The Airframer Bulletin

Hexcel Composites (UK)

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2025

18 March

ReleaseGKN Aerospace and partners successfully complete ASCEND programme, transforming high-rate composite manufacturing

2024

30 September

ReleaseVelocity & Hexcel global supply agreement

2021

29 March

ReleaseHexcel joins ASCEND project to accelerate development of lightweight advanced composites

18 March

The ASCEND consortium will develop and accelerate high volume composite technologies.

GKN leads UK collaboration in composite technology

Through a three-year commitment, the ASCEND partnership, backed by the UK government, will bring together expertise, capabilities and resources from across the wider UK aerospace and automotive supply chain.

2016

24 May

ReleaseHexcel celebrates opening of new innovation centre

2014

14 November

ReleaseHexcel invests in new RT facility & capacity extensions

2013

8 November

ReleaseBoeing, Hexcel expand Aerospace Composites Malaysia facility by 40 percent

2012

21 September

ReleaseHexcel opens prepreg plant extension in Parla, Spain

13 January

ReleaseSikorsky selects Hexcel's composite materials for S-97 RAIDER helicopter program

2010

12 April

ReleaseIndustry breakthroughs in carbon fibre and aerospace prepregs launched by Hexcel at JEC 2010

2009

15 June

ReleaseHexcel at Paris Airshow

7 April

ReleaseHexcel supports GKN at groundbreaking ceremony for A350 XWB spar manufacturing facility

2007

30 August