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Composites Industry News

The latest from across composites and advanced materials — companies, contracts, technology, policy and people. Updated as it happens.

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Water Treatment

Toray Water Launches Two Advanced Nanofiltration Membrane Models

Toray Water has launched two nanofiltration membrane elements designed for industrial wastewater treatment, water reuse, and advanced purification.

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Aromatic Polymer

Syensqo to Double High-Performance Polymer Compounding Capacity in India

Syensqo is investing in a new aromatic polymer compounding line at its Panoli site in India to support growing demand for lightweight, high-performance automotive materials.

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carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)

HÖRMANN Launches HyWheelTank Project for Wheel-Integrated CFRP Hydrogen Storage

HÖRMANN Vehicle Engineering has launched the HyWheelTank research project to integrate carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) ring-shaped pressure vessels directly into the wheel structure of heavy construction machinery.

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Additive Manufacturing

CompriseTec Joins Hamburg Additive Manufacturing Network to Advance Composite 3D Printing

Hamburg-based CompriseTec has joined the Industrialized Additive Manufacturing Hub Hamburg (IAMHH), bringing its expertise in polymer additive manufacturing and fiber-reinforced composites to the network.

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Aerospace & Defense

Elroy Air Wins $46 Million U.S. Army Contract for Autonomous Cargo Drone

Elroy Air has secured a $46 million multi-year U.S. Army contract to advance its autonomous hybrid-electric Chaparral VTOL aircraft for modular cargo delivery in contested environments. The program will also support GPS-denied navigation, protected communications, and higher levels of autonomy.

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Aerospace & Defense

GKN Aerospace Unveils UAV Demonstrator Under Rapid Development Program

GKN Aerospace has revealed a new UAV demonstrator developed within the first year of its program, highlighting the company's work in advanced composite structures, digital engineering, and rapid manufacturing for next-generation uncrewed aircraft.

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Others

KBC Brings Long-Fiber Carbon-Ceramic Brakes to Xiaomi SU7 Ultra

KBC Corporation has supplied its long-fiber carbon-ceramic brake technology for the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra, featuring customized 430-mm front and 410-mm rear discs designed to withstand the demands of the high-performance electric sedan.

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Mobility

SGMW Industrializes Bamboo Fiber Composites for Automotive Interiors

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) has scaled bamboo fiber-reinforced composites into production for automotive interiors, with the material now used across 20+ vehicle models and 11 interior component categories.

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Others

Evergreen Additive Scales LFAM for Field-Ready Unmanned Vessels

Evergreen Additive is expanding large-format additive manufacturing from marine tooling into production of unmanned surface vessels, with recent platforms demonstrating faster and more flexible composite manufacturing.

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Sustainable Composites

Waste PET Upcycled into High-Performance Epoxy Toughener

Researchers in China have developed a one-pot process that converts post-consumer PET waste into hyperbranched oligomers for epoxy toughening. The PET-derived additive increased epoxy impact strength by 98.9% at only 0.3 wt.% loading while retaining key mechanical, optical, and thermal properties.

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Aerospace & Defense

Axalp Technologies Develops CFRP Folding Propeller Blades for Dufour Aero-200

Axalp Technologies has designed and fabricated custom carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) folding propeller blades for Dufour Aerospace’s Aero-200 tilt-wing aircraft. The lightweight blades are optimized for the aircraft’s folding mechanism and are being used in ground and flight testing.

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Energy Composites

DITF Advances Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades into New Composite Reinforcements

Joby Aviation plans to acquire defense technology company Resonant to expand its capabilities in RF systems, aircraft modification, advanced composites, and large-scale defense manufacturing. The transaction would create approximately 1 million square feet of manufacturing, integration, and testing space across the Dayton, Ohio region.

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