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Delta Marine Announces a Custom 110-Foot Motor Yacht Nearing Completion

Delta Marine Industries Inc. announces a custom 110-foot motor yacht featuring a novel hull platform for long-range efficiency, developed in response to changing market dynamics in the 110- to 124-foot range, using advanced composites construction.

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Hexcel, JetZero Partner to Qualify Composite Materials for Game-Changing "All Wing" Design Aircraft Demonstrator

Hexcel is advancing a strategic partnership with JetZero through the FAA's FAST program, qualifying composite materials for JetZero's all-wing design aircraft development program, the Z4.

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Porsche Develops TABASKO Method for Lightweight Vehicle Series Production

Porsche Engineering develops TABASKO, a tape-based carbon fiber reinforcement method that cuts weight in series-production plastic parts.

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Quantum Fuel Systems, and OneH2 Collaborate on Cylinder Technology for 930-Bar, High-Pressure Hydrogen Tube Trailer

Quantum Fuel Systems, a vertically integrated leader in gaseous energy storage systems, has announced the development of an industry-leading 930-bar hydrogen Type 4 cylinder, in partnership with OneH2, a leader in providing hydrogen fuel systems and cost-effective delivered hydrogen fuel for transportation and industrial markets.

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TAVieDA Project: Fraunhofer, Trelleborg, and Airbus Reduce Aircraft Door Production Time with Automated Assembly Using Thermoplastic Composites

A research project by Fraunhofer IWU, Fraunhofer LBF, Trelleborg, and Airbus Helicopters shows that replacing aluminum, titanium, and thermosets with thermoplastic carbon fiber composites that can be welded together automatically drops aircraft door manufacturing time from 110 hours to 4.

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Rocket Lab's HASTE Launch Platform has been Selected to Launch a Full-Scale Hypersonic Test Flight for the Department of Defense (DOD)

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Bcomp Collaborates with Siux to Serve up Sustainable Innovation in Padel with New GEA Racket

Swiss cleantech company Bcomp has collaborated with leading Spanish padel brand Siux to develop the new GEA racket, integrating Bcomp's ampliTex natural fibre reinforcement made from flax fibres to deliver enhanced precision while reducing environmental impact.

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Rock West Composites Delivers First Ultra-High-Performance Frac Plugs Made of Composite

Rock West Composites has begun delivery of new ultra-high performance frac plug billets made of filament wound fiberglass composite with custom epoxy resin, capable of withstanding cyclical testing at 12,000 psi and 250 F.

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Royal3D Launches the ShearWater Aquatic Drone: A New Era in Maritime Innovation

Royal3D unveils the ShearWater, a 3D-printed autonomous aquatic drone made from recycled thermoplastic and PETG fiber-reinforced materials.

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Kia and Bcomp Collaborate to Bring Composite Materials to Entry Level Electric Vehicles with Concept EV2

Swiss cleantech company Bcomp joined forces with Kia to deploy its ampliTex natural fibre composite materials into key interior components of the new Concept EV2, demonstrating large-scale adoption of bio-based composites in affordable EVs.

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3D Printed Generative Orthoses: A Transformative Innovation for Orthopedic Care with Glass Fiber Composite Material

CRP Technology announces that the Generative Orthoses project, developed in collaboration with MHOX and Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli (IOR), has been selected as one of the winning projects in the WORTH Partnership Project II 3rd Call.

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Researchers from Pusan National University Develop a Rapid Yet Accurate Approach for Composite Material Homogenization

South Korea-based Pusan National University has developed a Reduced Basis Homogenization Method (RBHM) to speed up numerical homogenization for predicting composite material performance, achieving computational speeds up to 1,030 times faster than FEM.