Articles

A remembrance of Carmelo Lo Faro: A legacy of innovation and leadership

Carmelo Lo Faro, who passed away prematurely a year ago, left behind a legacy that embraced leadership, compassion, innovation, teamwork and family.

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Aerospace

JEC World 2025 highlights: Trends in aerospace, new space and defense

CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis discusses trends in aerospace on display at JEC World — as the composites industry awaits a new single aisle aircraft program, the industry puts continued focus on new space, defense, UAM.

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Aerospace

The AAMMC Tech Hub: Ramping U.S. production of large thermoplastic composite aerostructures

CW talks with Syensqo, Spirit AeroSystems and other consortia members about current funding, specification of the next world’s largest press, organizational structure and projects to support U.S. companies in the race to deliver >40,000 sustainable and efficient aircraft over the next 20 years.

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Carbon Fibers

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

A reflection on industrial tourism

Composites industry insights gleaned from spending time on the road. 

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Glass Fibers

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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Post Cure

Post Cure: Defect-free RTS sets new standards for curved composite structures

Rapid Tow Sheering (RTS), commercialized by iCOMAT, enables in-plane shearing of tows to steer fibers, eliminating concern of buckled tows and wrinkles.

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Plasma moves beyond improved bonding to coatings, multifunctional composites

Plasmatreat cold plasma systems clean, activate surfaces and apply nanocoatings for dielectric barriers and more.

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ATL/AFP

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

ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ 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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Aerospace

Plant tour: Collins Aerospace, Riverside, Calif., U.S. and Almere, Netherlands

Composite Tier 1’s long history, acquisition of stamped parts pioneer Dutch Thermoplastic Components, advances roadmap for growth in thermoplastic composite parts.

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Aerospace

VIDEO: Installing the world’s largest thermoplastic composites press at Airbus Bremen

At JEC World 2025, Pinette PEI detailed its latest turnkey system for future aircraft serial parts production.

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Work In Progress

ASCEND program completion: Transforming the U.K.'s high-rate composites manufacturing capability

GKN Aerospace, McLaren Automotive and U.K. partners chart the final chapter of the 4-year, £39.6 million ASCEND program, which accomplished significant progress in high-rate production, Industry 4.0 and sustainable composites manufacturing.

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