Lilium (Munich, Germany), an aerospace company developing the Lilium Jet eVTOL craft, announced on Juy 13 that it has reached agreement with carbon fiber manufacturer Toray Industries (Tokyo, Japan) whereby Toray will supply high-performance carbon fibers to Lilium for m

Techniplas (Cabreúva, São Paulo, Brazil), a plastics fabrication company that specializes in tanks and special equipment made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP), reported its production and installation of two FRP reservoirs used to store drinking water. With a diameter of 4.

PlasmaBound (Dublin, Ireland) a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-off that focuses on lightweighting technologies, reported on June 24 that it has closed a €1.1 million investment round for the development of its surface treatment technology, controlled polymer ablation (CPA). The

In 2016, I made a short tour in Mexico to investigate the growing composites industry there. Guided by Alfonso Cuellar, director of the composites distributor AIC International (Corona, Calif., U.S.), I visited a variety of composite manufacturers between Mexico City and Querétaro. The

Compa Repairs (Rijeka, Croatia), a company that specializes in the application of composite patching to damaged ship structures and pipes, reports that it has signing three partnership agreements with international marine companies, Oceantech Shipping & Trading Ltd. (Vari, Greece

Fiberline (Middelfart, Denmark), which is known for supplying carbon and glass fiber profiles to manufacturers serving the wind industry, announced on June 24 that it has signed a contract with Nordex Group (Hamburg, Germany) covering the supply of carbon fiber profiles for wind turbine bl

Diamond Aircraft (Wiener Neustadt, Austria) reported on June 24 that it is offering its all-carbon fiber DA50 RG aircraft to the market. Partnered with Continental Aerospace Technologies (Mobile, Alab., U.S.), the company says its spacious cabins, retractable gear and 300 horsepower 

9T Labs (Zurich, Switzerland), a system provider for digital composite production, announced on July 8 its collaboration with metal parts manufacturer Setforge (subsidiary of Farina Group, L’Horme, France) to replace metals with high-performance carbon fiber composites for automotive, ae

Composite aerostructures manufacturer Strata Manufacturing (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates), announced on June 16 the completion of the Strata Solvay Advanced Materials (SSAM) high-tech facility in Al Ain. The new facility represents a joint venture between Strata, which is a wholly-own

High-end Chinese luggage brand Tuplus has released a new carbon fiber suitcase under its “Core” lineup. The 25-inch model, currently only available for sale in China, features an aluminum and magnesium alloy structural frame, and front and back shells made of Maezi

  Teijin Carbon Europe GmbH (Wuppertal, Germany), the Teijin Group’s carbon fiber business in Europe, reported on June 26 that it has increased production capacity of its chopped carbon fiber Tenax-E HT C604 6 mm by 40%. In addition to strengthening the development of its carbon fi

Private aviation company Epic Aircraft (Bend, Oreg., U.S.), confirmed on May 28 the completed delivery of its first two all-composite, single-engine turboprop E1000 aircraft, following the successful conclusion of the plane’s FAA Type Certification program last year (see sidebar).

DH Sutherland (Beaverton, Ore., U.S.) and Toray Composite Materials America (TCMA, Tacoma, Wash., U.S.) announced on June 2 a global distribution partnership to support Boeing aftermarket aircraft, including materials qualified to Boeing’s BMS8-276. The partnership is designed

Composites UK (Hertfordshire, U.K.), the U.K. composites industry association, and Fluency Marketing (Chesterfield, U.K.), the conference provider for advanced materials and engineering focused marketing, report that they will collaborate to deliver a three-day, peer-reviewed international a

High-performance motorsports and Formula 1 composites fabricator Fibreworks Composites (Mooresville, N.C., U.S.) is launching a new sister company, Composite Factory, also based in Mooresville, that will focus on manufacture of complex components and assemblies for aerospace and defense applic

NASA (Washington, D.C., U.S.) announced on June 9 that it has successfully deployed and extended the Deployable Tower Assembly as part of the testing regime of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NASA’s most complex, composites-intensive space telescope, JWST is designed to

Technical University Dresden in Germany announced the onset of construction for its C³ tech demo house CUBE, locally known as Carbonhaus. TU Dresden claims the 220-square-meter, two-story building will be the world’s first building made entirely from carbon fiber-reinforced concrete

Thermal processing solutions specialist Harper International (Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.) announced on June 8 that it has successfully completed virtual Factory Acceptance Testing (vFAT) of scientific line equipment to be used for processing carbon fiber precursors at the nano-scale lev

The German racing series Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) reports that Bcomp (Fribourg, Switzerland), a manufacturer of lightweight solutions for the automotive industry, has been selected as a technical partner to boost sustainable lightweighting applications in motorsports. DTM says the pa

UTComp Inc. (Cambridge, Ontario, Canada), a global provider of composite materials inspection and engineering solutions, introduced UltraAnalytix, a non-destructive composite inspection system that evaluates corrosion barrier damage in fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) and dual laminate