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Wind/Energy

People in Composites: April 2020

Chromaflo, Gurit and SGL Carbon SE announce new hires and retirements in the composites industry.

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Report says more than 77,000 on-site workers are needed for growing wind industry

The Global Wind Energy Council and Global Wind Organisation report that more workers are needed to deliver offshore wind installations between 2020-2024.

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Wind/Energy

Spirit AeroSystems to power Wichita facility with wind energy

The company’s 12.8 million-square-foot aerospace manufacturing facility will be converted to Kansas wind-generated electricity.

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Wind/Energy

LM Wind Power to close Little Rock wind blade plant

Production to consolidate in North Dakota facility as industry moves toward bigger blades.

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Pressure Vessels

U.S. wind power added 9.1 GW in 2019

Total U.S. operating wind power capacity is now more than 105 GW, enough to power more than 32 million homes. 

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Wind/Energy

GWEC reports more than 60 GW new wind energy capacity in 2019

According to the Global Wind Energy Council’s recently released market report, 2019 was the second-largest year for wind power growth, up 19% over 2018.

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Developing new solutions to multimaterial joining

Several recent IACMI partner projects focus on technology innovation related to challenges in multimaterial joining for the wind and automotive sectors.

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Aerospace

Composites industry response to the coronavirus pandemic, Part 1

A compilation of CompositesWorld’s coverage of how the pandemic has affected the composites industry, through March 31, 2020.

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Cyanate Ester

Gurit features core materials, adhesives, resins, molds for wind, aerospace

Gurit is featuring its offerings and expertise for wind energy, composite tooling and lightweighting applications such as aerospace, rail, healthcare and marine. ​​​​​​

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Pressure Vessels

Eastman Machine's customers shift gears to fight pandemic

Customers using cutting tables to fabricate composite parts and structures are turning to Eastman to retrofit for processing medical-grade fabrics.

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Kennametal Composite Material Tooling Solutions
NewStar Adhesives - Nautical Adhesives
Coatings for Carbon Fiber from Keyland Polymer
re-engineered the ORPC foil and strut
sustainable carbon fiber composites​
Thermwood Corp.
Lightweight carrier veils for Aerospace
industrial CNC routers
re-engineered the ORPC foil and strut