Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

CAMX

Portfolio expansion adds to rCF accessibility, applications

CAMX 2025: Tennessee-based Carbon Fiber Recycling LLC grows its patented rCF offerings, extracting from post-industrial and EOL dry fiber, prepreg and cured composites.

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Verretex, Ryse Energy confirm use of rGF textiles as drop-in wind blade materials

Pilot trial at Ryse’s Spain facility required no alterations to production equipment or schedule when using the recycled glass fiber textile, with strength, stiffness and compliance targets achieved.

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NDT

Hexagon Digital Wave provides requalification services for oilfield service company’s gas transportation fleet

Noninvasive modal acoustic emission (MAE) technology will support composite cylinder inspection for the U.S. company’s virtual pipeline trailers through 2027.

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Recycling

Twaron Next para-aramid fibers power Brunel Solar Team’s victory

The Nuna 13 solar car’s 3,000-kilometer journey for the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge competed with car tires comprising Teijin Aramid’s bio-based fiber reinforcement.

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Aerospace

Safran chooses France for next carbon brake production facility

The 2030 site will enable a gradual increase in aircraft carbon brake production volumes of 25% by 2037, backed by automation tech and environmental commitments.

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CAMX

Navigating the show floor: CAMX 2025 exhibit previews, Part 2

Make sure to brush up on the diverse lineup of exhibitors that will be present at CAMX 2025 to build valuable insights, connections and strategies.  

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Wabash introduces larger custom presses up to 2,500 tons

Larger presses with platen sizes up to 10 × 10 feet and 1800°F operating temps service increasing component size, complexity and material diversity in composites manufacturing.

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People in composites: August 2025

The following job announcements and promotions have been shared by Arris Composites, Dieffenbacher, Metsä Spring, The Gill Corp., Vestas, Teijin Aramid and HydroGraph.

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Filament Winding

MFTECH makes improvements to MF3 automated filament winder 

Compact robotic winder supports optimized filament winding operations and machine use with fixed material feeding for process stability.

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Curing

Uavos composite curing ovens are awarded conformity certification

New line of products have passed Technical Testing Institute TSÚ PiešÅ¥any’s rigorous evaluation process.

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Submit technical paper, ITAR presentation abstracts for SAMPE 2026 

SAMPE is now accepting formal written research papers and ITAR submissions for its 2026 conference and exhibition in Seattle, with abstracts due by Sept. 22, 2025.

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Marine

IACC NODE, Lamáquina enable functional 3D printed composite boat

Asket, the student team’s first project, is a custom, one-piece vessel featuring a 3D printed hull, real-time sensor function and adaptive robotic control.

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