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JEC World 2018 preview: Porcher

Porcher Industries (Eclose-Badinières, France) will have a talented team of textile, composite and chemical engineering experts in Paris to present their latest innovations at JEC World 2018.

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JEC World 2018 preview: Highland Composites

Highland Composites will be showcasing their innovative composite solutions at at JEC World 2018 in Paris March 6-8. 

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Glass Fibers

JEC World 2018 preview: DORNIER Composite Systems

New customized equipment for semi-finished products and in-house production of thermoplastic tapes

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Wind/Energy

JEC World 2018 preview: Chomarat

Chomarat will present its latest innovations at the 2018 JEC World trade show on 6-8 March at Paris Nord Villepinte.

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Out of Autoclave

Safran and Albany inaugurate new LEAP engine fan blade plant

The Mexico facility is the two companies’ third joint manufacturing plant to make composite parts for the LEAP aircraft engine.

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Carbon fiber has designs on production wheels

A high-performance CFRP wheel manufacturer for nearly 20 years, Dymag is now part of a broader effort to reduce their cost and migrate them into volume vehicles.

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Automotive

DLR invests in automated preforming spin-off COPRO Technology GmbH

German Aerospace Center (DLR) supports reduced-cost roll-forming of composite profiles

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Aerospace

Brook One introduces burnthrough cover films for aerospace

Brook One Corp. has introduced two burnthrough cover films for the aerospace industry, BO 856B-I-LWT (metallic) and BO 856B-II-LWT (non-metallic).

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Autoclave

Composites-intensive folding bike: Simplifying multi-modal transportation

The world’s lightest folding bike relies on CFRP for high stiffness and strength at low weight.

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Weaving

General aviation: Reconceiving the personal plane

Enabled by FAA rule changes, small plane manufacturers today are moving beyond the private “pleasure” craft to cutting-edge technologies engineered to offer an affordable means to avoid urban gridlock.

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microwire technology for composites