National Composites Week
Thermoset TopCon 2025 calls for papers, sponsors and exhibitors
Thermosets-focused gathering returns to Madison, Wisconsin from May 13-14, 2025, following a similar format to this past year’s successful event.
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Optimized CFRP gantry beam enhances Ultimate cutting machines
CompoTech, Kongsberg PCS collaboration integrates foam-cored design, automated placement of pitch and PAN fibers to achieve award-winning increase in speed and precision.
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Spirit sells off Fiber Materials Inc. business to Tex-Tech Industries
Purchase agreement of high-temperature materials business will be added to Tex-Tech’s specialty textiles and fabrics portfolio following customary approvals.
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Antelope Valley School District launches second composites lab at Lancaster High
Lancaster, California lab aims to equip students with skills for immediate workforce entry, community college or further education in engineering, addressing the demand for aerospace workers.
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Project Greenlift to develop ground-effect Cicada222x prototype
Bio-inspired Australian-made craft featuring hemp-reinforced fuselage panels and sustainable fuel capabilities is positioned to meet disaster relief, e-commerce and military needs.
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Proving thermoplastic composites match carbon fiber/epoxy performance in road bikes
CDCQ, LxSim, Addcomp and Argon 18 collaborate to optimize a carbon fiber/PA6 bike seat post, democratizing AFP and demonstrating materials and process for future designs and production.
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Bell selects Wichita for FLRAA fuselage assembly site
Supporting work will take place at several of Bell’s advanced manufacturing facilities in Texas, including Bell’s Advanced Composite Center in Fort Worth, and final assembly in Amarillo.
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Beta begins Alia CTOL production aircraft flight testing
Flight of first production aircraft fresh off Beta’s full-scale manufacturing line in Vermont is followed by Special Airworthiness certification from the FAA.
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ORNL, Sierra Space create novel C/SiC TPS for reusable space vehicles
CMC tiles will be used on the Sierra Space DC100 Dream Chaser spaceplane carrying critical supplies and science experiments to and from NASA’s ISS.
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AOC presents complete range of rPET-based resin formulations
Czech Republic facility takes post-consumer waste and converts it into high-quality formulations, such as the Synolite 4600 and 1112-G series, for composites manufacturing.
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