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Sustainability

ISCC Plus validates Teijin Aramid’s use of alternative feedstocks in Twaron fiber production

The certification ensures that Twaron-based tire components can be produced with bio-based and recycled feedstocks while maintaining high performance standards.

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Glass Fibers

DITF launches €4.2 million recycling projects to advance fiber, textile circular economies

The initiatives focus on creating industrial-scale processes for recycled high-performance fibers and transforming textile waste into high-quality yarns.

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Automotive

Hexagon Agility lands major CNG orders in Mexico and Jordan to advance clean energy transition

Deployments will supply onboard CNG fuel systems for 100 Cummins X15N-powered trucks in Mexico’s largest fleet and deliver ADR X-Store Mobile Pipeline modules to Jordan’s Watani in deals set to begin delivery in Q3 2025.

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Digitization

Scaled Composites Model 437 aircraft to be flown for Beacon autonomy testbed

Northrop Grumman subsidiary part of Digital Pathfinder development of stealth aircraft with wings using continuous carbon fiber additive manufacturing and determinate assembly.  

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Trelleborg invests in Innovation Center expansion, remodel

An additional purpose-built space in Delano, Minnesota, by early 2027 adds a visitor center, Swiss machining, injection molding and increased space for automation.

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Carbon Fibers

SGL Carbon reports lower sales amid weak markets, early gains from Carbon Fibers restructuring

SGL Carbon’s half-year 2025 results show a significant drop in sales, driven mainly by weaker semiconductor demand and heightened global trade tensions impacting key markets.

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Trends

Global research teams propose standards for structural power composites

Researchers have published a set of characterization and reporting protocols to accelerate the industrial adoption of SPCs, which combine structural strength with energy storage capabilities.

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Trends

Polestar 3 sets World Record for longest electric SUV journey on single charge

Unmodified Polestar 3, which uses natural fiber composites in its interiors, achieves 935.44 kilometers on a single charge on U.K. public roads.

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Defense

Piasecki launches Kargo II UAV featuring triple payload capacity

Payload, drivetrain and performance enhancements will support a range of military and commercial missions.

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Prepregs

Smartbeam develops HMS-embedded composite profiles for space

Project goals adapted filament winding to properly integrate optical and carbon fiber sensors and meet technical requirements, resulting in a verified, simplified process for smart composite structures at reduced cost.

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