Weaving

Carbon Fibers

Technical textiles, prepregs, composite parts and multilayered materials

CAMX 2025: BGF Industries is highlighting its range of versatile woven products for composite reinforcements, with materials, parts and literature available for viewing, as well as those from parent company Porscher Industries.

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Consumer

Dyneema launches woven composite fabric with UHMWPE fiber

Dual-layer structure of Dyneema core with a fully woven Dyneema face fabric resists abrasion and wear, offering durability under significant load conditions and after prolonged use.

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CAMX

Woven UD fabric enhances scalable carbon fiber options for infrastructure

CAMX 2025: Zoltek introduces PX35 woven UD fabric which bridges the gap between performance and affordability for retrofit and new build scenarios.

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Aerospace

Aerospace prepregs with braided reinforcement demonstrate improved production rates, cost

A recent time study compares the layup of a wing spar using prepreg with A&P’s TX-45 continuous braided reinforcement versus traditional twill woven prepreg.

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Weaving

3D weaving capabilities achieve complex shapes with reduced labor times, costs

JEC World 2025: The specialized engineered woven fabrics company displays film-infused 3D woven joints, woven TPS and woven composite 3D structures.

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Space

3D-woven composites find success in aerospace, space

CAMX 2024: Bally Ribbon Mills experts are displaying the company’s various joints, thermal protection system (TPS) technologies and other 3D woven composites for mission-critical applications.

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Composite resins price change report

CW’s running summary of resin price change announcements from major material suppliers that serve the composites manufacturing industry.

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CAMX

Highly tunable, woven lattice reinforcements target automotive structures

CAMX 2023: Startup Weav3D will be demonstrating its two collaborative automotive demonstrator parts and present two conference papers.

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Weaving

Braskem demonstrates PP solutions using Weav3D composite lattice technology

Partnership combines Braskem’s polypropylene sheets with Weav3D Rebar for Plastics technology to address new structural, automotive applications requiring high-strength, lightweight material solutions.  

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Ketones

PEEK vs. PEKK vs. PAEK and continuous compression molding

Suppliers of thermoplastics and carbon fiber chime in regarding PEEK vs. PEKK, and now PAEK, as well as in-situ consolidation — the supply chain for thermoplastic tape composites continues to evolve.

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