Weaving in Composites

Plant tour: Albany Engineered Composites, Rochester, N.H., U.S.

Efficient, high-quality, well-controlled composites manufacturing at volume is the mantra for this 3D weaving specialist.

Jeff Sloan
EVP, Content, CompositesWorld

James Cropper Vectis platform enables industrial-scale aligned fiber nonwovens

Vectis moves aligned nonwoven materials from niche experimentation into industrial composite programs, achieving the Unimat product that delivers directional performance, formability and circular material pathways.  

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Composite resins price change report

CW’s running summary of resin price change announcements from major material suppliers that serve the composites manufacturing industry.

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Bally Ribbon Mills presents 3D woven composites expertise

JEC World 2026: Film-infused 3D woven joints, woven thermal protection systems (TPS) and woven composite 3D structures are presented at BRM’s booth.

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Stäubli machinery advances future technical composite textiles

JEC World 2026: Visitors can explore how the company’s reliable, high-speed Unival 100 and TF series weaving machines support the development of next-gen composites and other material innovations.  

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CEAMS wins Composites UK award for successful continuous rCF reclamation

Industry consortium demonstrates a technical and industrial milestone in composites recycling, looking to expand its collaboration for use more widely across U.K. manufacturing.

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Technical textiles, prepregs, composite parts and multilayered materials

CAMX 2025: BGF Industries is highlighting its range of versatile woven products for composite reinforcements, with materials, parts and literature available for viewing, as well as those from parent company Porscher Industries.

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JEC World 2026
Thermwood LSAM Elevate Precision Beyond Scale
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Reactively polymerized resin expands organosheet market, opportunities

Johns Manville to introduce Neomera, a new family of thermoplastic composites.

Peggy Malnati
MMT, Contributing Writer, MoldMaking Technology

Dyneema launches woven composite fabric with UHMWPE fiber

Dual-layer structure of Dyneema core with a fully woven Dyneema face fabric resists abrasion and wear, offering durability under significant load conditions and after prolonged use.

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Woven UD fabric enhances scalable carbon fiber options for infrastructure

CAMX 2025: Zoltek introduces PX35 woven UD fabric which bridges the gap between performance and affordability for retrofit and new build scenarios.

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Aerospace prepregs with braided reinforcement demonstrate improved production rates, cost

A recent time study compares the layup of a wing spar using prepreg with A&P’s TX-45 continuous braided reinforcement versus traditional twill woven prepreg.

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3D-woven composites find success in aerospace, space

CAMX 2024: Bally Ribbon Mills experts are displaying the company’s various joints, thermal protection system (TPS) technologies and other 3D woven composites for mission-critical applications.

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Highly tunable, woven lattice reinforcements target automotive structures

CAMX 2023: Startup Weav3D will be demonstrating its two collaborative automotive demonstrator parts and present two conference papers.

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Braskem demonstrates PP solutions using Weav3D composite lattice technology

Partnership combines Braskem’s polypropylene sheets with Weav3D Rebar for Plastics technology to address new structural, automotive applications requiring high-strength, lightweight material solutions.  

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Visit Exel Composites at JEC World 2026

Composites as auto-body reinforcements

Hybrid structural-reinforcement technology expands options, gains applications, markets.

Peggy Malnati
MMT, Contributing Writer, MoldMaking Technology

PEEK vs. PEKK vs. PAEK and continuous compression molding

Suppliers of thermoplastics and carbon fiber chime in regarding PEEK vs. PEKK, and now PAEK, as well as in-situ consolidation — the supply chain for thermoplastic tape composites continues to evolve.

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CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Parabeam

Parabeam’s 3D E-glass woven fabrics, particularly ParaGlass and ParaTank, continue to advance composite sandwich structures with high flexibility, strength and application versatility.  

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Materials & Processes: Fibers for composites

The structural properties of composite materials are derived primarily from the fiber reinforcement. Fiber types, their manufacture, their uses and the end-market applications in which they find most use are described.

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The making of carbon fiber

A look at the process by which precursor becomes carbon fiber through a careful (and mostly proprietary) manipulation of temperature and tension.

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Materials & Processes: Fabrication methods

There are numerous methods for fabricating composite components. Selection of a method for a particular part, therefore, will depend on the materials, the part design and end-use or application. Here's a guide to selection.

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Biteam introduces 3D Noodle International AB spin-off for 3D fabric noodles 

Biteam 3D’s third spin-off implements its proprietary 3D weaving technology to produce a variety of carbon, ceramic and other fiber 3D fabric noodle preforms. 

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Airtech
CAMX 2026
composite cutting machines and systems
CAMX 2026

Automated weaving system targets high-performance, high-volume applications

Startup WEAV3D Inc.’s technology produces highly tunable, woven lattice reinforcements for cost-effective, high-volume automotive composites and precast concrete applications.

Hannah Mason
Technical Editor, CompositesWorld

Teijin unveils novel spread-tow carbon fiber woven fabric

3K woven fabric developed via Teijin’s tow-spreading technology is as thin as 1K wovens and nearly the same weight, but is said to require less cost to produce, and offers better strength stability.

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Carbon ThreeSixty wins funding to explore feasibility of novel hydrogen storage architecture

Under project CHiDEs, researchers are to study carbon fiber 3D woven fabrics for more configurable storage geometries and higher volumetric efficiency.

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Safran, Albany International extend strategic cooperation on advanced composites

Continuation of the partnership into 2046 progresses Safran and Albany’s work in developing critical components for next-gen aeroengines using proprietary 3D-woven composite technology.

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LivMatS biomimetic flax fiber Pavilion opens to the public

Made entirely of filament-wound flax fiber, the livMatS Pavilion combines integrative design, robotic fabrication and sustainable materials for a highly innovative, bio-inspired construction.

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Samba Step system expands composites research for Augsburg University

Germany-based university intends to use Cevotec’s FPP-based Samba Step system for field research of ceramic fiber composites.

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WEAV3D awarded NSF funding to further develop next-generation composite forming machine

Two-year award will fund design, fabrication and testing of composite machine, which addresses high part cost and low production throughput in composite manufacturing.

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