United Launch Alliance (ULA, Centennial, Colo., U.S.) and RUAG Space (Decatur, Ala., U.S. and Bern, Switzerland) have extended and expanded their cooperation. This announcement closely follows the signing of a contract for the fifth modification pertaining to the developmen

Heraeus Noblelight Ltd. (Cambridge, U.K.), a flash systems technology company, has recently confirmed the installation of its latest humm3 system to the McNAIR Aerospace Center based at the University of South Carolina (Columbia). This system, which offers a flexible, controllable hea

On June 29 Collins Aerospace (Solihull, U.K.), a Raytheon Technologies (Waltham, Mass., U.S.) business, announced it has completed critical design review and started fabrication of a 500-kilowatt (kW) electric motor for the Airlander 10 aircraft (which makes extensive use of composit

  Photo Credit: ITA Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University FibreCoat GmbH (Aachen, Germany), a spin-off of the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University, together with DBF Deutsche Basalt GmbH (Sangerhausen, Germany), reports that it

On May 31, Kordsa (Istanbu, Turkey) held a digital launch for new products in its Kratos structural reinforcements product line, including Kratos C-fabric unidirectional (UD) carbon fiber fabric and Kratos C-plate pultruded carbon fiber strips.  According to Kordsa, Kratos

Photo Credit, all images: NAWA Nanomaterial technology specialist NAWA (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) announced on July 1 that its nanotechnology-enhanced carbon fiber materials will be featured in composite racing wheels by the Santa Cruz Syndicate downhill mountain bike team. NAW

Wind power and energy storage have been brought together with the recent partnership agreement signed between Enel Green Power (Rome, Italy) and Energy Vault (Lugano, Switzerland). This partnership aims to integrate Energy Vault’s energy storage technology, EVx, which relies on the

Qarbon Aerospace Inc. (Red Oak, Texas, U.S.), Triumph Group’s recently acquired composites business, has announced an agreement with LIFT Aircraft Inc. (Austin, Texas, U.S.) to perform complete system integration and assembly for LIFT’s electric vertical ta

Cobra International (Cobra, Chonburi, Thailand) an OEM manufacturer of composite goods for water sports, automotive, marine and civil engineering, has confirmed its continued partnership with Fliteboard (Heemstede, the Netherlands), the builders of the new composite Fl

Axiom Materials (Santa Ana, Calif., U.S.), a subsidiary of Kordsa (Istanbul, Turkey), has launched two new narrow prepreg products developed for use in pressure vessels to store compressed natural gas (CNG) and hydrogen for e-mobility applications. AX-6170 and AX-6201XL are designed

According to a recent story in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, citing the most-current U.S. Department of Commerce figures, there were 1.2 million bikes imported into the U.S. in April 2021 (not including e-bikes), with an import value of $140 million — a non-trivial increase from the

A consortium composed of LM Wind Power (Kolding, Denmark), GE Renewable Energy (Paris, France) and TNO (The Hague, Netherlands) released an update on project TIADE (Turbine Improvements for Additional Energy) to develop technologies and design methods for more efficien

Ground-breaking research being conducted by the National Composites Centre (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) is said to be proving that composites can be recycled at end of life (EOL) for use in new industry applications, providing solutions for the challenge of composite waste and reducing the environment

Henkel Adhesive Technologies (Düsseldorf, Germany), a leader in structural adhesives and surface treatments for the aircraft OEM and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) industries worldwide recently developed Loctite EA 9365FST, a new two-part epoxy adhesive that reinforces and bonds

Carbitex (Kennewick, Wash., U.S.), a company that makes flexible carbon fiber/thermoplastic composites for high-performance footwear, has announced that its dynamically flexible DFX carbon fiber plates are a key technology in the new Speedland SL:PDX trail shoe launched the

Sigmatex (Runcorn, Chesire, U.K.), designer, developer and manufacturer of carbon fiber textiles, has recently been awarded funding under the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Levels (NMCL) Automotive Program, an industry-led national supplier competitiveness and productivity impro

Apply Carbon Plouay, France facility for carbon fiber recycling. Photo Credit: Apply Carbon Apply Carbon (a subsidiary of Procotex Corp. Belgium, Languidic, France) announced investments to expand its production of recycled carbon fibers, and facilitate the integration of th

  Anybrid GmbH (Dresden, Germany) is a spin-off from the Institute for Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) at TU Dresden. ILK works with industry to develop new lightweight technologies, with a focus on reinforced polymer composites. “We developed this robotiz

Basalt fibers company Basaltex NV (Wevelgem, Belgium) reports that it has achieved a significant milestone in developing and testing a new composite material solution for railway applications comprising basalt fibers with EconCore’s (Leuven, Belgium) patented honeycomb technolo

Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced on June 15 that it has joined the Aerospace Innovation Centre (AIC) organized by Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (Wichita, Kan., U.S.), said to be one of the world’s leading manufacturers of aircraft structural components. Teijin will work