National Composites Week

Natural Fibers

INCA secures $40 million funding commitment for biocomposites development

INCA Renewable Technologies targets commercialization of hemp-based biocomposites line for automotive, wind, marine industries, moves forward with processing facility construction.

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Cygnet Texkimp officially opens Innovation Centre

Facility will act as a development, prototyping and testing space for outside organizations to accelerate development and adoption of composites technologies.  

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Trends

Teijin Automotive Technologies supplies exterior body panels to Lotus Emira

The new premium sports car features exterior doors and panels made from Teijin Automotive Technologies’ compression molded TCA Ultra Lite material.

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Trends

Market report published on resin infusion in aerospace manufacturing

Based on industry interviews, this research was conducted as part of a multi-phase effort conducted by Mississippi State University’s Advanced Composites Institute (ACI).

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Glass Fibers

Exel Composites pultruded rods enhance Umbrosa parasol durability

The Belgium-based manufacturer chose pultruded fiberglass ribs for many of its umbrella and parasol designs to effectively endure exposure to high wind speeds, saltwater, rain and UV.

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Carbon Fibers

Colored carbon fiber composite bike wheels launched at The Cycle Show

Wheel brand Parcours reveals composite bike wheels using Hypetex colored carbon fiber to achieve aesthetic, lightweight and performance goals.  

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Pressure Vessels

Viritech and Haydale pursue new functionalized materials for Type V composite vessels for hydrogen storage

Goal is considerable weight savings via lightweight, impermeable pressure vessels without a liner, further advance in Graph-Pro structural storage tanks with integrated fixation.

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IACMI

People in composites: April 2023

Concordia Engineered Fibers, Nawa Technologies, IACMI, Joby Aviation and Akarmak America have made new personnel announcements in April 2023.

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Economics

Composites industry index was flat for March

The GBI: Composites Fabricating closed March flat, losing 1.3 of the 3.1 points gained in February.

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Automation

Plataine releases updated version of AI-based scheduler program

The latest version of Plataine’s Production Scheduler Solution considers relevant elements when generating optimized manufacturing schedules, including human capacity, tool availability and autoclave optimization.  

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