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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 to witness lucrative growth during the forecast period. Prepreg Market: Geographic Landscape By geo...

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 Hsiao's 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 research partnership in order to fully exploit the potential offered by the advanced composite ma...

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 blades and nacelles at that location. That will result in at least 280 layoffs in Brighton, not countin...

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 100˚C and above. Offering processing ease and high mechanical performance, the product is availabl...

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 firm's profit slid 58 percent to $1.43 billion. "During 2020, LyondellBasell demonstrated financial and operational resilie...