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Share this article NEW YORK, April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind power capacity additions is one of the major factors propelling the market growth. However, factors such as technical challenges during the manufacturing of prepregs will hamper the market growth. Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Prepreg Market by Type, Application, and Geography - Forecast and Analysis 2020-2024 Prepreg Market: Type Landscape Based on the type, the carbon fiber segment is expected ...

Dr. Sebastian Kirmse (left), involved in the composite material’s research, and Tobias Hoffmeister (right), president and CEO of MHP Americas Inc. Photo Credit: MHP Professor Kuang-Ting Hsiaos group at the University of South Alabama (Atlanta) have recently developed ZT-CFRP, an innovative plastic composite enriched with nanoparticles and reinforced with carbon fibers which was originally supported by NASA. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the university has set up a...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional details from Vestas and comment from Patrick Giron. WINDSOR — The American branch of Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S is consolidating its workforce to Windsor, with plans to cut approximately 450 manufacturing jobs in the process. In a statement Wednesday morning, the company said it will repurpose its location in Brighton as a headquarters for the U.S. arm of its tooling business and cut production of turbine blad...

Photo Credit: Hexcel Corp. Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) announced on Feb. 1 Type Approval Certification of its HexPly M9 prepreg materials by DNV GL (Oslo, Norway). The addition of the HexPly M9 prepreg range to Hexcel’s comprehensive DNV GL-certified portfolio (the company received HexPly M79 prepreg certification back in June 2020) is said to offer ship and boat builders with optimal prepreg processing options. According to Hexcel, HexPly M9 prepregs enable short cure cycles at...

Materials firms looking for better sales results in 2021 Wikimedia Commons Materials makers LyondellBasell Industries, Celanese Corp. and Hexcel Corp. are looking for sales gains in 2021 after seeing pandemic-related declines in 2020. All three firms reported full-year financial results in the last week of January. Houston-based LyondellBasell, a major supplier of polypropylene, polyethylene and plastic compounds, saw full-year sales drop 20 percent to $27.7 billion. The firms profit slid 58 pe...

(1) Shape strategic responses through the phases of industry recovery Composite Holding Co., DowAksa Ileri Kompozit Malzemeler San. Ltd. Sti. and Hexcel Corp. will emerge as major carbon fiber in the automotive composites market participants during 2020-2024 The carbon fiber in the automotive composites market is expected to grow by 46.89 thousand MT during 2020-2024, according to Technavio. The report offers a detailed analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the carbon fiber in the ...

Photo Credit: Hexcel Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) announced on Dec. 14 that the scope of its long-term supplier contract with Safran S.A. (Paris, France) has been expanded to include advanced composite materials for a broader range of commercial aerospace applications. “This contract expansion is the result of a successful, collaborative relationship between Safran and Hexcel that started more than 35 years ago to serve the aerospace industry,” says Thierry Merlot, president Aerosp...