Carbon Fibers

Sustainability 17 Apr 2015

Roundup of composites market outlooks and forecasts

From automotive to aerospace to bio-composites, several market reports take a look at the trends for the global composites industry.

Aerospace 15 Apr 2015

MIT develops new CNT film that can heat and cure composites

Researches believe the carbon nanotube film could improve the quality and efficiency of the fabrication processes for large composites, such as wings on commercial aircraft.

Automotive 14 Apr 2015

HP-RTM on the rise

Decades of development have propelled it to prominence but its future demands industrial solutions for handling cost, complexity and process control.

Carbon Fibers 1 Apr 2015

PRSEUS update: Hybrid wing body passenger cabin takes shape

NASA calls on composites to enable a paradigm shift in future aircraft aerodynamics.

Wind/Energy 31 Mar 2015

Notes from JEC Europe 2015: Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns

The composites industry’s largest trade show, JEC Europe, was held March 10-12 in Paris. CW's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan offers his just-back-from-the-show assessment.

Carbon Fibers 30 Mar 2015

Sigmatex awarded government funding

The carbon converter is part of a program to improve composite material adoption and lightweighting in the UK automotive sector, funded by AMSCI.

Aerospace 10 Mar 2015

This Stamford, CT, US-based manufacturer and supplier of advance composite materials displayed components molded with its products for applications in the automotive, wind energy and aerospace markets, and launched a new RTM resin, HexFlow RTM230 ST.

Aerospace 9 Mar 2015

Solar Impulse 2 Round-the-World attempt begins

Pilots André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard successfully complete the first leg of what is intended to be a five month global aerial circumnavigation.