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Envalior, General Motors, and Schaeffler Win 2025 SPE Innovation Award in the Powertrain Category for Thin Wall ETC Actuator Gears

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UK Launches Large Structures Innovation Centre to Advance Composite Manufacturing

The National Composites Centre (NCC) has announced plans to establish the UK's first Large Structures Innovation Centre (LSIC), a new open-access facility for developing large structures at full industrial scale.

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Bye Aerospace Selects Composite Approach to Build the First New-Design, All-Electric Composite Aircraft

Bye Aerospace partners with Composite Approach to build the composite airframe for its eFlyer 2 all-electric training aircraft.

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Syensqo Secures Composite Supply Deal with Vertical Aerospace to Accelerate VX4 Aircraft Industrialization

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Alberta Launches Canada's First Carbon Fibre Production Facility in Edmonton

Alberta has officially activated Canada's first carbon-fibre production facility, marking a strategic inflection point for North America's composite-materials supply chain, leveraging oil-sands derived asphaltenes as a lower-cost precursor.

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UAVOS and Veda Aeronautics Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Composite-Based UAV Systems in India

UAVOS and VEDA Aeronautics have signed a strategic agreement to co-manufacture composite aerostructures for unmanned aircraft in India, aligning with India's Make in India policy.

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Toray Secures NCAMP Approval, Elevating Cetex® High Performance Thermoplastic Composite Materials for Aerospace Structures

Toray Advanced Composites announced its Toray Cetex TC1225 low-melt PAEK has achieved further NCAMP qualifications, available in semi-preg and RTL formats with FAA-accepted material data now publicly available.

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Aramco Adds $30B in US Partnerships, Strengthens Pipeline for Advanced Composite Materials and More

Aramco, one of the world's leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has announced 17 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and agreements with a potential total value of more than $30 billion with major companies in the US. These build on the 34 MoUs and agreements announced in May, worth approximately $90 billion, supporting collaboration opportunities with US companies valued at around $120 billion.

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Gurit Elevates Epoxy Safety Standards for Marine, Wind, and Industrial Composite Applications

The European Union has reclassified 59 epoxy diluent chemicals as CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic), impacting most two-component epoxy systems on the market.

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DLR Achieves Breakthrough in Ultra-Thin CF-LMPAEK AFP Laminates Under Project NATURE

DLR has achieved the world's first Automated Fibre Placement laminates using ultra-thin CF-LMPAEK prepreg plies measuring just 45 microns per ply, unlocking three times the fibre-orientation flexibility for aerospace structures.

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ACMA Announces Completion of Product Category Rule for Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Rebar

The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has finalized the Product Category Rule (PCR) for FRP rebar, establishing a standardized framework for developing Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) across the industry.

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L3Harris Breaks Ground on Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities, Strengthening Composite-Intensive SRM Manufacturing

L3Harris breaks ground on a $400M+ Arkansas expansion set to increase large solid rocket motor manufacturing capacity sixfold.