Industry Digest

Keep up to date with the latest news of interest to the composites industry

Sustainable Composites Used to Manufacture Wheelchair Seat Pan Concept

Motivation is a global disability charity that provides wheelchairs, training, and services to disabled people in low- and middle-income countries. More than 75 million people worldwide need a wheelchair, and...

Lockheed Martin and GM Extending Lunar Exploration with Autonomous Moon Rovers

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are working together to develop lunar rovers to allow Artemis astronauts to explore the 95% of the Moon’s surface that has as of yet been unseen. The rovers will be...

GE Developing Controls to Support 12 MW Offshore Wind Turbines

Partnering with Glosten, a design and consulting firm in the marine industry, and PelaStar, developer of the tension-leg platform floating wind turbine foundation, GE is designing and developing controls to...

Electric Scooter 3D Printed of Continuous Carbon Fiber Thermoplastic Composite

Using Arevo’s continuous industrial grade thermoplastic carbon fiber composite materials, Branch Creative designed the Scotsman electric scooter with both urban commuters and recreational riders in mind....

Continuous Composites 3D Printed Power Generator Components for Siemens Energy

The use of Continuous Composites’ proprietary Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) process allowed Siemens energy to replace a metallic generator component with a component built of composite materials. In...

BETA Technologies Approved to Fly Composite ALIA Aircraft

The ALIA composite manned electric aircraft from BETA Technologies has been approved by the U.S. Air Force to fly in its Agility Prime program. AFWERX Agility Prime is a non-traditional program bringing...