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Exel Composites has Won the Bidding Process in India for Vestas Wind Systems A/S for Carbon Planks for Wind Turbines

Exel Composites and its joint venture Kineco-Ecel India (KEC) have won the bidding process to supply specialized carbon planks for wind turbine spar caps to Vestas Wind Systems A/S. The products will be manufactured with pultrusion in Goa.

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Stratview Research Publishes New Thought Leadership Report, Offering a Commercial Perspective into Carbon Fiber Recycling

Composights, the industry's first-ever portal dedicated to composites business intelligence, has published a new thought leadership report titled "Carbon Fiber Recycling: A Commercial Perspective", which addresses the growing need for achieving carbon fiber circularity and details the opportunities and challenges present in the evolving carbon fiber (CF) recycling industry. The report provides essential insights derived from internal research and contributions from experts across the CF recyc...

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NASA Evaluates Deployed Advanced Composite Solar Sail System

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System was fully deployed in space on Thursday, August 29, 2024, after a successful test of its sail-hoisting boom system.

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New GTL Breakthrough Composite Tubing Achieves Liquid Hydrogen Flow in Two Seconds

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories announced breakthrough results for its Blended Hybrid Laminate composite tubing technology, which chilled down ten times faster than stainless steel in a NASA SBIR programme test.

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NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades

Researchers at NREL have developed a biomass-derivable resin called PECAN that could allow wind blades to be chemically recycled and their components reused, ending the practice of landfilling old blades.

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Exel Composites Launches Commercial Scale Use of Bio-Based Resins

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AZL Aachen GmbH Announces New Joint Partner Project on Rotor Sleeves for Electric Motors

AZL Aachen has launched a new Joint Partner Project, 'Rotor Sleeves for Electric Motors: Potentials for Composite Materials and Technologies,' to address growing demand for efficient, compact electric motors using composite materials.

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SPC's Large-tow Carbon Fiber Composite Material Reinforcement Gains another New Application

SPC's newly developed 12mm diameter large-tow carbon fiber composite material reinforcement has been successfully applied to the heavy-duty boom project of Shanghai Midea Global Innovation Park, reducing steel usage by 60% and weight by 50%.

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Hexagon Purus Maritime Supplies Freire Shipyard with Hydrogen Fuel System for New Greenpeace Vessel

Hexagon Purus Maritime, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon Purus, has received a purchase order for a compressed hydrogen fuel system from Freire Shipyard in Vigo, Spain. The system will be used on Greenpeace's new 75-meter vessel featuring advanced green technologies, including hydrogen and e-methanol power systems. The value of the order is approximately EUR 2.5 million.

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Range Rover Sport SV Edition Two Features Carbon Fiber Bonnet and Wheels

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Rocket Lab Begins Installation of Large Carbon Composite Rocket-Building Machine

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Toray Milestone Supports U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft

Toray Composite Materials America celebrated the commissioning of its upgraded carbon fiber production line in Decatur, Alabama, doubling production capacity of TORAYCA T1100 carbon fiber, a component in the U.S. Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.