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Transporting large structures into space is both challenging and expensive. With those challenges in mind, a research team at The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, supported...

Hybrid Air Vehicles is the developer of the Airlander 10, a production aircraft capable of seating 100 passengers, carrying a freight payload of ten metric tonnes, or a combination...

McLaren Automotive’s in-house innovation team developed the ART (Automated Rapid Tape) technology to solve one of the key challenges in composites manufacturing — producing complex, high-quality components sustainably and...

Sicomin developed and introduced SR GreenPoxy 550 – a sustainable alternative to its line of resins. The new bio-based epoxy system was designed for bonding and lamination of wood...

Less than a month after ACMA’s record-setting Composites 2025 Fly-In, Washington provided manufacturers with an extra reason to celebrate on the Fourth of July: much needed tax improvements that...

The U.S. Air Force awarded Continuous Composites a $1.9 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract to develop a groundbreaking Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tool for Continuous Fiber 3D Printing...

The Toyota HiLux, a heavy-duty utility vehicle, will be competing in the Asia Cross Country Rally with an updated body made of natural flax fibers. SGL Carbon sourced the...

With past successes at the Lounavoima (Finland) energy plant, QHeat was called on to help improve energy efficiency, specifically in the geothermal wells. In partnership with Exel Composites, the...

Skyfly’s Axe prototype eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-off and Landing) aircraft successfully flew between two airfields and back again, a first in European flight. Skyfly’s Chief Technical Officer, Dr. William...