October 2025 Issue

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October 2025

Digital Edition
Plant tour: FACC AG, Jakovlje, Croatia
Cover Story

Plant tour: FACC AG, Jakovlje, Croatia

Part of its long-term global strategy, Plant 6 is not just a single facility, but FACC’s Aircraft Interiors Center of Excellence, key for increased production, new composite technology for interiors flexibility and future growth.

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Features

Featured articles from the October 2025 issue of ÂÌñÏׯÞ

Composites market extends expansion streak
Economics

Composites market extends expansion streak

An index reading of 52.1 marks the highest point since August 2022, indicative of the industry’s strong performance.

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Cutting 100 pounds, certification time for the X-59 nose cone

Cutting 100 pounds, certification time for the X-59 nose cone

Swift Engineering used HyperX software to remove 100 pounds from 38-foot graphite/epoxy cored nose cone for X-59 supersonic aircraft.

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Industrializing rapid tape shearing for high-rate, 3D composite structures
Aerospace

Industrializing rapid tape shearing for high-rate, 3D composite structures

ICOMAT’s first RTS factory creates preforms in 5 minutes for parts with -65% weight, higher strength and damage tolerance for wingskins, spars, fuselage, space tanks, auto chassis and more.

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Post Cure: NFPA-rated carbon fiber composite fire truck pump for firefighting, energy industries
Post Cure

Post Cure: NFPA-rated carbon fiber composite fire truck pump for firefighting, energy industries

Direct engine-driven systems or firetruck applications benefit from the lightweight, compact, high-volume centrifugal pump by KASE Pumping Systems.

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Scaling up, optimizing the flax fiber composite camper
Application

Scaling up, optimizing the flax fiber composite camper

Greenlander’s Sherpa RV cab, which is largely constructed from flax fiber/bio-epoxy sandwich panels, nears commercial production readiness and next-generation scale-up.

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The future is composite: Innovation, resilience and human experience
Editorial

The future is composite: Innovation, resilience and human experience

CAMX 2025 showcased the power of collaboration and purposeful innovation, a clear reminder that the composites industry is all about human potential.

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Troubleshooting thermoplastic composite stamp forming
Thermoplastics

Troubleshooting thermoplastic composite stamp forming

Understand the basic science of TPC stamp forming, a manufacturing process steadily gaining momentum in aerospace and mobility applications thanks to its rapid forming, short cycle times and automated methods.

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