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Hexcel invests in carbon fibre recycling
The company announces that it has made a strategic investment in Carbon Conversions Incorporated (CCI). The investment creates a partnership between Hexcel - a specialist in
manufacturing advanced composites and carbon fibre - and
CCI - a recognized company in carbon fibre recycling and
repurposing.
CCI reclaims carbon fibre from dry, wet, and cured structures and
incorporates reclaimed carbon fibres in advanced materials that are
used to make new, high-performance components. Working collaboratively, Hexcel and CCI will further advance aerospace and industrial applications for reclaimed carbon fibre, enabling the widespread commercial adoption of high-performance, recycled carbon
fibre reinforced products and extending their lifecycle.
The investment continues to add to the Hexcel portfolio of
next-generation, advanced composite technologies that result in
improved material performance and light weighting for aerospace
and industrial applications.
www.hexcel.com

£10m boost for Composites Manufacturing in the UK
The National Composites the people required to deliver
Centre (NCC) will benefit from those innovations.
a £10m Engineering and Physical Partnerships with four of the
Sciences Research Council High Value Manufacturing
(EPSRC) investment an- Catapult centres and 20 internanounced by Universities and tionally leading Universities, will
position the FCM Hub in an inScience Minister Jo Johnson.
The funding given to the ternational network for composUniversities of Nottingham and ites manufacturing research.
Bristol to anchor cutting-edge The FCM Hub is one of six new
composites manufacturing re- £10 million research hubs that
search in the UK is for the Future will explore and improve new
Composites Manufacturing Hub manufacturing
techniques
(FCM Hub). The aim is to devel- across fields such as targeted bioop the next generation of com- logical medicines, 3D printing
posites technologies and train and composites.
www.nccuk.com

Opening

Hexion to build new technology, R&D center in Germany
The company announced plans to build a European technology
center in Kamp-Lintfort, Germany, to consolidate activities from
several research and development facilities located in nearby
Duisburg.
The new facility will house research and development activities including the Transportation Research and Application Center
(TRAC), which develops technology solutions to enable growth of
composites for the automotive industry. The facility will also increase
Hexion's process technology research and improve formulation development capabilities for coatings, civil engineering, aerospace
composites and electrical casting applications. This new facility will
complement Hexion's high-tech lab dedicated to wind energy applications in Esslingen Germany, which is housed within a high-capacity specialty epoxy resin blending facility. The company plans to complete the project in mid-2018.
www.hexion.com

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