Ceramic Matrix Composites
Plant tour: Brembo, Bergamo, Italy
Brake systems pioneer advances both design and industrialized production of customized C/C products that meet the highest performance requirements.
Ginger Gardiner
Executive Editor, CompositesWorld
Walter Pritzkow OCMC becomes key lightweight enabler for Jetoptera drone
SNAPSHOT: Composite thrusters are tackling DARPA's LIFT Challenge to carry payloads exceeding the drone's own weight in a demanding 5-nautical-mile circuit.
Read MoreVulcan Shield presents alumina fibers for composite structures, thermal management systems
JEC World 2026: Vulcan Shield Global educates the composites industry on its latest alumina fiber developments, and how they can support high-temperature and extreme-environment applications.
Read MoreVulcan Shield Global to establish high-tech alumina fiber manufacturing plant in Hungary
Investment in continuous alumina fiber textiles and yarn production strengthens Europe’s materials ecosystem and the supply of oxide continuous fibers.
Read MoreThin-walled helicopter firewall OCMC component saves future operational costs
SNAPSHOT: Walter Pritzkow’s simple philosophy “make it thin and make it light” with the use of oxide ceramic matrix composites (OCMC) presents step change for aerospace giants like Airbus.
Read More2025 CW rewind: The top stories and emerging trends of the composites industry
High-temp solutions, high-rate production and renewable energy trends set the stage for overcoming technical challenges and meeting global demand.
Read MoreKeramikblech oxide CMC to be transferred to Haldenwanger in 2027
After 32 years of OCMC leadership, Walter E.C. Pritzkow Spezialkeramik will close at the end of 2027 with all Keramikblech expertise and further development to be delivered by Haldenwanger from 2028 onward.
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Automating oxide CMC for higher part volumes
FOX Composites has adapted infusion and RTM for slurry-based matrices, commercializing its VASI and IFOX technologies for automatable, scalable, serial production of high-quality oxide ceramic matrix composite parts, already proven in flight missions and a pilot-scale line.
Ginger Gardiner
Executive Editor, CompositesWorld
SecFund invests in CMC producer Arceon
Carbeon family of high-temp materials represents a leap forward for future space, aerospace and defense systems.
Read MoreSafran 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.
Read MoreDLR rocket flight in ATHEAt program demonstrates CMC nose, movable body flaps
Successful flight tests heat-resistant components and innovative sensor technologies.
Read MoreCMH-17 updates composites data, will publish new Volume 7 on additive manufacturing
The Composite Materials Handbook-17 is publishing new data and industry best practices, helping to fill the aerospace industry’s growing knowledge transfer gap and support advanced materials and structures.
Read MoreHTMS engineers raise £1.3 million to enable mass-market CMC availability
Company founders will be opening a new production facility and office to support HTMS’ ongoing materials R&D and collaborations in new sectors like automotive.
Read MoreSuper Carbon Composites Technologies launches for C/C composite commercialization
An offshoot of MATECH, SCCT will support straightforward implementation of FAST/SPS densification to more easily achieve high-performance C/C composites.
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Expanding high-temperature composites in India and the U.S.
Azista USA offers polymers and processes for carbon/carbon and other CMC, including novel hot-melt phenolic and phthalonitrile prepregs for faster cycle times, alternative solutions.
Ginger Gardiner
Executive Editor, CompositesWorld
LIFT to lead new "Critical Materials Processing" program on ceramics, CMC
Multifaceted project aims to accelerate development and scale-up of ultra-high temperature material technologies including ceramic matrix composites (CMC) and carbon fiber as a precursor in CMC preforms.
Read MoreBrembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes expands disc production capacity by 50%
The 50/50 joint venture adds a combined 12,500 square meters of space at Italy and Germany sites, future-proofing carbon-ceramic disc production for premium cars, commercial vehicles.
Read MoreRegistration opens for CW Tech Days: High-Temperature Composite Solutions
CW Tech Days: High-Temperature Composite Solutions for Defense and Space Applications will take place Oct. 16, 2025.
Read MoreCygnet Texkimp relaunches customer slitting trials at UK Innovation Centre
A production-scale prepreg tape slitting system featuring SAHM winding technology is available for thermoset, thermoplastic and ceramic tape trialing following an Asia contract win.
Read MoreCeramic matrix composites: Faster, cheaper, higher temperature
New players proliferate, increasing CMC materials and manufacturing capacity, novel processes and automation to meet demand for higher part volumes and performance.
Read MoreHTMS joins Mobilise accelerator program to advance its CMC materials
High Temperature Material Systems has developed low-temperature cure prepregs for ceramic matrix composite (CMC) parts offering lightweight and thermal/fire protection up to 1000°C.
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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.
Ginger Gardiner
Executive Editor, CompositesWorld
Mechanical testing of ceramic matrix composites
Today’s CMC materials, robust and resistant to high temperatures, provide their own set of challenges when determining their performance through mechanical testing.
Read MoreRath presents Altra Flex oxide ceramic continuous fiber
Altra Flex, to be manufactured in three different grades, is optimal for the production of CMC and MMC materials, offering strength and flexibility retention up to 1200°C.
Read MoreCMC nose, control surfaces for Space Rider TPS pass dynamic structural qualification
Largest melt infiltrated ceramic matrix composite part to date and complex body flap assembly achieve key milestone ahead of manufacturing the flight unit for Europe’s first reusable space vehicle.
Read MoreA different Ox-Ox prepreg for faster, more affordable CMC options
Isovolta has developed silica fiber/alumina CERAPREG to enable ceramic matrix composite parts with long-duration service at 900°C and handling similar to epoxy prepreg, dielectric performance similar to quartz.
Read MoreComposite products designed for efficiency, performance and sustainability
CAMX 2025: Whether through weight reducing or strength enhancements, 3M designs its microspheres, ceramic fibers, films and LSP materials and composite resins to meet its customers application demands.
Read MoreHigh-temp resin eliminates hypersonic composite part bottlenecks
CAMX 2025: Cambium’s ApexShield 1000 system, cutting carbon/carbon production time by up to 80%, gives engineers and OEMs scaling high-temperature composite solutions a step up in survivability, processability and performance.
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