High-tension, vertical filament winding enables affordable flywheel energy storage system
French startup Energiestro’s prototype solar energy flywheel-based storage system aims to reduce costs with glass fiber composites and prestressed concrete.
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Industry alliance targets closed-loop circularity for nautical construction
Six partners will deliver a composites circularity model from recycled waste to final boat production as a jumping off point for industries beyond marine.
Read MoreTeledyne CML Composites implements iBase-t digital manufacturing solution
Aerospace composites manufacturer advances its objectives to drive operational efficiency and quality via Solumina MES and EQMS.
Read MoreThe NCC announces design completion for U.K. carbon fiber lines
The U.K.’s first open access manufacturing facility for continuous carbon fiber production will be built and tested in late 2025, to begin projects starting in 2026.
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3D weaving capabilities achieve complex shapes with reduced labor times, costs
JEC World 2025: The specialized engineered woven fabrics company displays film-infused 3D woven joints, woven TPS and woven composite 3D structures.
Read MorePVC foam core combines reliability with environmental sustainability
JEC World 2025: Maricell will have its own branded booth to present three new MYcell products targeting various sector requirements and sustainability initiatives.
Read MoreMaterials supplier exhibits composites technologies alongside subsidiaries
JEC World 2025: Toray Group is present in two booths this year, highlighting latest material innovations across its globally located businesses for space, hydrogen, sustainability and more.
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Development of a composite liquid hydrogen tank for commercial aircraft
Netherlands consortium advances cryogenic composites testing, tank designs and manufacturing including AFP, hybrid winding, welding of tank components and integrated SHM and H2 sensors for demonstrators in 2025.
WatchAssembling the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator: The final welds
Building the all-thermoplastic composite fuselage demonstrator comes to an end with continuous ultrasonic welding of the RH longitudinal fuselage joint and resistance welding for coupling of the fuselage frames across the upper and lower halves.
WatchComposites end markets: Sports and recreation (2025)
The use of composite materials in high-performance sporting goods continues to grow, with new advancements including thermoplastic and sustainability-focused materials and automated processes.
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FIDAMC expands composites R&D into new markets and advanced manufacturing centers
Pioneering technocenter advances RTM, thermoplastic composites, additive manufacturing, microwire, novel lighter weight LSP and more.
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VIDEO: Flexible molding and machining for composites
Addcomp and bespline are sister companies that offer innovative solutions for composites. This video from CAMX 2024 offers an overview of Addcomp’s AFP solutions.
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Composites end markets: New space (2025)
Composite materials — with their unmatched strength-to-weight ratio, durability in extreme environments and design versatility — are at the heart of innovations in satellites, propulsion systems and lunar exploration vehicles, propelling the space economy toward a $1.8 trillion future.
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Beyond filament winding: Fabricator expands into sensor technology, hydrogen tanks and more
CW Top Shops 2024 honoree B&T Composites’ story includes diversification into new markets and technologies like photonics-based structural health monitoring, aerospace and hydrogen tanks.
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- Proper application of semi-permanent mold release systems
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- The state of recycled carbon fiber
- How to validate 3D-printed composite part performance
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Composites Fabricating Index reaches expansion at 50.3
First reading of 2025 breaks 21-month contraction run behind broad-based component growth.
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Seven tips for machining composite aerospace components
Machining composite materials is a dusty, arduous and abrasive process that is hard on cutting tools, requiring the right combination of strategies and know-how to properly navigate their dynamics.
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Expanding your horizons at new industry events
This year CW is considering the strategic advantages of market-focused events for manufacturing professionals that step outside the norm of the team’s usual haunts.
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Episode 49: Yannick Willemin, Catalysium
Yannick Willemin, founder of Catalysium, a new consultancy that specializes in investment trends within the composites industry, discusses the investment side of advanced manufacturing as well as industry trends shaping the composites landscape.
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VIDEO: Plasma surface treatment technology improves adhesion
Plasamatreat demonstrates its Openair-Plasma surface treatment technology, which can enhance material adhesion.
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VIDEO: Collins Aerospace optimizes thermoplastics for aircraft parts
Collins Aerospace explains how thermoplastics are integral to the company’s efforts to improve propulsion and reduce costs in aircraft manufacturing. Featured is a nacelle system that will help meet production demand of 80 aircraft per month.
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Functionalizing surfaces for sustainability
Riblets reduce drag, fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and noise while boosting power output, flow rates, speed and efficiency.
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VIDEO: Robots enable nine-axis machining of composites
Machine Tool Camp displayed its hybrid machining center at CAMX, featuring nine-axis machining capability enabled by robotics.
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Design for manufacturing, assembly and automation enables complex CFRP telescope supports
Airborne delivered two mirror support structures for the FYST and SOLAT telescopes, assembling 26,300 components while maintaining near-zero CTE, strict tolerances on 6.5 × 6.5 × 1.8-meter assemblies.
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MM-Welding solution automates, functionalizes composite joining
Ultrasonic joining has been used for decades, but is now being advanced to enable smart, automated fastening in composites and multi-material assemblies.
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Episode 48: Richard Apps, Counterpoint Market Intelligence
Counterpoint Market Intelligence will deliver a keynote address at Carbon Fiber Conference 2024, which takes place October 8-10 in Charleston S.C., U.S.
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Episode 47: Celebrating National Composites Week - Interviews with Christopher Mims, Wall Street Journal; Joe Brennan, Joby Aviation
The theme of National Composites Week 2024 is "Composites Reinvent the World" — this episode explores some of the various applications that are reshaping the way we travel and stay connected.
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Episode 46: CAMX celebrates 10 years
CW’s Scott Francis interviews Cindy Squires, president/CEO, ACMA and Rebekah Stacha, CEO of SAMPE. They take a look back at the industry’s evolution the last 10 years, the opportunities CAMX will be providing to attendees and much more.
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Episode 45: Scott Reeve; Corey Sechler, Creative Composites Group
Experts from FRP composites manufacturer Creative Composites Group discuss the role of composites in infrastructure projects today, including solutions for bridge rehabilitation and protecting waterfront structures.
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Episode 44: Andy West, Sonichem
CW interviews Dr. Andy West of Sonichem, about the company’s ultrasonic process for converting biomass into lignin, as well as other biomaterials of interest for composites manufacturing.
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