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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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Aerospace & Defense

Beyond Gravity Supplies Composite and Mission-Critical Hardware for New European Weather Satellite

Beyond Gravity has supplied composite, thermal, electronic, and mechanical components for the MTG-I2 weather satellite and its Ariane 6 launch vehicle.

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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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