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Clean Sky 2 project under the MFFD program produces two segments of an 8.5-meter-long, 4-meter-diameter thermoplastic fuselage skin via NLR’s in-house AFP machine, with consolidation plans this summer.

Pioneering technocenter advances RTM, thermoplastic composites, additive manufacturing, microwire, novel lighter weight LSP and more.

The following companies, organizations and project consortia featured strong collective innovation concepts, to be on display at JEC World 2025 in March.

Keynotes for the International Conference and Exhibition on Thermoplastic Composites on Oct. 9-10, 2024 include Randall Wilkerson’s update on the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing project as well as Toray’s progress toward large-scale adoption.

Thermoplastics are evolving quickly into larger structures and clearly will have a significant role to play in the next commercial aircraft program — whenever that’s announced. This edition of “From the CW Archives” looks back on a thermoplastics pioneer.

Composite Tier 1’s long history, acquisition of stamped parts pioneer Dutch Thermoplastic Components, advances roadmap for growth in thermoplastic composite parts.

These 33 finalists, celebrating successful projects and partnerships in composites innovation, will be narrowed down to 11 winners at the JEC World 2025 Premiere on Jan. 13, 2025.

The International Conference and Exhibition on Thermoplastic Composites on Oct. 9-10, 2024 features top speakers and sessions on novel TPC technologies and applications in automotive, aerospace, hydrogen and more.

Explore 2023’s standout moments in the composites industry with CW's compilation of the top 10 news articles, determined by Google Analytics. 

This sidebar to CW’s July 2024 feature article reviews the company’s achievements and capabilities through years of composites R&D programs.