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Bioabsorbable and degradable glass fibers, compostable composite parts
ABM Composite offers sustainable options and up to a 60% reduction in carbon footprint for glass fiber-reinforced composites.
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Rock West Composites completes composites-intensive EOI Space telescope structure
Delivery of mirror mountings and stress-free module support meets LEO constellation optical payload requirements within six-month design, analysis and fabrication schedule.
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Aeris Energy establishes US wind turbine services division
Under Aeris Service, the Latin American wind blade manufacturer provides North American customers with various preventative and corrective maintenance services, taking advantage of increased turbine capacity.
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Russia exits from Comac CR929 program, MS-21 experiences delays
Reports confirm Russia’s step away from the CR929 widebody aircraft and impending delays in MS-21 deliveries, long-term consequences from Western-imposed sanctions.
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Daher CARAC TP project advances thermoplastic composites certification approach
New tests, analysis enable databases, models, design guidelines and methodologies, combining materials science with production processes to predict and optimize part performance at temperatures above Tg (≈150-180°C) for wing and engine structures.
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New AMRC facility, Boeing program boosts aerocomposites innovation
An £80 million investment contributes to a novel R&D facility in South Yorkshire, U.K., with Boeing as its first major research partner, to support and de-risk new composites and digital technologies and processes for the production of future aerospace components.
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Toray to increase carbon fiber tow capacity by more than 20%
Capital investments to Spartanburg, S.C., and Gumi, Korea facilities, in response to market demand, will increase annual capability to 35,000 metrics tons beginning in 2025.
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Paris Air Show 2023 highlights
The Paris Air Show, one of the largest aerospace trade shows in the world, returned for the first time since 2019 and proved that the global aviation industry industry is very much alive and kicking.
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Beyond Gravity wins contract for Ariane 6 payload fairings
Extended partnership for the 20-meter-high carbon fiber payload fairing variant manufactured at Beyond Gravity’s Emmen facility builds on decades of composite space component manufacture.
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Solvay, Spirit collaborate to accelerate composites adoption
Solvay and Spirit AeroSystems have cemented their research and technology relationship on the development of composite aerostructures, to take place in Prestwick, Scotland.
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