Week

Aerospace

GKN Aerospace opens new Netherlands-based Global Technology Center

The Hoogeveen facility provides an R&D space focused on lightweight thermoplastic composites and advanced electrical cabling systems for next-gen aircraft.

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Solvay opens new Application Development Laboratory in China

State-of-the-art facility responds to growing customer demand for tailored solutions with high-performance materials in China.

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Airtech Advanced Materials Group to open new location in India

Coinciding with the company’s 50th anniversary, the new location enables Airtech to provide Indian customers with faster response times, more personalized service, and reduced shipping costs and lead times.

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Techni-Modul Engineering grows automated technologies for composite part manufacture

New processes and approaches for kitting, stack and layup continue to be in high demand for composite industry OEMs, which TME backs with its SMART Control technology.

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AMRC fiber handling expertise aids CMC coating technology

The CICSiC project successfully developed equipment and processing know-how associated with the uniform, continuous coating of SiC-based CMC, to bring down cost, and improve performance and reliability for new designs, applications.

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Glass Fibers

Running shoe insoles get a lift with thermoplastic fiberglass tapes

FlexSpring insoles take advantage of unidirectional, continuous fiberglass and thermoplastics to enable next-level performance for the everyday runner.

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Sustainability

Joint project to chemically recycle PA66 polymers using microwaves

Asahi Kasei and Microwave Chemical collaborate to commercialize a more sustainable manufacturing process to recycle PA66 using PlaWave microwave technology, and eventually also recycle polymers with fiber reinforcement.

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Trends

Archer rolls out first Midnight aircraft, prepares for flight testing

Midnight will enable perform critical “company testing” to accelerate and reduce risk on Archer’s certification program, following a successful two-year flight test campaign with Maker.

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Aerospace

Hexcel announces newly expanded engineered core operations

The grand opening of the company’s completed expansion increases the Morocco plant to 24,000 square meters, will meet growing demand for aerocomposites.

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JEC

Global composites industry is reunited at JEC World 2023

Dynamic business activities, knowledge sharing and technology displays on the show floor were backed by 40,200+ professional visits from more than 106 countries.

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