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Lutz Holding Expands Into Italy With Composite-Based Industrial Pump And Water Treatment Solutions

Lutz Holding, a Germany-based provider of industrial pump and fluid management systems, has expanded into Italy with the launch of Lutz-Jesco Italia S.r.l. in Milan, supplying pumps that use carbon and glass fibre-reinforced polymer materials.

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Carbon ThreeSixty Develops TFP-Based Composite Aerodynamic Wheel Cover for Lightweight Automotive Applications

Carbon ThreeSixty, a UK-based composite design and manufacturing company, has developed an aerodynamic wheel cover using Tailored Fibre Placement (TFP) technology to improve vehicle efficiency through lightweighting and reduced aerodynamic drag. The TFP-optimised design reduced the number of plies required while achieving a 22.3 percent increase in stiffness.

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Connova Supplies High-Precision CFRP Components For Giant Magellan Telescope

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UAVOS Supplies Advanced Composite Rotor Blades To U.S. Teams In DARPA Heavy Lift Challenge

UAVOS has supplied advanced composite rotor blades engineered for high strength-to-weight performance to U.S.-based teams participating in the DARPA Heavy Lift Challenge.

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Continuous Composites Expands Coeur d'Alene Facility to Scale CF3D Manufacturing Technology

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Saildrone Introduces Spectre USV With 43-Metre Composite Wing For Multi-Mission Naval Operations

Saildrone has introduced Spectre, a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and strike missions. The 52 m-long, 250-tonne platform integrates a 43-metre composite Saildrone Wing manufactured by American Magic Services.

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DLR Tests Shape-Shifting Wing Technology in Flight to Improve Aerodynamic Efficiency

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has carried out flight tests of morphing wing technology built entirely from fibre-reinforced composite materials, using its HyTEM system of distributed actuators for continuous aerodynamic surfaces.

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Bcomp And Kia Showcase Natural Fibre Composites In Vision Meta Turismo Concept At Milan Design Week

Bcomp and Kia integrated flax fibre-based ampliTex material into both interior and exterior components of the Vision Meta Turismo concept car, presented at Milan Design Week 2026, extending the material to exterior bumpers for the first time.

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RWE Installs Offshore Wind Turbine With CO2-Reduced Steel Tower And Recyclable Rotor Blades At Thor Project

RWE has installed an offshore wind turbine with Siemens Gamesa's GreenerTower and RecyclableBlade technology at the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm in Denmark, featuring 36 CO2-reduced steel towers and 120 recyclable rotor blades.

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Next-Gen Hydrogen Aircraft Designs Advance With Integrated Fuselage and Tail Innovations

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre's FASTER-H2 project is developing next-generation fuselage and empennage concepts for hydrogen-powered aircraft, addressing structural health monitoring, induction welding, and inspection technologies for composite structures.

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SHD Composites Joins EcoSuite Aircraft Seating Programme with Bio-Based Resin System

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Hyke Electric Ferry Pilot Demonstrates Success in Fredrikstad Public Transport

Hyke's F-15 Shuttle electric ferry carried more than 41,000 passengers over a 14-month pilot in Fredrikstad, Norway, recording up to 88% lower energy consumption compared to diesel-powered ferries.