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Vestas to install V236-15.0 MW prototype turbine at Østerild in Denmark
Prototype developments are already underway, with the 115.5-meter-long blades to be manufactured later this year. Installation with take place in the second half of 2022.
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Hyundai selects IDI Composites’ Fortium thermoset material for Santa Cruz truck box
The Fortium series imparts 40-65% discontinuous glass fiber reinforcement with high-strength and impact resistance in “scratch black” for a highly functional truck bed in the 2022 Sport Adventure Vehicle (SAV).
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Arris Composites, Airbus collaborate on composites research for lightweighting cabin brackets
The project aims to demonstrate significant reductions in aviation emissions by leveraging topology optimization and advanced composites to replace metal brackets used on aircraft.
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University startup is developing composite storage vessels
Through strategic partnerships, Space Walker is developing a Type IV composite high-pressure gas storage vessel for use in hydrogen fuel cell drones.
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Sicomin infuses Couach's superyacht with bio-based epoxy resin
Sicomin’s InfuGreen 810 was used to vacuum infuse Couach’s 26-meter, 52-ton superyacht’s hull, deck and superstructure, for a lighter, faster, more durable yacht.
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Teijin Automotive Technologies unifies five automotive materials companies
Continental Structural Plastics, Inapal Plásticos, Benet Automotive, CSP Victall and Teijin Automotive Center Europe join together, provide global solutions for composites mobility solutions.
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Airbus begins assembly of first Wing of Tomorrow prototype
The program brings together more than 100 new technologies and composites innovations, including delivery of the first fixed trailing edge by GKN Aerospace.
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Vertical Aerospace partners with GKN Aerospace on wing structure for VA-X4 eVTOL
GKN will deliver wing structures and wiring systems for the composites-intensive, zero-emissions aircraft.
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Saudi Aramco inaugurates first GFRP rebar production facility
A joint venture between Pultron and IKK now has a dedicated facility, IKK Mateenbar, to manufacture and supply corrosion-free fiberglass rebar for infrastructure projects in Saudia Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa.
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VABO Composites' maritime fire doors pass 60-minute resistance test
FRD60 composite doors cover all B15 and B30 requirements and enhance VABO portfolio for the company’s commercial, superyacht and naval sector client base.
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