Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC, Tokyo, Japan) reported in Dec. 2020 that it has established a new pilot facility for carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) materials. The facility will be located in Fukui Prefecture (part of Japan's Honshu island) and is scheduled

It was announced on Feb. 5 that GE Research, GE Renewable Energy (Paris France) and LM Wind Power (Kolding, Denmark), a GE Renewable Energy business, were recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to research the design and manufacture of

Expanding its footprint in the aerospace industry, Bilsing Automation GmbH (Attendorn, Germany) announced on Feb. 11 that it has invested in a Conbility Pre-Pro 3D automated tape placement and applicator machine for Advanced Fiber Placement (AFP) and Advanced Tape Laying (ATL) applica

A longstanding challenge in the advanced composites industry is to find ways to produce lower-cost carbon fiber so that all industries that want to use this valuable and effective composites reinforcement can. Carbon fiber costs have come down considerably thanks to decades of work to enhance

Perseverance, the largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world — and one that is supported by numerous composite materials and structures — touched down on Mars on Feb. 18 after a 203-day journey in space traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilo

With a recently installed high-temperature unidirectional (UD) tape line, composites manufacturer MaruHachi (Fukui, Japan) says it enables new opportunities for high-end applications in demanding market segments like aerospace, automotive, or others outperforming traditional materi

Composites manufacturer Exel Composites (Vantaa, Finland) has recently secured a patent across Europe for its telecommunications radome design — a structure that cover antenna systems and radar equipment, offering protection from the environment — which incorporates

Fig. 7 “Certification process of the modifications for the prototype”, which includes the FTB#2 outer wing. Photo Credit: “Structural Radar Research of Airbus Defense and Space as Clean Sky Partnership” by Manuel Iglesias Vallejo, Rubén Tejerina Hernanz, Antonio Jim&e

As the aerospace industry anticipates its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the previous push for high-rate production has pivoted to an urgent drive to reduce environmental threats to the planet and to people. This effort includes limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy

ABS-CF10 offers excellent stiffness for alignment tools like this weldment fixture. Photo Credit: Business Wire Stratasys Ltd. (Eden Prairie, Minn., U.S. and Rehovot, Israel) introduces a new ABS-based carbon fiber material, FDM ABS-CF10, for its F123 Series 3D printer line,

    The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is leading innovation in everything from space launch vehicles and aircraft, to digital technologies and nextgen mobility. In composites, it has advanced a wide range of technologies from thermoplastic composite welding and liquid resin infus

Photo Credit: Re:Build Manufacturing Re:Build Manufacturing (Framingham, Mass., U.S.) reported on March 2 that it has acquired composites fabricator Composite Resources (Rock Hill, S.C., U.S.). Composite Resources produces composite parts and structures for the aerospace, defense, space, industri

Photo Credit: Commercial Tool Group Conventional metal window wells installed as coverings around basement windows will rust over time, which may compromise the strength of the well and could even collapse under pressure from backfill — soil filled in to replace that which was excavated t

Xenia Materials (Veneto, Italy), a company that specializes in the development and engineering of high-performance thermoplastic composite-reinforced fibers and additives, has announced a new partnership agreement with chemical products company Shenzhen Jiejiayou Mat

Reducing environmental impact is increasingly gaining importance for companies worldwide. As a result, the demand for natural fibers in composites is growing. As a supplier of raw materials and semi-finished products for the production of lightweight thermoplastic components, BÜFA Therm

Alveus (Rijeka, Croatia), a company focused on the design, engineering and application of carbon fiber-based technologies in the maritime industry,  reported that after successful finalization of an EU-funded project, COMPA 2GO with Compa Repairs (Rijeka, Croatia

The lighter a vehicle is, the less fuel it consumes and the less CO2 is emitted. Lightweight materials that are strong enough to ensure passenger safety are also popular among manufacturers of cars and aircraft. Thermoplastic composites — fiber-reinforced plastics that soften when heat

Photo Credit: Matthew Anderson, Steinlia AS When architecture firm Steinlia AS (Oslo, Norway) was commissioned to design a second-floor addition to an existing apartment complex in a historic district in London, U.K., architect Matthew Anderson explains that there were a number of challenges invo

It was recently announced that thirteen partners from various European countries have begun the first phase of the three-year EU-funded LEVIS project to develop lightweight components for electric vehicles (EVs) using multi-material production technologies and a circular economy a

Thermwood Corp. (Dale, Ind., U.S.) has unveiled a new large-scale additive manufacturing (LSAM) technical capability, the Thermal Sensor Layer Automation system, which is said to automatically monitors print temperature, and ensures complete and precise fusion bet