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Syensqo (was Solvay)

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35 items

2026
29 July

ReleaseSyensqo signs multi-year supply agreement with Airbus

9 July

ReleaseSyensqo breaks ground on manufacturing expansion at its site in Havre de Grace, MD, USA

14 April

ReleaseSyensqo and Toray Group strengthen aerospace supply security through strategic partnership

10 February

ReleaseSyensqo marks two years of partnership with Climate Impulse, advancing hydrogen-powered aviation

2025
21 October

ReleaseCYCOM EP2190 now included in NCAMP database, enabling faster aerospace qualifications

18 March

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

7 March

ReleaseTaiwan's composites industry goes global: AIDC, UHT Unitech Company, and Syensqo form strategic alliance

2024
24 July

ReleaseLeonardo: unified union agreement signed on production slowdown and relaunch of the Grottaglie site

24 June

ReleaseLeonardo meets Italian trade unions and announces the consolidation of the process of diversifying its Grottaglie production site

2023
22 June

ReleaseSolvay, Ascendance Flight Technologies and Airborne join forces to enable the development of advanced solutions for sustainable aviation

2021
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.

3 February The joint effort will be hosted at Leonardo's R&D facility in Taranto, and Solvay's centre in Brussels.

Leonardo and Solvay combine efforts in thermoplastic research

By creating a Joint Research Virtual Lab, Leonardo and Solvay aim to develop new thermoplastic materials and new manufacturing processes so as to attain higher performance and manufacturing efficiency.

2020
16 June

ReleaseStrata completes construction of Solvay joint venture facility in Al Ain

17 January

ReleaseSolvay unveils Double Diaphragm Forming automated demonstrator line

2019
3 December

ReleaseSGL Carbon and Solvay collaborate to develop highly competitive and advanced carbon fibre composites for aviation primary structures

2 October

ReleaseBombardier uses Solvay resin for its award-winning composite wing

2018
19 July

ReleaseSolvay and Airbus sign contract extension for composite and auxiliary materials

2017
26 July

ReleaseSolvay doubles European kitting capabilities to meet composite industry demand

2012
20 July

ReleaseCytec completes acquisition of Umeco

9 July

ReleaseUmeco Process Materials Ltd. achieves upgrade accreditation to AS9100 revision C Aerospace Certification Standard

19 June

ReleaseUmeco exhibits high performance prepregs and adhesives at Farnborough 2012

30 April

ReleaseGKN Aerospace manufactures Airbus A350 XWB wing spars using Umeco's large-scale composite tooling mandrels

26 March

ReleaseHigh performance Victrex Peek polymer now available as release film for aerospace composite part production

16 March

ReleaseUmeco's MTM44-1 Out-of-Autoclave prepregs used by GE Aviation on the Airbus A350 XWB

2011
12 September

ReleaseAdvanced Composites Group Ltd achieves a 'First in the World' with Nadcap approval

7 July

ReleaseRichmond Aerovac launches STRETCHVAC3000

3 June

ReleaseAdvanced Composites Group Ltd. exhibits at the 2011 Paris Air Show

4 January

ReleaseLISA Airplanes' AKOYA aircraft uses ACG's VTM® Series prepregs

2010
30 July

ReleaseQinetiQ's Zephyr solar-powered UAV shatters flight endurance record using Advanced Composites Group's MTM®45-1 prepregs

24 March

ReleaseACG prepregs keep Watchkeeper 450 UAV flying high

22 February

ReleaseBombardier awards contracts on CSeries aircraft programme to UK companies

2009
16 November

ReleaseACG announces the launch of a new composite tooling block

9 September

ReleaseAdhesive and surfacing film further enhance Out-of-Autoclave processing range from Advanced Composites Group (ACG)

8 April

ReleaseACG GRAFOAM® FPA-20 Carbon Foam Tooling System development finalised

2008
10 October

ReleaseACG reaches development milestone in out-of-autoclave capability for complex aircraft primary structures