Grace Nehls

Grace Nehls Senior Managing Editor

Consumer

McLaren, APL unveil high-performance athletic footwear brand

The all-purpose luxury composite footwear, inspired by McLaren supercars, presents a new silhouette, a three-piece segmented midsole and a carbon fiber plate.    

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Toyota Tundra composite seatback design awarded 2022 Altair Enlighten Award

BASF, Flex-N-Gate, L&L Products and Toyota limited an all-steel assembly, cutting 60 parts down to four composite pieces for 20% weight savings.  

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NDT

MoviTHERM opens in-house NDT lab

New inspection techniques, excitation sources and infrared cameras enhance feasibility study capabilities for customers in the composites industry.  

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Swoop Aero collaborates with FAA, CASA for Kite delivery drone

Process of joint certification will serve to reinforce Australia’s aviation abilities and enable transition of drone technologies to urban and rural environments globally.  

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Sustainability

Altair announces winners of 10th annual Enlighten Award

Ford, Shiloh Industries, General Motors, Toyota, BASF, L&L Products, Nemak and McMaster University are among some of the winners creating a more sustainable, lightweight future.

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CGTech releases Vericut version 9.3 for smarter machining

This latest Vericut release offers added and improved featured for highly optimized, yet safe NC program running for CNC machines.   

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Core

The Gill Corp. announces novel Gillcore HF fiberglass honeycomb core

High-temperature fiberglass-reinforced phenolic honeycomb core meets all AMS 3715 requirements with optimized moisture resistance.  

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Marine

Revchem Composites set to support H1 Unlimited hydroplane racing teams

Composites distributor is aiding racing boat teams with composite products, and the race winner with an established “Revchem All Revved Up Award.”

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Solvay reports positive first half 2022 results

Strong financial results are reported with net sales and record underlying EBITDA up +32.6% and 35% organically, respectively, contributed by Solutions, Materials and Chemicals segments.

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Consumer

Cycle Inspect introduces damage, risk assessment service to the composite bicycle industry

Australian startup seeks to bridge the disparity gap between carbon fiber bike ownership and specialists trained to inspect them via an ultrasonic non-destructive testing (NDT) and visual inspections procedure.  

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Automotive

Plastic Omnium takes full ownership of front-end module producer HBPO

Purchase of remaining 33.33% stake in the company positions Plastic Omnium to serve the auto industry new smart, fully integrated composite modules and systems associated with EVs.   

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CAMX

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Kastilo Technical Fabrics GmbH

Kastilo highlights its specialization in PTFE-coated fabrics and belts, including its Magic Surface film lamination coating and PTFE-coated Multiple fabric/belts.

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