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Kautex Textron Secures Order for Thermoplastic Composite BEV Battery Housing from Leading Automotive OEM

Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG (Kautex), a subsidiary of Textron Inc., has announced it has received a major order from a leading automotive OEM for a full-BEV thermoplastic composite lower battery housing unit. The component is part of the company's award-winning Pentatonic battery enclosure portfolio, designed for battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles.

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Skyfly's Carbon Fiber Composite Axe eVTOL Completes First Round-Trip Flight

Skyfly's Axe prototype electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, built with a lightweight carbon fiber composite structure, has successfully completed a landmark round-trip flight between two airfields, becoming the first in European aviation.

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Base Materials Achieves Industry-First Full DNV Type Approval Across Entire Subtec Buoyancy Range

Base Materials has become the first syntactic foam subsea buoyancy materials manufacturer to secure full DNV Type Approval across its complete portfolio of Subtec buoyancy materials.

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WACKER to Launch POWERSIL® 1900 A/B High-Consistency Silicone Rubber for Large-Scale Composite Insulators

WACKER will debut POWERSIL 1900 A/B, a new high-consistency silicone rubber for spiral extrusion manufacturing of composite hollow-core insulators, at K 2025 in Dusseldorf, offering up to 80% weight savings over porcelain insulators.

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QHeat and Exel Composites Develop Custom Composite Collector Pipes

QHeat and Exel Composites completed a co-created product development project to install custom-made composite collector pipes in a geothermal well at the Lounavoima site, increasing energy production and storage capacity by nearly 10%.

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Greenboats Expands Circular Structures Library, Calls for Bio-Based and Recycled Composite Materials

Greenboats, a pioneer in sustainable composite solutions, is inviting developers of bio-based or recycled reinforcement fibres and core materials to submit samples and datasheets for inclusion in its Circular Structures materials library.

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DLR Completes Ground Vibration Test for Solar-Powered HAP-alpha High-Altitude Platform

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has successfully completed a Ground Vibration Test (GVT) for its HAP-alpha high-altitude, solar-powered aircraft, marking a key milestone toward its first planned low-altitude flight in 2026.

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HTMS Joins UK’s Mobilise Accelerator to Advance Ceramic Composite EV Battery Enclosure Technology

High Temperature Material Systems (HTMS) has been selected to join Mobilise, an early-stage accelerator programme supporting innovative zero-emission and connected and automated mobility (CAM) technologies, backed by the UK government's 2.5 billion pound DRIVE35 initiative.

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Mangohojden AB Acquires Slingsby Advanced Composites from Marshall Group

Mangohojden AB, a privately held Swedish company aiming to build a portfolio of specialist aerospace and defense businesses, has acquired Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd. from Marshall Group...

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Advanced Carbons Council Announces ISO Publication of Graphene Classification Framework

The Advanced Carbons Council has announced the publication of its Graphene Classification Framework as ISO/TS 9651:2025, standardizing graphene-related 2D materials for commercial and composite applications.

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Hartzell Propeller Achieves First FAA Part 35 Type Certification

Hartzell Propeller has received FAA Part 35 Type Certification for the first propeller designed specifically for advanced air mobility aircraft, developed in collaboration with BETA Technologies and tested on their electric propulsion systems.

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Seoul National University Advances UAM Rotor Blade Design with AnalySwift's VABS Software

AnalySwift announced that Seoul National University is using its VABS simulation software as part of its Academic Partner Program to optimize rotor blade designs for Urban Air Mobility applications, reducing analysis time from hours to seconds.

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