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Norco delivers GFRP hard hulled riverine craft for BAE Systems

Norco’s broad-ranging materials and manufacturing expertise revitalize UK MOD legacy craft, providing a solution for future defense and communications sector projects.

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JEC

PVC foam core combines reliability with environmental sustainability

JEC World 2025: Maricell will have its own branded booth to present three new MYcell products targeting various sector requirements and sustainability initiatives.

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Composite, adhesive and core solutions focus on performance, reducing carbon footprint

JEC World 2025: Gurit celebrates 190 years with a display of its product variety — from Spabond 400, resins, prepregs and Gurit PET to BalsaFlex, Opticore and other core systems.

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Diab achieves mass balance certification, introduces bio-based PVC

As part of its ISCC Plus certification, guaranteeing traceability, Diab is basing all Advanced kits on mass-balanced fossil-free PVC starting in March.

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Carbon Fibers

Composites portfolio targets thermoplastics, flame-retardant solutions 

JEC World 2025: Avient showcases its portfolio of advanced composites and engineered fiber solutions, including its Hammerhead FR flame-retardant thermoplastic composite panels.

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Composites end markets: New space (2025)

Composite materials — with their unmatched strength-to-weight ratio, durability in extreme environments and design versatility — are at the heart of innovations in satellites, propulsion systems and lunar exploration vehicles, propelling the space economy toward a $1.8 trillion future.

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JEC

Easy-to-process particle foam targets composite foam core needs

JEC World 2025: Asahi Kasei presents SunForce, a modified polyphenylene ether (mPPE) particle beads foam featuring high heat resistance and low water absorption.

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Hexcel core supports Boeing’s development of the MQ-25 Stingray

HRH-302 honeycomb core material, currently under evaluation for use around the UAV’s high-temperature exhaust nozzle, could considerably extend its range.

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Biomaterials

PUR composite sandwich panels for 3D automotive parts, high-volume panels and more

At its U.S. sites, Ascorium produces glass fiber/PUR 3D parts via semi-automated molding, high-volume flat panels via a continuous line while working toward bio-based PUR and recycling.

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VIDEO: Precision fabrication of honeycomb materials

MachineTek showcases its precision fabrication of honeycomb materials at CAMX 2024.

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