Glass Fibers

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.

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Carbon Fibers

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Microtex Composites

Composite fabrics from Microtex are made for performance and style. The company uses raw materials such as carbon fibers, linen, glass fibers, aramid fibers and other high-performance fibers.

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Sustainability

Carbon Rivers to commercialize fiberglass composites upcycling project

Novel pyrolysis method recovers fiberglass reinforcement into new, high-value discontinuous composites with minimized input energy requirements for a true circular economy.

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ATL/AFP

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Helicoid

Designed for toughness and impact resistance, Helicoid Industries’ biomimetic fiber distribution technology, Helicoid, enhances performance of composite parts.

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PEEK

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Ensinger

Ensinger offers a wide portfolio of products and services for thermoplastic composites, including its Tecatec materials range and polymer pulverizing and development services.

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Automotive

Atmospheric plasma jet technology rapidly pretreats glass fiber honeycomb sandwich panels

Plasmatreat’s Openair-Plasma system provides composite honeycomb panel manufacturer, MonoPan Composites, with a reliable, high-speed and low-cost dry pretreatment solution for homogeneous wettability.

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Glass Fibers

Owen Corning acquires vliepa GmbH

Combination expands Owen Corning’s global nonwovens portfolio to address sustainability, lightweight building materials and more labor-efficient construction solutions in European markets.

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Automotive

NCC develops composite structural systems for bus fuel cell retrofits

Glass fiber storage structure increases energy storage density by 28%, meets cost and weight targets and ultimately enables a rapid retrofit of U.K. commercial buses, with potential for larger vehicles.

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Defense

Multifunctional composite structures across end markets

Innovators find new ways to add functions — from anti-icing to 5G signal transmission to structural batteries and beyond — into structural composites.

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Automation

Additive manufacturing adds versatility to large marine structures

Dive Technologies and Moi Composites are among those extending composite 3D printing’s design flexibility past prototyping and into customizable end-use parts.

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