Thermwood Corp. (Dale, Ind., U.S.), has expanded the available sizes for its LSAM large-scale thermoplastic composite additive systems. In particular, the large dual gantry print and trim machines are now available in a 15 ft width in addition to the current 10-ft-width tables. As wi

Plastics processor Ensinger GmbH (Nufringen, Germany) is expanding its manufacturing capacities for composites, a development enhanced by the recent commission of a polymer pulverizer machine at the company’s Cham, Germany site, which extends Ensinger’s vertical range

If you are reading this, there is a very good chance that you are involved in the composites industry somehow. And if you are involved in the composites industry somehow, there is a very good chance that you design or fabricate composite parts and structures and use polymer-based resin systems

Photo Credit: Getty Images A supply shortage of epoxy, polyester and vinyl ester resins, caused by U.S. winter storms and a variety of factors, continue to make headlines and affect the composites industry.  As reported by Gardner Intelligence chief economist Michael Guckes

Cobra International (Chonburi, Thailand), an OEM manufacturer of composite goods for water sports, automotive, marine and civil engineering, announced on April 29 its latest collaboration with Radinn (Malmö Sweden) to mass produce its new range of composite electric po

Machine builder COMEC (Chieti, Italy), with the support of the composites R&D organization CETMA (Brindisi, Italy), has built composite isogrid structures using an innovative deposition technology. This was developed within the research project titled “Study of innovative prod

Build-to-order machine tool manufacturer Cincinnati Inc. (CI, Harrison, Ohio, U.S.) is partnering with Ohio State University’s Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME, Columbus). CI has provided the center with one of its Medium Area Additive Manufacturing

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP, Auburn Hills, Mich., U.S.), a Teijin Group (Tokoyo, Japan) company and manufacturer of composite components, is expanding its facility in Sarepta, La., U.S. with the purchase of a Dieffenbacher (Eppingen, Germany) direct-long-fib

Photo Credit: West System West System (Bay City, Mich., U.S.) announced on May 10 that it has sponsored a four-person crew aiming to be the first to row non-stop from mainland Europe to mainland South America in a pure class rowing boat. The normal Atlantic challenge starts in the Canary Islan

On May 10 Magma Global (Portsmouth, U.K.), the manufacturer of the PEEK and carbon fiber composite m-pipe, announced the delivery of what it says is the world’s first high-pressure composite riser pipe to HWCG’s (Houston, Tex., U.S.) storage locat

Continuous Composites (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S.) and Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany), a spin-off of the former Gas and Power division of Siemens Group, announced the successful demonstration of Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) technology for Siemens Energ

Advanced composites manufacturer Teledyne CML Composites (Wirral, U.K.) reports that it has has completed a significant investment in a new thermoplastic processing cell developed in conjunction with the National Composites Centre (NCC, Bristol, U.K.). The processing c

Cincinnati Inc. (CI, Harrison, Ohio, U.S.) announced that it has used its Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) machine to demonstrate that recycled materials can be used for 3D printing by producing what the company says is one of the largest monolithic multi-material objects to dat

CW readers will know about STELIA Aerospace (Toulouse, France) from our coverage of its thermoplastic composite fuselage demonstrator in the ARCHES TP project and my tour of the Méaulte facility in 2019. The company, however, has a deep reservoir of composites expertise, spanning multip

It was reported on May 10 that Bercella s.l.r. (Parma, Italy), a company the develops large and complex composite structures, and Formula Seven (Varano De' Melegari, Italy), have joined forces to develop an innovative seat for Formula SAE single-seaters (more on Formula

A coalition of industry and academic leaders have developed a new technology which will deliver the final technological step toward enabling circularity for thermoset composites used to make wind turbine blades. To ensure its adoption, and to advance a circular economy across the win

Teijin Carbon Europe (Wuppertal, Germany) announced on May 19 a new carbon fiber thermoplastic unidirectional pre-impregnated tape (TPUD) based on polyphenylene sulfide (PPS). Teijin says the new Tenax TPUD with PPS matrix allows entry into new cost-sensitive markets while offering the ty

On May 19 Toray Advanced Composites (Morgan Hill, Calif., U.S. and Nijverdal, the Netherlands) announced the expansion of its thermoplastic composite material capabilities for high-performance applications, with the introduction of a next-generation, high-heat laminate press

Caracol (Lomazzo, Italy) is a startup large-scale additive manufacturing (AM) specialist founded in 2017 with the goal of scaling up 3D printing for high-performance industrial applications. “Our mission is to work on increasingly extreme and advanced applications, in advanced sectors su

For most aerospace composite structures, thermoset epoxy has been the preferred matrix resin due to its high mechanical properties, low cure shrinkage and resistance to temperature and moisture, which prevents environmental degradation during service. These advantages result from epoxy’