Salewa’s (Bolzano, Italy) new ultralight, crampon-compatible mountain boot, the Ortles Couloir, weighs in at only 725 grams. The boot is named after the Ortles Mountain, the highest peak of the Rhaetian Alps. Salewa’s Ortles Couloir will be available in stores beginning in fall

Suprem’s (Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland) thermoplastic towpreg technology will now support large-scale, automated additive manufacturing of composite parts. According to Suprem, machinery and process innovations have been industrialized to produce an important quantity of high-quality

  Notus Composites (Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates), a producer of epoxy prepreg materials, has launched its new NE7 low-temperature curing prepreg system. The new Notus NE7 formulation reportedly enables composite manufacturers to cure components at temperatures as low as 70˚C,

On Sept. 16 Solvay (Greenville, S.C., U.S.) announced the installation completion of its new 27,000-square-foot thermoplastic composites (TPC) manufacturing facility at its Greenville, S.C., site. At full production capacity, the new line will add more than 30 positions at the facili

Composite materials are known for their durability in highly corrosive environments, but for optimal performance it’s essential to select the right resin for each application. SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) subsidiary Petrokemya’s petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, p

Photo Credit: 9T Labs AG 9T Labs AG (Zürich, Switzerland) has been awarded third place on the 2021 Swiss Top 100 Startups list of innovative and promising Swiss startups. The competition has been organized since 2011 by Venturelab AB (Zürich, Switzerland) and winning companies will rece

Photo Credit: Latin American Composite Materials Association The Latin American Composite Materials Association’s (ALMACO) (São Paulo, Brazil) recent survey found that Brazilian consumption of composites fell 4.6% in 2020, totaling 208,000 tons. Despite the drop, the sector revenues

Hexcel Corp (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) has been awarded a multi-year contract to produce aerospace structures made with HexPEKK-100 for the Boeing (Chicago, Ill., U.S.) 777X. The parts will be manufactured at the company’s additive manufacturing site near Hartford, Conn., U.S. Accordi

A family of short carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) compounds specifically formulated for injection molding is being used to extend the capabilities of thermoplastic composites in a variety of part sizes and complexities. Interestingly, these materials have been shown to o

  As part of the “LuFoV-3 TB-Rumpf” project, the autoclave-free consolidation of thermoplastic prepreg laminates and resistance welding is being further developed and validated as technology bricks for future aircraft fuselages. This work is being carried out by the German Ae

  XlynX Materials (Victoria, B.C., Canada) has announced the creation of a new class of adhesives they are calling “molecular glues.” These make it possible to permanently adhere difficult-to-bond polymers such as polyethylene and polypropylene to themselves, a

The “composites for sustainable mobility” (CosiMo) project was launched in 2018 by Faurecia Clean Mobility (Nanterre, France) to develop a smart thermoplastic composite resin transfer molding (RTM) process using a comprehensive sensor network including data from an intelligent mold

Pacific Coast Composites (PCC, Puyallup, Wash., U.S.), a global advanced composites and adhesives distributor, celebrates 20 years in business. PCC provides certified materials and small and large quantities for customers to meet quality standards and on-time delivery. The company note

KVE Composites Group (The Hague, Netherlands) has installed the first commercial Mobile Induction Welding Cell (MIWC) at the Nantes, France facility of Tier 1 aerostructures supplier Daher (Orly, France). Daher has long been a specialist in thermoplastic composites (See &ld

It was announced on Sept. 28 that Hexcel (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) has collaborated with HP Composites S.p.A (HP Composites, Ascoli Piceno, Italy), which produces carbon fiber components for automotive and motorsports, to develop carbon fiber Class A body panels. Hexcel HexPly XF

​​​​​​ Chinese car manufacturer Geely (Hangzhou) has selected specialty chemicals company Lanxess (Cologne, Germany) as supplier of choice for an innovative front end carrier (FE) structural component, which will be used in a coming passenger car model. Developed using Lanx

Aimplas, the Plastics Technology Centre (Valencia, Spain) recently reported that it has made progress in regards to the EU-funded RECONTRANS project (see “Aimplas-led project develops thermoplastic prototypes”), which focuses on integrating unconventional manufacturin

In this episode of CW Trending, Oribi Composites’ Matt Christensen discusses the origin of the Colorado-based thermoplastic composites fabricator, his role at the company, current products and programs, and the real potential for use of thermoplastic composites in wheels.   Transcript

AON3D (Montreal, Canada), in partnership with Astrobotic and recently acquired $11.5 million in Series A funding, will be sending 3D-printed parts to the moon via Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One (PM1) moon lander. In order to achieve mission-critical parts tha

Lanxess (Cologne, Germany) has applied its Tepex dynalite continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite materials in the manufacture of the load compartment well installed in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class luxury sedan to accommodate the vehicle’s 48V on-board powder supply battery