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Hexagon Digital Wave Successfully Completes Testing of Over 750 Composite Tube Trailers

Hexagon Digital Wave has completed its 750th Mobile Pipeline and Virtual Pipeline trailer test using its Modal Acoustic Emission (MAE) technology, demonstrating the reliability of its non-invasive inspection method across North America.

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Hexcel Transitions Winter Sports Prepreg Production to Sustainable HexPly® Nature Range

Hexcel announces the successful transition of its winter sports industry production to the new HexPly® Nature bio-derived product range...

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First Solar-Powered Ferry Constructed with Natural Fibre Composites is Launched on Adriatic Sea

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General Atomics Creating ‘Nuclear Fuel Digital Twin’ to Accelerate Silicon Carbide Cladding Technology Testing, Qualification

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems has completed a milestone under a DOE contract to develop a 'Nuclear Fuel Digital Twin' to accelerate qualification of its SiGA silicon carbide composite cladding technology.

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Toray Advanced Composites Announce Launch of High-Performance Toray Cetex® PESU Thermoplastic Composite Material

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TaipeiPLAS 2024 Kicks Off with Record Growth in Taiwan

Taipei International Plastics and Rubber Industry Show (TaipeiPLAS 2024) officially opened in Taiwan, drawing nearly 500 exhibitors in over 1,800 booths, a 40% growth compared to the last edition in 2022, and launching new Composite Materials and Bio/Recycled Plastics zones.

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U.S. Department of Energy Awards $3.6 Million in Final Phase of Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the six final winners of the Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize. Each team was awarded $500,000 in cash prizes, as well as $100,000 in vouchers to work with DOE national laboratories.

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Exel Composites has Won the Bidding Process in India for Vestas Wind Systems A/S for Carbon Planks for Wind Turbines

Exel Composites and its joint venture Kineco-Ecel India (KEC) have won the bidding process to supply specialized carbon planks for wind turbine spar caps to Vestas Wind Systems A/S. The products will be manufactured with pultrusion in Goa.

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Stratview Research Publishes New Thought Leadership Report, Offering a Commercial Perspective into Carbon Fiber Recycling

Composights, the industry's first-ever portal dedicated to composites business intelligence, has published a new thought leadership report titled "Carbon Fiber Recycling: A Commercial Perspective", which addresses the growing need for achieving carbon fiber circularity and details the opportunities and challenges present in the evolving carbon fiber (CF) recycling industry. The report provides essential insights derived from internal research and contributions from experts across the CF recyc...

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NASA Evaluates Deployed Advanced Composite Solar Sail System

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System was fully deployed in space on Thursday, August 29, 2024, after a successful test of its sail-hoisting boom system.

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New GTL Breakthrough Composite Tubing Achieves Liquid Hydrogen Flow in Two Seconds

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories announced breakthrough results for its Blended Hybrid Laminate composite tubing technology, which chilled down ten times faster than stainless steel in a NASA SBIR programme test.

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NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades

Researchers at NREL have developed a biomass-derivable resin called PECAN that could allow wind blades to be chemically recycled and their components reused, ending the practice of landfilling old blades.