Articles

Top 10 CompositesWorld columns of 2025

From Applications to Design & Testing to Troubleshooting — these 10 columns garnered the most interest amongst CW readers.

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Economics

November index slumps with multi-point losses

Significant declines in index components across the board lead to more than a season dip.

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Thermoplastics

FIDAMC TPC Summit: An interview with Aernnova Composites

Tier 1 aerospace fabricator discusses its work with thermoplastic composite (TPC) materials and how it is internally preparing for their application in future aircraft.

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Automotive

Plastic injection to composite overmolding: Evolving mold design for lightweight manufacturing

Hybrid molding is increasing for faster, high-volume production of more integrated parts, but success requires process knowledge which includes new mold developments as processes converge.      

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Post Cure

TPC centrifugal compressor impeller effectively compress large volumes of hydrogen gas

Successful application of advanced thermoplastic composites (TPC) achieves impellers that reliably distribute, store and use undiluted H2 gas in transportation and industry.

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Editorial

SourceBook 2026: Your ultimate guide to composites industry resources

Streamline sourcing with more than 1,900 suppliers, new breakout sections to help you navigate the latest industry trends and dynamic online resources.

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Wind/Energy

Modular composites enable larger tanks for wastewater and biogas reactors

Toro Equipment uses biaxial fabrics, carbon fiber and Flex Molding for corrosion-resistant tanks that compete with steel, concrete and speed global installations.

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Work In Progress

Composite helicopter "monolage" modernizes private rotorcraft production

The Hill Helicopters’ fully composite structure HX50 rotorcraft uses oven consolidation and splice joining for a cost-effective, lightweight fuselage.

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Aerospace

Carbon Fiber 2025 reinforces the role of carbon fiber amidst aerospace challenges, wind energy growth

Industry leaders at CW’s 2025 carbon fiber conference discussed market forecasts, supply shifts and innovation in high-demand sectors.

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Infrastructure

Custom FR epoxy, hybrid glass/carbon fiber composites enable massive mosque ceiling expansion

Premier Composite Technologies delivered more than 25,000 FRP sandwich panels to massive Great Mosque of Mecca expansion, meeting weight, fire and 10,000 units/month goals.

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Carbon Fibers

Safran carbon-carbon aircraft brakes: New process, production sites, environmental achievements

Safran Landing Systems has produced C/C brake discs for decades, innovating the process to combine steps to save time and cost, but also to reduce emissions and energy use as it grows the market.

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NDT

Flexible, automatic NDT platform for manufacturing composites

IRT Jules Verne, working with Airbus, Daher and French consortium developed a mobile robotic inspection platform that uses less space, water

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Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation