Photo Credit: Universal Hydrogen Paul Eremenko, former chief technology officer for Airbus SE (Leiden, Netherlands) and United Technologies Corp. (Farmington, Conn., U.S.), has co-founded Universal Hydrogen (Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.) to provide the infrastructure necessary for hydrogen-powered a

It was reported on August 13 that, the University of Tennessee (UT) received $1.1 million in funding from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program and Wind Energy Technologies Office. With this funding, the university is now developing a new tech

Additive manufacturing specialist Arevo (Milpitas, Calif., U.S.) announced on August 11 the introduction of its newest system, the Aqua 2, what Arevo says is the world’s first high-speed additive manufacturing system for large continuous carbon fiber composite structures. In addition t

Photo Credit: Continental Structural Plastics On Sept. 24 it was reported that Teijin Group company Continental Structural Plastics (CSP Auburn Hills, Mich., U.S.) is developing composite and multi-material battery covers and full battery enclosures for electric vehicles (EV). Features inc

Photo Credit: 2020 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG It was reported on Sept. 24 that Porsche Motorsport partnered with Bcomp (Fribourg, Switzerland) and Four Motors racing team to deliver its Cayman 718 GT4 CS MR featuring a full natural fiber composite bodywork kit via Bcomp’s power

Photo Credit: INEOS Styrolution It was reported on Sept. 24 that Casco International GmbH (Bretnig-Hauswalde, Germany), a designer and manufacturer of safety helmets and glasses incorporates INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) StyLight composite material into its design.

Photo Credit: Samad aerospace Samad aerospace (Bedfordshire, U.K.), the British hybrid eVTOL aviation company launch its concept for Q-Starling, a high-end personal air vehicle (PAV). The two-seat, all carbon fiber composite aircraft is said to take elements from both fast jets and Vertical Tak

Photo Credit: PRF Composite Materials PRF Composite Materials (Dorset, U.K.) introduced on Sept. 14 its unidirectional (UD) glass prepreg product. Available in weights from 150 to 600 g/m2 and widths between 300-600 mm, PRF says its high-quality unidirectional glass is now

Photo Credit: BBG Machinery manufacturer BBG GmbH & Co. KG (Mindelheim, Germany) has presented on Sept. 16 a concept for self-closing high-pressure resin transfer molding (HP-RTM) molds that enables quick and reproducible manufacturing of compact, modular carbon fiber-reinfo

Photo Credit: Mafic USA Mafic USA (Shelby, N.C., U.S.) and thermoplastic manufacturer, The Materials Group (TMG; Rockford, Mich., U.S.), announced on August 26 an alliance to increase the use of basalt fiber compounded into injection molded thermoplastics within the automotive industry. B

Photo Credit: RVmagnetics RVmagnetics (Košice, Slovakia) has developed MicroWire — a miniaturized, magnetic, contact-less microsensor of physical quantities — that enables successful, real-time measurements for non-destructive testing (NDT) of composit

Photo Credit: Hexcel True Temper Sports (Memphis, Tenn., U.S.), a designer and manufacturer of golf club shafts, reports that it is partnering with advanced composites company Hexcel (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) to create the HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX golf club shaft. This new model is s

Photo Credit: Mansory Premium vehicle customization firm Mansory (Brand, Germany) has announced the launch of its customization program for the third generation Porsche Cayenne and Porsche Cayenne Coupé. In addition to traditional power, wheel and leather upgrades, Mansory says its desig

Photo Credit: Classic Recreations Classic Recreations (Yukon, Okla., U.S.) announced on Sept. 10 that the recently unveiled heritage Shelby GT500CR carbon fiber concept car has gone into production. The company will only make 25 of these Carbon Edition supercars, which buyers worldwid

Photo Credit: Autoflight It was reported on Sept. 13 that the eVTOL developer Autoflight (Shanghai, China) premiered its composites-intensive vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft V400 Albatross for the global market at the 2020 World UAV Drone World Conference (Shenzh

Photo Credit: Toray Advanced Composites On Sept. 22, Toray Advanced Composites (Morgan Hill, Calif., U.S.) announced the creation of a U.S.-based distribution center for its high-performance Toray AmberTool HX56 composite tooling prepregs, enhancing the speed of supply and regional

New research in continuous-fiber 3D printing shows potential for additively manufactured composite parts for a range of industries —  including space. Published in the academic journal Matter, researchers from the University of Delaware’s (Newark, Del., U.S.) Center for C

Photo Credit: Addcomposites, Effman   Addcomposites (Espoo, Finland), supplier of the plug-and-produce AFP-XS lightweight automated fiber placement (AFP) unit, has partnered with Effman (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada), an engineering firm specializing in the development of automation for compo

Photo Credit: Erik Vargas-Rojas   In my June 2020 blog, “First all-CFRP fuselage in Mexico”, I discussed how RHEM Composites (Querétaro, Mexico) and the Aeronautical University in Querétaro (UNAQ) helped to design and build the carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP

Apex Watercraft (Rock Island, Tenn., U.S.) was founded in January 2020 by Eric Jackson, a lifelong kayak competitor and designer. Having competed with high-performance, highly durable carbon fiber kayaks like the 15-pound kayak he raced in the 1992 Olympics, Jackson has set out with his new co