National Composites Week
National Composites Week celebrates and brings attention to all the ways that composite materials and composites manufacturing contribute to the products and structures that shape the American manufacturing landscape today.
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Composites end markets: Energy (2025)
Despite political and supply chain challenges, renewable and nuclear energy continue to grow in use. Composite materials enable current and future energy technologies across sectors.
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Laser cleaning in composites manufacturing
Laser cleaning technologies for cleaning production molds for composites offer alternatives to harsher, less-friendly methods with features like automation and higher power cleaning.
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Composites end markets: Aviation and advanced air mobility (2025)
Despite persistent supply chain issues, markets were set for healthy growth before Trump policies and tariffs, yet long-term trends favor composites in new platforms. Meanwhile, advanced air mobility shakes out and moves forward.
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Crashworthiness testing of composites: A building block approach, Part 3
Third in a series on crashworthiness testing analyzes the upper levels of the building block approach and the importance of numerical analyses.
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Plasma moves beyond improved bonding to coatings, multifunctional composites
Plasmatreat cold plasma systems clean, activate surfaces and apply nanocoatings for dielectric barriers and more.
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Composites end markets: Electronics (2025)
Electronic and smart device innovations achieved through the use of advanced materials ranging from thermoplastic composites to biomaterials emphasize high-volume production and sustainability.
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During CW Tech Days: Thermoplastics for Large Structures, experts explored the materials and processing technologies that are enabling the transition to large-part manufacturing.
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Explore the cutting-edge composites industry, as experts delve into the materials, tooling, and manufacturing hurdles of meeting the demands of the promising advanced air mobility (AAM) market. Join us at CW Tech Days to unlock the future of efficient composites fabrication operations.
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Latest National Composites Week News And Updates
Angels Aircraft launches pre-seed round to build Archangel UAV
First scalable, flight-ready prototype will incorporate high-rate composites manufacturing, a blended wing airframe and an autonomy-first architecture.
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Airbus completes first A350F wingset in Broughton
The wingset was formed as part of the company’s first A350 freighter test aircraft, set to serve the highly anticipated demand in passenger and freight markets.
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Hartzell’s carbon fiber Pathfinder is approved for Aviat Husky
Three-blade composite propeller has received supplemental type certification and can replace existing two-bladed propellers on Husky aircraft models.
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Vivace delivers fuel tank hardware for Talon-A test vehicles
In its partnership with Stratolaunch to advance U.S. hypersonic capabilities, Vivace has provided both composite and metal tanks for the TA-1 and TA-2 in the past year.
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Acciona Energía’s Forty Mile wind farm begins operations
The renewable energy company’s largest wind facility built to date in North America features 49 Nordex turbines each with a capacity of 5.7 megawatts.
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Noncontact optical strain gage delivers complete 3D surface measurement insight
CAMX 2025: The Aramis system by Trilion, based on DIC and photogrammetry technology, performs high-precision measurements in the sub-micrometer range, across a wide range of testing environments and material types.
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Post Cure: CMC family of materials handles extreme environments
Arceon’s Carbeon materials serves to bridge the gap between research and industry, capable of handling extreme temperatures and thermal shock among other properties for defense, space and beyond.
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Prepreg compression molding supports higher-rate propeller manufacturing
To meet increasing UAV market demands, Mejzlik Propellers has added a higher-rate compression molding line to its custom CFRP propeller capabilities.
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Composites end markets: Energy (2025)
Despite political and supply chain challenges, renewable and nuclear energy continue to grow in use. Composite materials enable current and future energy technologies across sectors.
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From prototypes to performance: Composites company makes inroads to new markets
Top Shops 2024 honoree Calian’s composites division blends R&D, rapid prototyping and scalable production with deep engineering integration and corporate synergy.
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CIRA qualifies CMC structures for the reusable Space Rider
Italian team designs, builds and tests multiple large, complex thermal protection system structures made from patented ISiComp C/C-SiC ceramic matrix composites.
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Fairmat and the rise of deep tech in France
This first column in CW’s new Investors and Startups column series takes a closer look into the region of France, decoding the technologies, teams and funding actors driving its composites innovation.
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FAQ: National Composites Week
What is National Composites Week?
The goal of National Composites Week is to celebrate and bring attention to the myriad ways that composite materials and composites manufacturing contribute to the products and structures that shape the American manufacturing landscape today.
When is National Composites Week?
National Composites Week typically takes place in the month of August.
How do people and companies celebrate National Composites Week?
Individuals and companies alike can celebrate National Composites Week! One way to celebrate is to spread the word about how you or your company are involved with composites. This can be done through social media, events, newsletters, company emails and message boards, and press releases. Click here for ideas.
