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Construction

Building Composites, Asynt Solutions partner on highway construction improvements

Dayton-based company becomes exclusive North American contract manufacturer for 24-foot composite road barriers offering enhanced shipping efficiency and reduced carbon footprint.

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Student poster competition opens for SPE Thermoset Topcon 2025

Graduate and undergraduate students interested in sharing their work on innovative thermoset composite technologies can submit abstracts by April 30, 2025, and posters by May 9.

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Marine

Base Materials forms long-term partnership with Triton Submarines

Deep-diving acrylic submersible Triton 7500/3 will be equipped with DNV-certified Subtec syntactic buoyancy materials from Base Materials.

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Aerospace

Conbility delivers laser-safe TPC winding cell to FIBRE Bremen

Turnkey winding system will support the German institute’s aerospace R&D efforts, including LATW, tape placement with in situ consolidation and a later thermoset upgrade.

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Alformet white paper examines untapped potential of TPC electric motor sleeves

The resource, geared toward electric motor and composites specialists, discusses rotor and stator sleeve design considerations, manufacturing insights and more.

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Thermoplastics

UD Automated B.V. startup innovates thermoplastic tapes, looks to grow operations

Since its founding in 2022, UDA has developed a process achieving thermoplastic tapes with various fiber and polymer combinations. Now, the company looks ahead to future strategies and partnerships.

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Space

Firefly awarded launch agreement for U.S. Space Force VICTUS SOL mission

Third tactically responsive space mission will build on lessons learned from VICTUS NOX and HAZE launched aboard Firefly’s composite Alpha rocket, building up the company’s rapid response capability.

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Bonding

UDRI opens RAAM lab to advance robotic femtosecond laser

RoboCLASP, an athermal ablation system initiated for preparing composites for bonded assembly, is being roboticized to advance U.S. Air Force needs.

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SPE Thermoforming Division calls for Parts Competition entries

A new category — thermoforming parts used in assemblies — has been added to the biennial competition, which can be submitted to until May 5, 2025.

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Premier Composite Technologies, Sicomin support Holy Mosque Mataf extension project

The Grand Mosque’s 216,800-square-meter Mataf ceiling demonstrates the architectural possibilities when using composites.

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