National Composites Week

Carbon Fibers

Hitachi Rail chooses Roboze printers, materials including carbon fiber/PEEK for railway spare parts

The Roboze ARGO 500 will be used at Hitachi Rail factories in Naples, Italy and Maryland, U.S. to reduce cost and delivery times for prototypes and spare parts.

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Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme, specialist in composites machining, establishes branch in the U.S.

Supplier of material- and process-optimized cutting tools and technology for CFRP, GFRP and CMC, as well as metals, opened its Chicago facility August 1, 2024.

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Prepregs

Angeloni Group announces new logistics center

1,500-square-meter refrigerated area to expand global prepreg distribution capabilities. 

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Automotive

Kautex wins SPE Grand Innovation Award for thermoplastic composite battery enclosure with integrated cooling

Second award for Pentatonic Battery Enclosures touts innovative design, enabling two-phase cooling for safe temperatures, high charging rates.

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Aerospace

Archer reaffirms high-volume facility completion for 2024

400,000-square-foot facility will support Archer's goal of producing up to 650 Midnight aircraft per year.

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Prepregs

Teijin lightweight materials enable VAIO portable displays

Teijin's Tenax TPCL and Panlite Sheet materials allow for the creation of complex, three-dimensional shapes in a single molding step.

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Automotive

GM's third Corvette model to feature Carbon Revolution wheels

One-piece carbon fiber wheels work around the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s complex load paths, exceeding GM’s weight, durability, strength and aesthetic standards.  

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Defense

General Dynamics Mission Systems delivers 1,000th F-35 nose radome

Marion, Virginia, team have designed, produced and tested more than 65,000 radomes for more than 50 aircraft, including the mission-critical F-35 radome.

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Aerospace

Tighitco produces composite aerostructure system for Black Hawk helicopters

Tighitco’s track record of delivering composite and metallic solutions in aerospace and defense will support the performance and safety of all of Sikorsky’s Black Hawk platforms.

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How are you celebrating National Composites Week?

The composites industry will be shining a light on the importance of composites this Aug. 26-30, 2024. Save the date, and help us promote how #CompositesReinventTheWorld.

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