Cobra International Co. Ltd. Suppliers Showroom

Composite innovations feature automotive, water sports, UAV and consumer project versatility

JEC World 2025: Precision, performance and reliability are at the core of Cobra International’s display, involving a front end, portfolio of water sports applications, a fixed wing drone and more.

Composites end markets: Sports and recreation (2025)

The use of composite materials in high-performance sporting goods continues to grow, with new advancements including thermoplastic and sustainability-focused materials and automated processes.

Sicomin resins used in Olympic windsurfing board construction

Windsurfers at the Paris 2024 Olympics are competing on composite boards manufactured by Cobra International using Sicomin SR1280 resins.

JEC World 2024 highlights: Glass fiber recycling, biocomposites and more

CW technical editor Hannah Mason discusses trends seen at this year’s JEC World trade show, including sustainability-focused technologies and commitments, the Paris Olympics amongst other topics.

Watersports manufacturer diversifies into new markets, processes

CW Top Shops honoree Cobra International reflects on its growth over 45+ years, as well as current work expanding its automotive and UAV capabilities, increasing energy efficiency and new SMC production lines.

Flax fiber composite innovations, circularity services

JEC World 2024: Flax fiber producer Groupe Depestele and sustainable composites company Greenboats demonstrate flax fiber materials, demonstrators and product offer Circular Structures.

Cobra, Schmitt Marine collaborate on composite steering wheel for motor yachts

Primus CF wheel is comprised of carbon fiber prepreg skins and an epoxy glass fiber core, offered as a top-of-the-range option for premium vessel owners.

CW Top Shops 2023: Honoring global top-performing facilities

CW congratulates the 2023 CW Top Shops honorees and composites fabricators whose leaders cite team expansion, focus on Industry 4.0 and adaptation to emerging markets among this year’s top achievements.

People in composites: July 2023

The ACMA, Archer Aviation, TPI Composites and Cobra International welcome new hires to their teams.

JEC World 2023 highlights: Recyclable resins, renewable energy solutions, award-winning automotive

CW technical editor Hannah Mason recaps some of the technology on display at JEC World, including natural, bio-based or recyclable materials solutions, innovative automotive and renewable energy components and more.

Cobra Advanced Composites launches flax fiber-based visual finish components

New range of sustainable, low-density, production-ready composite components meet challenging automotive OEM standards for exterior and interior applications.

JEC World 2022, Part 3: Emphasizing emerging markets, thermoplastics and carbon fiber

CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan identifies companies exhibiting at JEC World 2022 that are advancing both materials and technologies for the growing AAM, hydrogen, automotive and sustainability markets.

Cobra International to sponsor and manufacture JEC trophies

JEC Composites Innovation and Start Up Booster trophies combine a pallet of materials to symbolize JEC Group’s complete coverage of the composites sector, as well as reinforce the awards’ innovation and sustainability objectives.

Cobra supports new production concept for composites-intensive VETAL tailsitter drone

Cost-effective composite tooling and a scaled-up production line target durability, production rate and price parameters for the VETAL’s carbon fiber flying wing airframe.

Cobra International supports composite electric hydrofoil board evolution

Cobra continues to deliver materials, production process support, as well as manufacture Fliteboard’s carbon fiber Fliteboard Series 2 surfboards.

Cobra International rapidly scales up Radinn glass fiber electric surfboards

Cobra manufacturing platform to deliver 300 composite boards per month, with 25% weight savings, tight tolerances, detailed QC and documentation records.

Cobra International commissions prepreg compression molding production line

Production capacity delivers highly structural prepreg carbon fiber hydrofoil components with a final surface finish straight from the mold.

Cobra International mass produces new composite canoes

Cobra’s manufacturing process for ARE Tahiti’s carbon fiber and glass/carbon fiber hybrid OC-1 canoe models enables production of up to 50 per month.

Composites suppliers, fabricators respond to coronavirus

Companies across the composites industry supply chain share how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their businesses, and how they are available to help.

JEC Group announces 2020 Innovation Awards winners

The 13 winners were announced during a virtual ceremony on May 13.

COBRA to partner with Skeeta Foiling Craft on composite hydro foiling dinghies

Skeeta hulls use an expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam core and a single-shot closed mold epoxy lamination process pioneered by the windsurf board market.

COBRA composites enable security robot

COBRA to deliver a set of eight composite parts that form the lightweight body shell cladding of a 1.35-meter high patrol robot.

COBRA delivers GFRP covers for agricultural UAVs

COBRA’s drone covers use a composite laminate of glass fiber reinforcements combined with epoxy laminating resins in a hand laminated, vacuum bag consolidated production process.

Cobra International releases sustainability progress report

Along with its sustainable products, the company is also focusing on improving sustainability through operations and workplace improvements.

JEC World 2019 briefs

JEC briefs on Bindatex, FILL, Solvay, Henkel, Web Industries, Cobra, PolyOne, GKN Fokker, Thomas Technik + Innovation and Hyosung Advanced Materials.

JEC World 2019 preview: Cobra

Cobra International will present its expanded capacity and increased capabilities for large composite components for multiple industries at JEC World 2019.

Lightweight Reading: COBRA International celebrates 40th year with retrospective book

Looking back on 40 years of COBRA International composites for watersport products – and beyond.

Episode 22: Danu Chotikapanich, Cobra International

Danu Chotikapanich, CEO of COBRA International, discusses COBRA’s history in watersports products and its ever-expanding composites business in multiple markets.

COBRA International launches new composite windsurf board

Designed by former race champion Bruce Wylie, the Windsurfer LT is an advanced composite windsurf board that aims to take the sport back to its roots.

Five highlights from JEC World 2018

It’s not Spring without a trip to Paris, France for the JEC World 2018 composites conference. It’s become a very big show, and thus, offers some big announcements and some developing trends.

JEC World 2018 preview: COBRA

COBRA International Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of advanced composite components for the water sports, transport, architectural, marine and luxury goods sectors, is celebrating four decades of fast-paced growth and innovation.

Another win on a carbon composite SUP - Update

CW’s June 2017 Focus on Design story was about the design and creation of a custom carbon composite racing SUP or stand-up paddleboard (that led to a similar production SUP for consumers) for paddle athlete Travis Grant. Grant just won this year’s Molokai to Oahu race, on a new carbon fiber SUP, and set a world record.

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