France's Nawa Technologies is setting up operations in the United States, and bringing its fast, affordable vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) manufacturing process into a new application: ...

Recently, we told you about a method for combining the 3D printing of a plastic airplane wing with printed 3D electronics, including antennas. The technique could be used to print conformal ...

Researchers have used a natural plant product, called cellulose nanocrystals, to pin and coat carbon nanotubes uniformly onto the carbon-fiber composites. The researchers said their prescribed method ...

Carbon fibers, due to their superior strength and lightness, are popular in aerospace engineering applications. While much effort goes into improving the strength of carbon fiber composites, such as ...

Spirit AeroSystems (Wichita, Kan., U.S.) debuted on Monday, June 17, at the 2019 Paris Air Show (Paris, France), a new composites manufacturing technology designed specifically for next-generation, ...

The manufacturer will invest $125M and create 242 new jobs at its facility adjacent to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. LeMond Composites will begin manufacturing a new ...

Is the long haul trucking industry poised for a transformation to large-scale use of composite materials? If so, could it look anything like last decade’s leap in airliner composites use — for example ...

Polymers reinforced with ultra-fine strands of carbon fibers epitomize composite materials that are "light as a feather and strong as steel," earning them versatile applications across several ...