Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Automotive

SHD Composites backs Team BRIT disabled racing driver

Forty-one-year-old Paul Fullick seeks to make history with all-disabled racing drivers competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Biomaterials

INCA secures $40 million funding commitment for biocomposites development

INCA Renewable Technologies targets commercialization of hemp-based biocomposites line for automotive, wind, marine industries, moves forward with processing facility construction.

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Cygnet Texkimp officially opens Innovation Centre

Facility will act as a development, prototyping and testing space for outside organizations to accelerate development and adoption of composites technologies.  

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Glass Fibers

Exel Composites pultruded rods enhance Umbrosa parasol durability

The Belgium-based manufacturer chose pultruded fiberglass ribs for many of its umbrella and parasol designs to effectively endure exposure to high wind speeds, saltwater, rain and UV.

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IACMI

People in composites: April 2023

Concordia Engineered Fibers, Nawa Technologies, IACMI, Joby Aviation and Akarmak America have made new personnel announcements in April 2023.

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Pressure Vessels

Austro Engine researches future propulsion systems for general aviation

A sister company to composite airframer manufacturer Diamond Aircraft, Austro Engine collaboratively studies an ignition jet option using sustainable aviation fuels for reduced emission results.

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Scott Bader Turkey is established

The new office in Istanbul and official company name, Scott Bader Tr Özel Kimyasallar Sanayi Ve Ticaret Ltd. Åžirketi, enables the growth of composite, adhesive and functional polymer markets in Turkey.

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Marine

Regent unveils full-scale seaglider mock-up, plans for expansion

Up to 600,000 square feet of new manufacturing and testing space is anticipated to fulfill $8 billion in global orders for the composite, all-electric maritime vehicle.

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Pultrusion

German consortium develops biopolymer-based Cellun composite

German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) and partners present a conventional composite material alternative using cellulose that can be processed using industrial processing methods.

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Aerospace

Norco facility expansion bolsters aerospace, defense project capacity

An additional 10,000 square feet will accommodate increasing demand for the company’s composite services.

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Hexagon Agility Mobile Pipeline supplied to CNG project in Jordan

Headed by fuel station chain Masanseer Oil & Gas, the lightweight composite X-Store modules will enable large-volume CNG transportation and distribution, improving project economics, scalability.

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SGL Carbon Gardena site purchased by Tex Tech Industries

Transaction of SGL Carbon’s U.S. business activities includes certain assets of SGL Composites Inc., as well as plants, machinery and customer contracts.

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