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Carbon Fibers

Advanced Carbons Council releases carbon fiber market report

Primary research and data breaks down critical trends shaping carbon fiber’s role in future manufacturing and mobility.

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Aerospace

Jekta begins flight testing of scaled PHA-ZE 100 amphibious aircraft

Trials of 1:9 scaled composite prototype marks new milestones in the program’s development, including plans to introduce the new aircraft globally in 2030.

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Molds/Tools

Moore Brothers Co. acquires Symmetrix Bristol in Rhode Island

Merging of the two teams, which includes the acquisition of Symmetrix’s composite tooling assets and a move to its flagship facility, will establish wide-ranging and complementary skills.

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Products

Composites 4.0

Autonomous agents optimize decision flows in aerospace, composites production

CAMX 2025: With manufacturers face labor shortages, increasing product complexity and pressure to operate sustainably, Plataine’s AI Agents provide the agility and intelligence needed for real-time decision-making.

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Curing

Composite curing ovens are built for maximum performance

CAMX 2025: Wisconsin Ovens presents equipment for vacuum bag, filament-wound and honeycomb block heating technologies, offered with a variety of specific features and options.

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CAMX

Engineered solutions for dust, fume challenges

CAMX 2025: Eurovac’s objective is to design, develop and supply quality dust and fume extraction systems for customers, backed by a comprehensive facility, knowledgeable engineering team and growing distribution network.

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Carbon Fibers

Aerospace prepregs with braided reinforcement demonstrate improved production rates, cost

A recent time study compares the layup of a wing spar using prepreg with A&P’s TX-45 continuous braided reinforcement versus traditional twill woven prepreg.

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Pressure Vessels

Thermoplastic composite pipes provide 59% reduction in H2 distribution CO2 emissions

Hive Composites’ multilayer thermoplastic composite pipe (TPC) design meets hydrogen permeation requirements while ensuring substantial CO2 reductions compared to conventional steel pipe systems.

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CIRA qualifies CMC structures for the reusable Space Rider

Italian team designs, builds and tests multiple large, complex thermal protection system structures made from patented ISiComp C/C-SiC ceramic matrix composites.

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Composites end markets: Energy (2025)

Despite political and supply chain challenges, renewable and nuclear energy continue to grow in use. Composite materials enable current and future energy technologies across sectors.

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Defense

From prototypes to performance: Composites company makes inroads to new markets

Top Shops 2024 honoree Calian’s composites division blends R&D, rapid prototyping and scalable production with deep engineering integration and corporate synergy.

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Fairmat and the rise of deep tech in France

This first column in CW’s new Investors and Startups column series takes a closer look into the region of France, decoding the technologies, teams and funding actors driving its composites innovation.

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Aerospace

Advancing thermoplastic composite primary structure and morphing wings

The HERWINGT project in Clean Aviation seeks to ready technologies — including at least 16 composite demonstrators — for a hybrid-electric regional aircraft with 50% less fuel burn to be launched by 2035.

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Industry Experts

Editorial

There's a lot up in the air

Trade tensions and supply chain shifts — what the U.S.-China dispute means for aerospace and composites suppliers.

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Gardner Business Index

Composites Fabricating Index loses ground in April amid tariff uncertainty

Latest reading of 47.3 is fueled by a drop in new orders as markets react to quick changes in trade policy.

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Editorial

A return to the Space Symposium: Charting the next frontier

Since 2019 the space sector has been on a rapid upward trajectory. This year’s Space Symposium delivered that same optimism, celebrating the community’s continued proliferation, even as political and financial uncertainty raise new questions.

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Videos/Podcasts

Space

Episode 50: Markus Rufer, Scorpius Space Launch Co.

In this episode of CW Talks, CW interviews Scorpius Space Launch Co. CEO Markus Rufer about the company’s all-composite cryogenic pressure vessels and their role in a range of applications, including recent and upcoming lunar lander missions. 

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RTM

Spanish startup to ramp up production of “recyclable” EV prototype

Liux’s BIG electric vehicle features multiple structural components manufactured via RTM from flax fabric and a thermoset resin said to enable the entire component to be recycled and reused again.

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Wind/Energy

Recycled carbon fiber composite panels power 40% lighter, durable semi-rigid solar panels

Designed for auxiliary power use while traveling via boat or RV, Italian startup Levante’s custom flexible or standardized semi-rigid solar panels combine the benefits of ReCarbon’s rCF and thermoplastics.

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Carbon Fibers

In oil and gas, an additive manufacturing standard (API 20T) will aid adoption of composites

Polymer AM equipment maker Roboze sees how the oil and gas industry’s way forward with additive is like that of another high-stakes industry, aerospace, and also different in important aspects.

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JEC World 2025 highlights: New thermoplastics, PI fiber, solutions for FR, machining, digitized processes and more

CW senior technical editor Ginger Gardiner discusses latest developments in composites from this year’s show.

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JEC World 2025 highlights: Evolving recycling and biomaterials technologies

CW technical editor Hannah Mason shares sustainability-focused composites trade show highlights featuring maturation, scale-up, new partnerships, and new technologies in biomaterials and recycling. 

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Aerospace

Inside the MFFD — CW's coverage of the Clean Aviation multifunctional fuselage demonstrator

绿帽献妻 rounds up coverage of the MFFD project over the past decade. Now complete, the MFFD illustrates numerous processes and technologies for manufacturing primary aerospace structures using thermoplastic composites. 

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Episode 49: Yannick Willemin, Catalysium

Yannick Willemin, founder of Catalysium, a new consultancy that specializes in investment trends within the composites industry, discusses the investment side of advanced manufacturing as well as industry trends shaping the composites landscape.

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Carbon Fibers

Episode 48: Richard Apps, Counterpoint Market Intelligence

Counterpoint Market Intelligence will deliver a keynote address at Carbon Fiber Conference 2024, which takes place October 8-10 in Charleston S.C., U.S.

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Aerospace

Episode 47: Celebrating National Composites Week - Interviews with Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal; Joe Brennan, Joby Aviation

The theme of National Composites Week 2024 is "Composites Reinvent the World" — this episode explores some of the various applications that are reshaping the way we travel and stay connected.

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CAMX

Episode 46: CAMX celebrates 10 years

CW’s Scott Francis interviews Cindy Squires, president/CEO, ACMA and Rebekah Stacha, CEO of SAMPE. They take a look back at the industry’s evolution the last 10 years, the opportunities CAMX will be providing to attendees and much more.  

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Construction

Episode 45: Scott Reeve; Corey Sechler, Creative Composites Group

Experts from FRP composites manufacturer Creative Composites Group discuss the role of composites in infrastructure projects today, including solutions for bridge rehabilitation and protecting waterfront structures. 

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