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TPI Composites celebrates 100,000th wind blade milestone

The company has manufactured 100,000 composite blades over the last couple of decades, led by efforts to enable efficient and sustainable wind energy generation.

TPI Composites Q4, full year 2024 results build profitability for 2025

Earnings results indicate the wind blade manufacturers’ strategic decisions to optimize its manufacturing footprint and streamline operations, positioning it more strongly headed into 2025.

People in composites: November 2024

Take a look at this month’s new hires and promotions in the composites industry from Exel Composites, Thermwood, Volocopter, Anisoprint, TPI Composites and SGL Carbon.

TPI, University of Texas participate in wind blade cure optimization project

Physics-informed machine learning algorithms will be applied to simulate and optimize composite wind blade curing in an effort to advance smart composites manufacturing in industry.

TPI Composites to divest automotive business unit

As a part of the company’s continued focus on wind, TPI has entered an agreement to sell, rename subsidiary to Clear Creek Investments.

Uavos delivers curing oven to aerocomposites manufacturer

Composite curing oven meets customer needs with ability to cure complex synthetic and composite parts.

DITF joins Horizon Europe REWIND project

End-of-life wind turbine recycling efforts are underway after the first REWIND consortium kick-off in May.

TPI manufactures all-composite Kenworth SuperTruck 2 cab

Class 8 diesel truck, now with a 20% lighter cab, achieves 136% freight efficiency improvement.

TPI, UMaine, ORNL to leverage world’s largest polymer 3D printer for wind turbine tooling

Ingersoll Masterprint LFAM printer will be used to produce and demonstrate 100% recyclable tooling that could cut large composite blade development cycles and tooling costs by as much as 50%.

People in composites: April 2024

TFP Hydrogen Products, Airbus SE, TPI Composites, IDI Composites International and Integrated Graphene announce new personnel and retirements.

Composites end markets: Batteries and fuel cells (2024)

As the number of battery and fuel cell electric vehicles (EVs) grows, so do the opportunities for composites in battery enclosures and components for fuel cells.

TPI, GE Vernova expand wind blade production contract in Mexico

Additional production lines in a third facility within TPI’s Juarex campus will manufacture GE Vernova’s latest wind turbine blade type.

Composites end markets: Energy (2024)

Composites are used widely in oil/gas, wind and other renewable energy applications. Despite market challenges, growth potential and innovation for composites continue.

TPI Composites deal with Nordex grows wind blade production

Extension of the 10-year collaboration with Nordex sees two new lines added to its Türkiye facility to serve domestic and export market needs.

People in composites: November 2023

Gefran, ASK Chemicals Group, Roth Industries, TPI Composites, Virgin Galactic and Verisurf Software announce new personnel and retirements.

DOE funds project for 3D-printed wind blade tooling

Targeting U.S. wind energy, the program backs Purdue’s CMSC center and industry partners to develop the foundation for automated tooling manufacture, supporting new innovations in composite materials, other technology elements.

TPI Composites, UT advance recycled glass fiber yarn development

In Phase II, industrial textile manufacturing methods and equipment will be used to scale the process and optimize the properties of the recycled yarn, leading to eventual commercialization.

TPI Composites manufactures structural composites for International SuperTruck II

The program, co-funded by the DOE and Navistar, highlights improved fuel and freight efficiency and goals for hybridization for Class 8 trucks, further achieved by an all-composite cab, trailer box and aero package.

TPI, GE agree to expand wind blade production capacity in Mexico

As part of its Q2 2023 earnings, TPI Composites reports an amended supply agreement with GE including new blade production lines in Mexico.

People in composites: July 2023

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

Bio-inspired EV underbody panel developed by TPI Composites, Helicoid Industries

Composite underbody panel for battery pack protection, made of stacked multiaxial noncrimp fabric, will serve high-volume commercial and automotive markets.

Pilot program turns EOL wind blades to liners for pipe infrastructure

TPI Composites, Tex-Tech and Carbon Rivers partner to process wind blades, pyrolyze the material and use the recovered glass fibers to give new life to damaged existing pipelines.

TPI, WindSTAR create digital twin for wind blade manufacturing

Machine learning framework provides real-time feedback during composite fabrication process, with some cases achieving 95% predictive accuracy and computation faster than physics-based simulations.

TPI, GE extend supply agreements, plan next-gen wind blade design collaboration

TPI has manufactured wind blades for GE since 2008. New commitments will lead to the development of new blade types and potentially more production lines in 2023.

Vestas expands partnership with long-time blades partner TPI Composites

Continuous collaborative effort is sought to strengthen the wind energy supply chain, such as production setup optimization for current and future wind blade facilities, and evaluation of future locations.

Helicoid Industries releases three use cases of Helicoid technology

Use case applications with Helicoid technology implementation demonstrated mechanical performance improvements, such as impact resistance and strength.

TPI Composites announces new wind industry partners

In its latest earnings results, the company announces new or extended agreements with Vestas, GE, Enercon and Nordex alongside decreased Q3 sales due to continuing industry challenges.

Price, performance, protection: EV battery enclosures, Part 1

Composite technologies are growing in use as suppliers continue efforts to meet more demanding requirements for EV battery enclosures.

Moving toward next-generation wind blade recycling

Suppliers, fabricators and OEMs across the composite wind blade supply chain ramp up existing technologies, develop better reclamation methods and design more recyclable wind blades.

TPI Composites announces third quarter 2021 earnings

Independent composite wind blade manufacturer continues to navigate short- and long-term headwinds in the wind industry, with new lines in China for Vestas and a secured $600 strategic investment.

NREL explores novel manufacturing approach for next-generation wind turbine blades

3D printing of thermoplastic blades enables thermal welding and improves recyclability, offering the potential to reduce turbine blade weight and cost by at least 10%, and production cycle time by 15%.

Nordex Group transfers composite rotor blade production to TPI Composites

Per a strategic partnership, Nordex Group’s Matamoros, Mexico, operations will be turned over to TPI for three years to further increase rotor blade efficiency and output.

Composites AM research targets wind energy

The U.S. DOE, universities and industry leaders ramp up new efforts and funding to develop 3D-printed composite wind blade molds and end-use blade components.

People in Composites: July 2021

9T Labs, Cygnet Texkimp, Mahr, Michelman, TPI Composites, ChemQuest, Veelo Technologies, Strongwell and Exel Composites announce new hires in the composites manufacturing industry.

UMaine awarded $2.8 million to accelerate AM wind blade development

Additive manufacturing with bio-based, 100% recyclable feedstocks reinforced with wood can reduce construction time by six months and cut costs by 25-50%

TPI Composites announces second quarter 2020 earnings results

Returning to pre-COVID capacity levels, the company has extended two supply agreements and added production lines, adding approximately $800 million of potential contract value.

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.

Developing new solutions to multimaterial joining

Several recent IACMI partner projects focus on technology innovation related to challenges in multimaterial joining for the wind and automotive sectors.

IACMI: Driving innovation in the advanced composites industry

Since its start in 2015, the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) has come a long way in its mission of advancing composites innovation. CTO Uday Vaidya reflects on the past five years.

People in Composites: October 2019

AOC Aliancys, Boeing, Composites UK, Hexcel, Michelman, TPI Composites and UTComp announce new faces in the composites industry and honors awarded to top contributors.

People in Composites: May 2019

CW’s monthly roundup of people news in the composites industry.

Boston SAMPE to highlight advanced composite driver-side commercial passenger car door project

The featured project is an example of an automated low-cycle time solution that enables composites to become a viable alternative to metals in high rate automotive manufacturing.

People in Composites – February 2019

CW’s monthly roundup of people news in the composites industry.

TPI to open India-based wind blade manufacturing facility, signs supply agreement with Vestas

New manufacturing hub based in the Chennai region will provide composite wind blades from four manufacturing lines for India and export markets.

The long view for composites in long-haul trucks

Composite components on heavy trucks and trailers continue to grow, both in volume and in kind, but they won’t be carrying structural loads until the mid-2020s.

A clean technology for clean, zero-emissions buses

Monocoque composite body designed to support all bus loads.

TPI and GE extend partnership

The two companies have agreed to extend their composite wind blade supply agreement in one of TPI’s Mexico plants by two years and add two new lines.

TPI Composites and Vestas add two production lines in Mexico

The companies will add two more V136 blade manufacturing lines under an existing multiyear supply agreement.

TPI Composites and Vestas add two new wind blade manufacturing lines in Mexico

TPI Composites will produce blades for Vestas’ 4 MW wind turbine platform at TPI’s new facility in Matamoros, Mexico.

TPI Composites enters wind blade partnership with Enercon

The 60m class blades will be produced at one of TPI’s facilities in Izmir, Turkey with production planned to commence in Q4 2018.

Wind blade spar caps: Pultruded to perfection?

Introduced to the market about five years ago, pultruded, carbon fiber-reinforced spar caps, incorporated as the reinforcing member of wind turbine rotor blades, are a byproduct of the evolution and increasing technological sophistication of the global wind energy industry.

TPI and Vestas partner to open new China-based facility

TPI Composites, Inc. announces a multiyear supply agreement with Vestas to provide blades for the new V150-4.2 MW wind turbine for global markets.

TPI and Navistar to build all-composite Class 8 truck

Class 8 truck comprised of a composite tractor and frame rails will result in an estimated 30% reduction in weight and improve freight efficiency.

Highlights from Carbon Fiber 2015

Carbon Fiber 2015 once again offered an engaging roster of speakers, and some eye-opening presentations.

Wind blades: Progress and challenges

Despite double-digit wind energy industry growth, turbine blade manufacturers and materials suppliers acknowledge a pressing need to reduce costs and innovate.

Structural health monitoring: Angling for the air

Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems for composite aerostructures have been slow to deliver on their promise, but a system developed by Luna Technologies (Roanoke, Va.) is on a glide path to implementation on in-service aircraft

The evolution of infusion

As resin infusion continues to infiltrate composites, fabricators across the market spectrum drive materials and process developments in pursuit of process control.

Blade cycle time: 37 percent faster

Ongoing private/public effort to optimize blade manufacturing targets current production and anticipates “next-generation” offshore applications.

SAMPE Tech 2011 in Texas

The Society’s annual fall gathering fills an exhibition hall this year nearly as big as the host state.

Wind blade manufacture: Opportunities and limits

At ��ñ��'s 2011 Wind & Ocean Energy Seminar, held April 13-14 in Portland, Maine, Stephen Nolet, principal engineer/director of innovation at TPI Composites Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.) briefed the audience on TPI’s view of blade design and manufacture.

Core for composites: Winds of change

Core materials suppliers lean into the bracing breeze of big-blade challenges raised by the burgeoning wind energy industry.

A convergence of market outlooks

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Wind turbine blades: Big and getting bigger

Two decades of technical and market development has made this once marginal application a global giant and one of the world’s largest markets for composites.

Carbon fiber buys its way onboard

First used in one-off yacht and powerboat designs, where cost is no obstacle in the search for a performance edge in local regattas or around-the-world races, carbon fiber has since carved a niche in categories that were once the exclusive reserve of glass-reinforced composites, metals or wood. In applications as

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