Epoxy

Hexcel’s HexMC®-i 2000 carbon fiber/epoxy molding compound has been used in a novel overmolding process to produce a hybrid structure combining Secar pullwound carbon fiber sections and Hexcel’s highly...

Boat builders are experimenting with material combinations in closed mold processing. Boat builders around the world seem to be closing the mold, so to speak, making a move from open to closed mold processing...

Composites made with bioresins and natural fibers have benefits beyond sustainability. Most people associate crops in farmers’ fields with food production. What they don’t realize is that those plants,...

Five innovative North American university R&D projects highlight composite materials as agents of change. Across the global composites industry, businesses are constantly searching for innovative ways to...

Researchers at Technische Universität Wien (TU-Wien) in Vienna, Austria, have developed a "special formula" that allows epoxy-based composites to cure underwater. The research group, headed up by Professor...

Last week, Portuguese graphene manufacturing company Graphenest and Sipre, a Portuguese kayak manufacturer, announced that they have produced what they believe to be the world's lightest surfski, which...