August 2025 Issue

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August 2025

Digital Edition
Composites end markets: Automotive (2025)
Cover Story

Composites end markets: Automotive (2025)

Composites manufacturing intelligence drives circular economy solutions as automotive industry balances technical demands with sustainability mandates.

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Features

Featured articles from the August 2025 issue of ÂÌñÏׯÞ

Composites Fabricating returns to expansion territory
Economics

Composites Fabricating returns to expansion territory

June’s results build on May gains, returning the composites index to a reading that reflects positive growth.

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Mechanical testing of ceramic matrix composites

Mechanical testing of ceramic matrix composites

Today’s CMC materials, robust and resistant to high temperatures, provide their own set of challenges when determining their performance through mechanical testing.

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Optimizing a CFRP landing leg demonstrator
Focus on Design

Optimizing a CFRP landing leg demonstrator

MT Aerospace achieves design for manufacturing, integrating multiple elements into one-piece structure using AFP and 3D printed tooling to meet time and budget constraints.

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Paris Air Show highlights advanced materials, industry momentum
Editorial

Paris Air Show highlights advanced materials, industry momentum

This year’s international air show offered a glimpse of the rapidly expanding future for composites in aerospace.

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Post Cure: Composite seaglider craft redefine coastal transportation operations
Core

Post Cure: Composite seaglider craft redefine coastal transportation operations

The Viceroy all-electric flagship seaglider being developed by REGENT Craft in Rhode Island operates exclusively over water.  

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Revolutionizing space composites: A new era of satellite materials
Aerospace

Revolutionizing space composites: A new era of satellite materials

A new approach for high volumes of small satellite structures uses low-CTE, low-cost CFRP cellular core, robust single-ply skins and modular panel systems to cut lead time, labor and cost for reflectors, solar arrays and more.

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Scaling up thermoplastic composites recycling
Recycling

Scaling up thermoplastic composites recycling

Thermoplastic composites are always said to be “recyclable.” Netherlands-based recycler Spiral RTC discusses the process, challenges, applications and opportunities to building a real recycling ecosystem.

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Setting the stage for CAMX 2025
CAMX

Setting the stage for CAMX 2025

North America’s largest composites trade event is set for Sept. 8-11 in Orlando, Florida. Find out what you need to know before the show.

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