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The latest from across composites and advanced materials — companies, contracts, technology, policy and people. Updated as it happens.

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Lockheed Martin Secures Five-Year Contract to Produce CH-53K® Helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps

Sikorsky received a $10.855 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to build up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters, which use advanced composite materials extensively in rotor blades, tail boom, and airframe structures.

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Proplast A/S Partners with Composite Integration Ltd to Expand Advanced Resin Processing Solutions in Denmark

Proplast A/S has entered a strategic partnership with UK-based Composite Integration Ltd to distribute its CIJECT range of resin processing equipment in Denmark.

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EuCIA Establishes European Rebar Council to Accelerate Adoption of Composite Reinforcement in Construction

The European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) has announced the formation of the European Rebar Council (ERC) to drive the integration of composite rebar across Europe's construction and infrastructure markets.

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Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes Expands Production by 50% to Meet Rising Demand for Composite Brake Systems

Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes (BSCCB), the joint venture between Brembo N.V. and SGL Carbon SE, has successfully expanded its production capacity by 50% at its facilities in Stezzano, Italy, and Meitingen, Germany, amid rising demand for high-performance carbon-ceramic brake systems.

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DYMAG® HALO-X Carbon Hybrid Wheels Enhance Porsche 911 GT3 RS Performance

DYMAG Technologies Limited has unveiled the HALO-X Carbon Hybrid Wheel for the Porsche 992.1 911 GT3 RS, integrating a forged T6 aluminum center with DYMAG's proprietary BXF 4.0 carbon fiber rim, weighing just 7.49 kg front and 9.77 kg rear.

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Avient and FSJ Tactical Partner to Advance Composite Ballistic Wall Panels

Avient Corporation has collaborated with FSJ Tactical to enhance ballistic-resistant composite wall panels using ThermoBallistic panels rated to UL 752 Level 3 protection, showcased at GSX 2025 in New Orleans.

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MPM Group Acquires Lamplas Ltd to Strengthen UK Composites Manufacturing Footprint

MPM Group, a prominent UK-based manufacturer of composite mouldings and components, has announced the acquisition of Lamplas Ltd., a fellow long-established specialist in fibreglass and composite mouldings manufacture.

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REFRESH Project Advances Sustainable Wind Blade Disposal

The EU-funded REFRESH project's first life cycle assessment on recycling glass and carbon fibre reinforced composites from end-of-life wind turbine blades shows thermal recycling delivers more than a 70% reduction in climate change impacts versus incineration.

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Revolutionizing Blade Production: Leonardo Uses CAD-Guided Metrology to Cut Tiltrotor Blade Production Time from 20 Weeks to 3 Days

Global industrial group Leonardo has achieved a dramatic manufacturing breakthrough in its complex carbon-fibre tiltrotor blade by shifting from traditional prototyping to a CAD-driven metrology approach, cutting production time from 20 weeks to just 3 days — an increase in productivity of over 4500%.

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EuCIA Welcomes the Austrian Interest Group for Reinforced Plastics (IVK) as New Member

The European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA) has officially welcomed the Austrian Interessensgruppe verstärkter Kunststoffe (IVK) as its newest member. IVK's inclusion broadens EuCIA's network of national composites industry associations, sector-specific groups, and alliances, enabling EuCIA to now represent 85% of the European composites market.

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BMW Group Achieves Breakthrough to Use Natural Fibre Composites in Series Production

Renewable materials have already been used in motorsport at the BMW Group, but now natural fibre composites are making their way into series vehicles too...

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Altair 2025 Enlighten Awards: Composites and Industry Innovators Drive Lightweighting & Sustainable Mobility

Altair and the Center for Automotive Research name winners of the 2025 Enlighten Award for automotive lightweighting and sustainability.

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