News archive: Composite Materials | Airframer

22 February

ReleaseCambium signs development contract with US Department of Defense

17 February

ReleaseTex Tech Industries, an Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company, announces the acquisition of SGL Carbon's business activities at the Gardena, California site

7 February

ReleaseOne of the world's largest thermoplastic aerostructures successfully completed in stunning project

1 February

ReleaseAterian Investment Partners completes sale of NeoGraf

26 January

The 'nesting around defects' solution supports commonly used formats and systems and can be easily implemented.

Software aims to increase composite manufacturing efficiency

Material order lead time requires manufacturers to maximise their current stock. Plataine says its simulation tool and 'nesting around defects' can improve the ordering process, reduce waste and enhance efficiency.

19 January

ReleaseQuickstep announces $11.3M purchase order for F-35 vertical tail components

9 December

ReleaseLeonardo: industrial partner of the international programme GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme)

29 November

ReleaseITP Aero joins AMRC

27 November

ReleaseTurkish Aerospace receives 'success partner' award from Spirit AeroSystems

1 November

ReleaseBeckwood launches new patents-pending linear servo press line

27 October

Rockwood invests to meet composite manufacturing demand

The company has also invested in new machinery, such as a Hexagon Absolute Arm, which has been instrumental in developing novel business class seats for aircraft.

20 October

Joe Morris, Director of DoD Programs from Toray Advanced Composites with Monica Rommel, CEO of Specialty Materials, meeting at the Specialty Materials facility in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Resin and fibre experts target future aerospace applications

The collaboration is intended to improve the supply chain by uniting Specialty's boron fibre with Toray's carbon fibres and resin systems including toughened epoxies, cyanate esters, bismaleimides and polyimides.

18 October

ReleaseTrelleborg expands its capabilities in engineered polymer solutions

18 October

ReleaseDucommun's grand re-opening – Guaymas, Mexico operations

17 October

ReleaseDarkAero 1 benefitting from Marsh Brothers Aviation polymers bearings

13 October

US Marines orders logistics UAS prototype from Kaman

The KARGO UAV is optimised for expeditionary employment. Compact form-factor of the system fits in a standard CONEX shipping container and is designed to be unloaded and operated by as few as two people.

7 October

ReleaseEmbraer advances in the production of the first KC-390 Millennium for Hungary

6 October

ReleaseKorean Air partners with Airbus Helicopters on vertical unmanned aerial systems

5 October

ReleaseNIAR unveils new ATLAS facility and Solvay Manufacturing Innovation Center

29 September

ReleaseEmbraer delivers 1700th E-Jet

21 September

Boeing completes construction of Arizona composite centre

A new composite fabrication centre for components for future combat aircraft will enable Boeing to scale a platform-agnostic, modular and flexible digital production system across future programs.

20 September

ReleaseGA-ASI to open new secure advanced manufacturing facility in 2023

15 September

Cotesa signs up to build the Black Swan in Germany

Dronamics says that a new agreement ensures the production of its cargo drones to support the demand for the commercial routes to be launched in Europe in 2023.

12 September

ReleaseMarkforged introduces smooth TPU 95A to produce high quality, flexible parts for industries including aerospace

22 August

ReleaseThe Gill Corporation awarded contract extension of floor panel fabrication for Boeing 777, 777X and 787 programs

2 August

ReleaseNew flex-rigid material for critical military & aerospace applications

26 July

ReleaseSkyDrive makes progress toward acquiring type certification with development of composite vehicle's structure by Toray Carbon Magic, and starting material conformity testing

21 July

ReleaseNew contracts signed between Airbus and Turkish Aerospace

19 July

ReleaseDeutsche Aircraft selects Aciturri as a leading supplier of of aerostructures for the D328eco

19 July

ReleaseEmbraer and BAE Systems announce collaboration for the C-390 Millennium and Eve eVTOL

13 July

ReleaseVentec increases prepreg treating capacity in Taiwan

13 July

Overair's Butterfly prototype with Toray T1100/3960 carbon fiber/epoxy prepreg. The prepreg provides high stiffness and strength for its airframe and propulsion units.

Overair commits to Toray prepreg system for Butterfly

Toray's prepreg system is formulated for high-performance aerospace applications where the optimal ratio of strength to modulus properties is critical. It allows for autoclave and out-of-autoclave curing.

28 June

ReleaseToray supplies NASA HiCAM with thermoset and thermoplastic prepeg technologies to enable increase in airframer manufacturing rates

1 June

ReleaseKorean Aerospace Industries (KAI) signs a new long-term contract with The Gill Corporation

24 May

ReleaseToray and Bell collaborate on new NCAMP design allowable dataset for 3960 prepreg system

12 May

ReleaseDaher and Luxembourg's LIST will develop a welding technology for the assembly of aircraft substructures produced with thermoplastic composites

9 May

ReleaseCommunications & Power Industries acquires AdamWorks

14 April

ReleaseGurit sells aerospace business to Isovolta

6 April

ReleaseApplied Composites, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, acquires North Coast Composites and North Coast Tool & Mold from Unitech