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UAVOS Utilizes In-House Manufactured Composite Curing Oven to Produce UAV Rotor Blades with Extended Service Life

UAVOS uses its in-house-built OVEN-500-2000 curing oven to produce composite UAV rotor blades rated for up to 3,000 hours of service.

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Toray Carbon Fibers Europe Expands Capacity with New Production Facility in France

Toray Carbon Fibers Europe has announced the operational start-up of a new carbon fiber production facility at its Abidos site in southwest France, increasing annual capacity from 5,000 to 6,000 tonnes by producing T300 and high-modulus (HM) carbon fibers.

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James Cropper and Hexcel Partner Through ECCA to Accelerate Aligned Recycled Carbon Fiber Composites

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Shearwater Racing Catamaran Marks Seven Decades of Composite Evolution with Gurit Materials

The Shearwater catamaran, one of the UK's most enduring and technically progressive multihull classes, celebrates its 70th year as a class, from cold-molded timber to today's full carbon, foam-cored epoxy structures.

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Aptera Produces First Solar EV on Validation Assembly Line Using Carbon-Fiber Composite Body

Aptera Motors has completed the first solar electric vehicle off its 14-station validation assembly line, marking a major milestone as the company moves toward certification and initial customer deliveries.

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Pultron Expands GFRP Infrastructure Footprint with New Australian Hub for Corrosion-Free Construction

Pultron Composites, a New Zealand-based advanced composites manufacturer specialising in high-performance fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) solutions, has been selected as the winner of The Ultimate HQ, establishing a permanent Australian base within the Moreton Bay innovation precinct at UniSC.

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Gurit Secures Two-Year Contract for Glass Pultruded Blade Root Reinforcements

Gurit has secured a two-year supply contract valued at >CHF 10 million (nearly USD 13 million) for its glass-fiber pultruded blade root reinforcement solution with a leading wind turbine manufacturer in the Asia-Pacific region.

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ZeroAvia and KAERI Collaborate on Composite Liquid Hydrogen Storage Systems for Aircraft

Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has signed an agreement with the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to support the development and testing of composite liquid hydrogen storage systems for aircraft.

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Fairmat and Syensqo Expand Partnership to Scale Circular Carbon-Fiber Composites Recycling

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Tratos and Exel Composites Forge Four-Year Composite Conductor Core Supply Alliance for Grid Modernisation

Italian cable innovator Tratos Group has signed a four-year framework agreement with Finland-based Exel Composites Plc for the supply of high-performance carbon-fibre composite conductor cores.

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Switch Maritime and Incat Crowther Advance 150-Passenger Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Electric Fast Ferry for New York and Beyond

Incat Crowther and Switch Maritime have begun detailed design of a 28-metre, 150-passenger hydrogen fuel cell-electric fast ferry using lightweight composite and marine-grade aluminium structures, set for deployment in New York.

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Belotti and Moi Composites Forge Strategic Alliance to Advance Digital Hybrid Manufacturing for Thermoset Composite Components

Belotti S.p.A. and Moi Composites S.r.l. have formalized a strategic partnership to co-develop the 'Belotti Powered by Moi' hybrid manufacturing platform designed for additive and subtractive manufacturing of thermoset matrix composites.