Videos

Aerospace

VIDEO: Installing the world’s largest thermoplastic composites press at Airbus Bremen

At JEC World 2025, Pinette PEI detailed its latest turnkey system for future aircraft serial parts production.

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Marine

REGENT begins sea trials of passenger-carrying seaglider

REGENT Craft reveals the first full-scale prototype of its all-electric composite maritime vessel, kicks off testing campaign that will culminate in human seaglider flight mid-year.

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Aerospace

Cosmic Aerospace advances CX-2 demonstrator roadmap

All-electric passenger jet with a composite airframe has achieved nine flights since February, validating stability, glide performance and handling across a range of conditions.

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JEC

VIDEO: Enhancing composite tooling with additive manufacturing

At JEC World 2025, CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis explored the latest advancements in composite tooling with Massivit and Sika.

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Sustainability

Moving toward sustainable automotive parts manufacturing

How can the automotive supply chain prepare for future sustainability requirements? Tier 1 Kautex Textron discusses emissions reduction, design for circularity and transition to recycled/bio-based plastics.

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Automotive

McLaren develops aerospace-inspired ART method for volume composite super car engineering

Automated rapid tape (ART) technique, already deployed at the MCTC and to be used for future McLaren models, is capable of producing lighter, stiffer and stronger carbon fiber structures with less waste.

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High-tension, vertical filament winding enables affordable flywheel energy storage system

French startup Energiestro’s prototype solar energy flywheel-based storage system aims to reduce costs with glass fiber composites and prestressed concrete.

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Carbon Fibers

The NCC announces design completion for U.K. carbon fiber lines

The U.K.’s first open access manufacturing facility for continuous carbon fiber production will be built and tested in late 2025, to begin projects starting in 2026.

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CAMX

VIDEO: Flexible molding and machining for composites

Addcomp and bespline are sister companies that offer innovative solutions for composites. This video from CAMX 2024 offers an overview of Addcomp’s AFP solutions.

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NIAR innovates overmolded TPC production process for eVTOLs

Fully automated hybrid thermoforming and injection overmolding process was executed to produce complex thermoplastic composite rib structure in 2 minutes versus 100-hour metal counterpart.

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Aerospace

Beyond filament winding: Fabricator expands into sensor technology, hydrogen tanks and more

CW Top Shops 2024 honoree B&T Composites’ story includes diversification into new markets and technologies like photonics-based structural health monitoring, aerospace and hydrogen tanks.

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Aerospace

UDRI opens RAAM lab to advance robotic femtosecond laser

RoboCLASP, an athermal ablation system initiated for preparing composites for bonded assembly, is being roboticized to advance U.S. Air Force needs.

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