Fabric Development Inc.
Engineered woven, knit and braided fabrics for specific end-use applications, from fibers, such as carbon, Kevlar, glass, Spectra, Nicalon, quartz, Nomex, Vectran, ceramics and commingled yarn systems. Advanced textile preforms, woven and stitched radial and hybrid fabrics.As Seen In CompositesWorld
The Kordsa strategy
Turkey-based Kordsa has a long history supplying materials to the global tire market. It now has its sights set on reinforcement fabrics, prepregs and core materials for aerospace, automotive and industrial structures.
Kordsa completes acquisition of FDI and TPI
Kordsa has announced the completed acquisition of Fabric Development Inc. and Textile Products Inc., which provide advanced composite materials to the commercial aviation industry.
Kordsa acquires two US companies
Kordsa (Istanbul, Turkey), a Sabancı Holding (Istanbul, Turkey) subsidiary, announced December 6 that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Fabric Development Inc. (FDI, Quakertown, PA, US) and Textile Products Inc. (TPI, Anaheim, CA, US).
Carbon landing gear leg cushions UAV landing
Using its Lost Core Resin Transfer Molding (LCRTM) system, Wichita, Kan.-based Fiber Dynamics Inc. manufactured the main landing gear strut for the Predator B MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle.
Pultruding cost out of aerospace parts
Design-for-manufacturing effort proves to be cost-effective for carbon/epoxy airfoil on expendable UAV.
JEC Composites 2007 Product Showcase
This year’s Parisian exhibition provides key evidence of the composites industry’s unprecedented breadth and technical sophistication.
JEC COMPOSITES 2007 Highlights
Advanced composites make notable marks not only in traditional aerospace apps, but in automotive, sport and infrastructure arenas as well.
A technological brake for the carbon supply roller coaster?
Henrik Olofsson is a co-founder and the business development manager of Oxeon AB (Västra Frölunda, Sweden). He holds an MS in mechanical engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a BS in business economics and management from the School of Economics and Commercial Law, Gothenburg University (both in
Carbon composites move beyond racing yachts into commercial and military marine applications.
Marine carbon composites move beyond racing yachts into commercial and military vessels.
Advances in sizings and surface treatments for carbon fibers
As carbon reinforcements find new applications,
unfamiliar processes and resin systems make sizing and treatment
surprisingly hot topics.
- Reinforcements, unimpregnated
- Aramid
- Aramid, Other
- Aramid/glass hybrid
- Aramid/glass hybrid, Other
- C-glass
- C-glass, Other
- Carbon
- Carbon, Other
- Carbon/aramid hybrid
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, Other
- Carbon/glass hybrid
- Carbon/glass hybrid, Other
- Ceramic
- Ceramic, Other
- E-Glass
- E-Glass, Other
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type)
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), Other
- Other unimpregnated reinforcement forms
- Other, Other
- Aramid
- Fabrics, unimpregnated
- Aramid
- Aramid, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Aramid, 5-harness
- Aramid, 8-harness
- Aramid, Basket-weave
- Aramid, Braided
- Aramid, Multiaxial
- Aramid, Plain-weave
- Aramid, Twill
- Aramid, Other
- Aramid/glass hybrid
- Aramid/glass hybrid, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Aramid/glass hybrid, 5-harness
- Aramid/glass hybrid, 8-harness
- Aramid/glass hybrid, Basket-weave
- Aramid/glass hybrid, Braided
- Aramid/glass hybrid, Multiaxial
- Aramid/glass hybrid, Plain-weave
- Aramid/glass hybrid, Twill
- Aramid/glass hybrid, Other
- C-glass
- C-glass, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- C-glass, 5-harness
- C-glass, 8-harness
- C-glass, Basket-weave
- C-glass, Braided
- C-glass, Multiaxial
- C-glass, Plain-weave
- C-glass, Twill
- C-glass, Other
- Carbon
- Carbon, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Carbon, 5-harness
- Carbon, 8-harness
- Carbon, Basket-weave
- Carbon, Braided
- Carbon, Multiaxial
- Carbon, Plain-weave
- Carbon, Twill
- Carbon, Other
- Carbon/aramid hybrid
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, 5-harness
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, 8-harness
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, Basket-weave
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, Braided
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, Multiaxial
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, Plain-weave
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, Twill
- Carbon/aramid hybrid, Other
- Carbon/glass hybrid
- Carbon/glass hybrid, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Carbon/glass hybrid, 5-harness
- Carbon/glass hybrid, 8-harness
- Carbon/glass hybrid, Basket-weave
- Carbon/glass hybrid, Braided
- Carbon/glass hybrid, Multiaxial
- Carbon/glass hybrid, Plain-weave
- Carbon/glass hybrid, Twill
- Carbon/glass hybrid, Other
- Ceramic
- Ceramic, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Ceramic, 5-harness
- Ceramic, 8-harness
- Ceramic, Basket-weave
- Ceramic, Braided
- Ceramic, Multiaxial
- Ceramic, Plain-weave
- Ceramic, Twill
- Ceramic, Other
- E-Glass
- E-Glass, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- E-Glass, 5-harness
- E-Glass, 8-harness
- E-Glass, Basket-weave
- E-Glass, Braided
- E-Glass, Multiaxial
- E-Glass, Plain-weave
- E-Glass, Twill
- E-Glass, Other
- Metallized
- Metallized, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Metallized, 5-harness
- Metallized, 8-harness
- Metallized, Basket-weave
- Metallized, Braided
- Metallized, Multiaxial
- Metallized, Plain-weave
- Metallized, Twill
- Metallized, Other
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type)
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), 5-harness
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), 8-harness
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), Basket-weave
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), Braided
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), Multiaxial
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), Plain-weave
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), Twill
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type), Other
- Other unimpregnated fabrics
- Other, 4-harness (crowsfoot)
- Other, 5-harness
- Other, 8-harness
- Other, Basket-weave
- Other, Braided
- Other, Multiaxial
- Other, Plain-weave
- Other, Twill
- Other, Other
- Aramid
- Preforms, unimpregnated
- Aramid
- Carbon
- Ceramic
- Continuous fiber
- E-Glass
- Hybrid fiber
- Quartz
- Structural high-strength glass (S- and R-type)
- Other preforms