Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Boston Materials announces new headquarters to support increased production, company growth

With this new Billerica, Massachusetts-based facility, the company expects to significantly scale composite materials production and add a number new jobs, with room for future technology immersion programs, expansion.  

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Curing

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: BriskHeat Corp.

BriskHeat manufactures a full line of heaters and temperature controllers, designed to solve a variety of composite curing, repair applications.  

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Automotive

Lanxess composite advances electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Halogen-free glass fiber-reinforced Durethan BKV20FN01 was used in the manufacture of charging cable connectors, demonstrates high tracking resistance and flame retardance.  

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Alpine Advanced Materials introduces rapid prototype molding solution

A combination of Addifab’s resin system, Nexa3D’s 3D printers and Alpine’s advanced composite materials enables production of injection molds that dissolve after part injection, cutting speed and cost.  

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People in Composites: August 2022

New hires, appointments and promotions have been announced by KraussMaffei Corp., IACMI, French Oil Mill, IntegriCo, Exel Composites, ASM International and Revved Industries.

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Defense

Weber State opens MARS Center in Utah, creates opportunities for advanced manufacturing

Miller Advanced Research and Solutions (MARS) Center brings together students, faculty, university partners and the community for research and innovation in the aerospace and defense field.  

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Ohio national forum launches advanced air mobility framework

National Advanced Air Mobility Industry Forum in late August broke ground for National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence facility, set to support eVTOL manufacturers and operators, drive aviation growth throughout the state.  

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Space

Beyond Gravity delivers space technology, composites expertise for Artemis missions

Mechanisms to drive solar array panels, a composite universal stage adapter and central network electronics supply drive Artemis missions forward.  

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CAMX

Full conference programming announced for CAMX 2022

The conference program’s list of eight featured sessions have been released for this year’s event in Anaheim, California, focusing on the composites industry’s hottest topics.  

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Aerospace

COMAC reports C919 flight testing is complete

Seven C919s have been built and flown to date, with test flights at four locations across China. Composites continue to be key elements for the nacelle system, aircraft tail and more.  

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Thermoplastics

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Teubert

Teubert highlights enhancements made to its continuous compression molding (CCM) system, including production scale-up, reducing required energy during production, live measurement of pressure distribution.  

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Epoxies

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Gougeon Brothers Inc.

Pro-Set Epoxy offers a variety of standard and customizable epoxy systems to create strong, lightweight and high-performance composites that can withstand harsh environments.  

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