RAMPF Composite Solutions (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) recently reported that it has reduced production cost and lowered component in complex composite parts with its new, eight-head Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP) machine. RAMPF says this is achieved through TFP’s unparalleled freedo

Bye Aerospace (Denver, Colo., U.S.) announced on Jan. 26 that production has commenced on Serial #001, its first production-conforming prototype for its two-seat all-electric eFlyer 2, with the company also in the process of obtaining FAA Part-23 certification for the rebranded aircr

It was announced on Jan. 26 that Johns Manville (JM, Denver, Colo., U.S.), manufacturer of continuous filament glass fiber and a Berkshire Hathaway company successfully launched a thermal recycling unit for waste glass fibers in its Engineered Products business plant in Trnava, Slo

Wevolver (Amsterdam, Netherlands) in partnership with materials company, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (Lenzburg, Switzerland), announced on Jan. 26 the launch of the KyronMAX Design Challenge. Designers from around the world are invited to submit a product, part, or conce

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR, Coventry, U.K.) has long been a proponent of lightweighting vehicles through the use of aluminum, but the company is clearly material-neutral as it is leading a consortium of companies and researchers in the U.K. Tucana project, a four-year undertaking with t

Effman (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada) has integrated and tested the first AFP cell in North America formed by plugging an Addcomposites (Espoo, Finland) AFP head into a FANUC robot. “Until now, AFP has been reserved for major players in the aerospace industries because of the comple

Wave energy developer CorPower Ocean (Stockholm, Sweden) and engineering firm OPS Composite Solutions (Kristiansand, Norway) announced on Jan. 26 that new funding has been received for joint project COMPACT (COMposite Pressure cAsing for CosT), which aims to combine CorPo

Sea Gulf Industrial Supplies LLC (Abu Dhabi, UAE) has been announced as the newest distribution partner for Dura Composites (Essex, U.K.) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The newly formed partnership will help expand Dura Composites’ global footprint and deliver on

A Fiberforge tape laying system from Dieffenbacher (Eppingen, Germany) — which manufactures near-net-shape laminates from continuous fiber-reinforced glass or carbon fiber tapes — is helping the South Korea Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Advanced composite structure specialist Carbon ThreeSixty (Chippenham, U.K.) is now leading its new NATEP project, co-funded by Innovate UK, the U.K.’s innovation agency, to design, develop and manufacture an ultra-low mass, robust, proof-of-concept carbon fiber-reinforced plas

Sicomin (Châteauneuf les Martigues, France) a formulator and supplier of epoxy resin systems and high-performance composite solutions, announced on Jan. 25 its sponsorship of extreme paddler Richard Kohler’s solo kayak crossing of the South Atlantic. Working with its South Afri

Arris Composites (Berkeley, Calif., U.S.) developer of Additive Molding technology for the production of high-performance composites in mass-market products, announced on Jan. 12 that it has won the BIG Innovation Award. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, the annual

Less than three years after the first delivery, Pilatus Aircraft’s (Stans, Switzerland) 100th Super Versatile Jet, PC-24, is now in use as a business aircraft with new owner, Jetfly Aviation (Luxembourg). According to Pilatus, the composites-intensive 

Spintech Holdings, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) announced on Jan. 18 the opening of a new composites manufacturing business division named Hawthorn Composites. This new division extends Spintech Holdings’ composite capabilities beyond the existing Smart Tooling division that provides f

Kordsa (Izmut, Turkey) has recently secured an agreement with TRB Lightweight Structures (Huntingdon, U.K.), a global high-volume composites manufacturing company, to supply carbon fiber fabrics for TRB’s mass production of composite battery enclosures for electric vehicles (EV

It was reported on Jan. 18 that Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SGC), the American manufacturer of high-performance boutique racing and road cars, has chosen to partner with Bercella s.l.r. (Parma, Italy), an advanced composite materials company, for a carbon fiber monoco

With the launch of 12 new composite fiber splicers, Airbond (Pontypool, U.K.) has doubled its product range (with models focused on waste recovery) and extended the limit of fiber splicing limits tenfold to enable splicing of more challenging materials and higher concentrations.

  SHAPE Machining Ltd. (Witney, U.K.) is working with carbon fiber composite manufacturer, Supernatural-X Ltd. (West Sussex, U.K.), to develop a composite electric guitar, made from reclaimed carbon fiber. “We are delighted to be working with Supernatural-X to create an electric

Photo Credit: Mansory According to luxury car customization company Mansory (Brand, Germany), the first Air Jordan XI sneaker was inspired by the design of a ride-on lawnmower. In honor of this connection, for Air Jordan's 25th anniversary this year, Mansory teamed up with Air

As infrastructure is constantly facing new tasks and adaptations, Teijin Ltd. (Tokoyo, Japan) reports that it has contributed to sustainable development by providing value to solve social issues, such as safety, security and disaster mitigation solutions, particularly through i