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Established in 2001, Reckless Industries (Maryville, Tenn., U.S.) specializes in building patterns, plugs, masters and fiberglass molds for a variety of industries including marine, powersports, energy and more. With state-of-the-art equipment and decades of experience, the comp
Carbon Rivers LLC (Knoxville, Tenn., U.S.) reports that it was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) via a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project to commercialize new technology for the upcycling of glass fiber-reinf
Gascogne Flexible (Dax, France) has more than 30 years of experience developing and producing release liners designed for the prepreg industry. The company’s product range covers aeronautic, automotive, rotor blades, ballistic, sporting goods and specialty manufacturing
Photo Credit: Hawthorn Hawthorn Composites (Xenia, OH, U.S.), a division of Spintech Holdings Inc., is exhibiting a co-cured wing structure that was made using dry carbon fiber application, overbraiding, liquid infusion and Smart Tools. The company says this combination significantly lowers
Photo Credit: Microtex Composites Microtex Composites (Prato, Italy) makes carbon fiber composites and prepregs widely used for structural parts, exterior panels and interiors for motorsports, automotive, marine, transportation, consumer and industry markets. The company is equipped with a solven
Cobra International (Chonburi, Thailand) has expanded its development and manufacturing partnership with Thai unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) producer HG Robotics (Bangkok). In this latest collaboration, Cobra has supported HG Robotics with the development of an entirely new productio
Markforged (Watertown, Mass., U.S.), creator of the integrated metal and carbon fiber additive manufacturing platform, The Digital Forge, says it is supporting aerospace, defense and other manufacturers in highly-regulated industries with its Onyx FR-A and Carbon Fiber FR-A,
BASF (Florham Park, N.J., U.S.), L&L Products (Romeo, Mich., U.S.) and Stellantis (Amsterdam, Netherlands) have been recognized for achievements in vehicle lightweighting on the composite tunnel for the 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L — launched in May 2021 —&nbs
Aramid fiber producer Teijin Aramid BV (Arnhem, Netherlands) has helped engineer a new protective motor racing suit that will be worn for the first time at the Berlin Formula E ‘E-Prix’ on Aug. 14, an annual race of the single-seater, electrically powered For
Firefly Aerospace Inc. (Briggs, Texas, U.S.), a leading provider of economical and dependable launch vehicles, spacecraft and in-space services, announced the launch of a new line of business dedicated to supplying rocket engines and other spaceflight components — includin
Kamm Projects Ltd (Newcastle, U.K.), a company that specializes in the manufacture of composite, polyurethane and fiber-reinforced materials for a wide range of industries, reports that it is looking to the future after the launch of its U.K.-made carbon fiber Vekta aero-ro
Boston Materials (Billerica, Mass., U.S.), formed in 2016 by Anvesh Gurijala, Michael Segal and Dr. Randall Erb as a spin-out from Northeastern University (Boston, Mass., U.S.), manufactures z-axis carbon fiber products, including Supercomp, ZRT and Bimetal to aid in decarbonizin
With more than 50 years of experience in the field of thermoplastic materials, Ensinger (Bensalem, Penn., U.S. and Cham, Germany) offers a wide portfolio of products and services for thermoplastic composites and other high-end composite solutions. This includes Tecatec CP fabr
Helicoid Industries Inc. (Indio, Calif., U.S.) reveals the Helicoid architecture for composites, and is showcasing a few of the many development projects currently undergoing at almost 20 different industrial partners. Inspired by the “smasher” Mantis shrimp, Helicoid cons
Hyzon Motors Inc. (Rochester, N.Y., U.S.), a leading global supplier of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced it has developed a new onboard hydrogen storage system technology capable of reducing the weight and manufacturing cost of commercial vehicl
Photo Credit: Coats Industrial thread company Coats (Uxbridge, U.K.) announced July 15 that it has joined a team, led by automaker General Motors LLC (GM, Detroit, Mich., U.S.), to developed a tailored fiber-reinforced composites solution for volume manufacturing of structural battery enclo
Eastman Machine Co. (Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.), manufacturer of handheld cutting machines, automated cutting systems, spreading and material handling systems, announces plans to demonstrate the latest compact design of the Eagle-C125 conveyor cutting system at CAMX 2021. The 8-foot-long, singl
Universal Hydrogen (Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.) has signed letters of intent (LOI) with Icelandair Group (Reykjavík, Iceland), Air Nostrum (Valencia, Spain) and Ravn Alaska (Anchorage, Ala., U.S.) to retrofit more than 15 ATR 72 and De Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprops wit
All photo credit: Vartega Vartega (Golden, Colo., U.S.), a recycler of carbon fiber and composite materials, introduces its recycled carbon fiber into several products for the sporting goods, additive manufacturing (AM) and transportation industries. On display at CAMX are several examples of hi
Owens Corning (Toledo, Ohio, U.S.) recently announced that it has acquired vliepa GmbH (Brüggen, Germany), which specializes in the coating, printing and finishing of glass fiber nonwovens, paper and film for the building materials industry. The acquisition reportedly broadens Owe
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