Canada Goose Strengthens Executive Team With Senior Vice President Of Merchandising, Judit Bankus

TORONTO — January 28, 2025 — Canada Goose has announced Judit Bankus as senior vice president of Merchandising. Judit will play a key role in shaping the brand’s product roadmap through a lens of sustainability and innovation, to support the company’s long-term growth.

Judit Bankus

Reporting to Carrie Baker, president, Brand & Commercial, Judit will oversee the development and execution of global merchandising and pricing strategies, guiding the expansion across both existing and emerging product categories. She will collaborate closely with Creative Director Haider Ackermann to bring his creative vision to life, fueling continued commercial success.

“With a skillful balance of the art and science behind merchandising success, a strong entrepreneurial drive, and wealth of luxury experience, Judit is the perfect fit to lead this important function during this next phase of growth,” Baker said. “Judit’s appointment marks a significant part of strengthening our focus on ensuring our expanding offering continues to excite and engage people around the world.”

Judit brings nearly 20 years of experience in international luxury fashion, most recently as chief merchandising officer at Stella McCartney, overseeing all product categories. Prior to that, she spent eight years at Burberry, contributing to global initiatives and serving as Global Merchandising director under the leadership of Christopher Bailey and Riccardo Tisci. Judit also played a pivotal role in the founding of the Karl Lagerfeld brand.

“I have long admired Canada Goose and thrilled to join at such an exciting time of growth and momentum,” said Bankus. “With so much opportunity ahead, I look forward to working closely with our teams to deliver meaningful products for our consumers and push the brand forward in bold, new ways.”

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: Canada Goose

Americhem Expands Research And Development Capabilities With New Laboratory Facility In Silvassa, India

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — January 27, 2025 — Americhem Inc. has announced the opening of a new research and development center in Silvassa, India. This new facility, located at Olive Industrial Park, will enhance Americhem’s ability to provide faster and more localized service to customers throughout India and Southeast Asia. The 4000-square-foot center will offer specialized testing services for masterbatch color development, particularly for melt spinning and textile manufacturing customers. Additionally, it will provide field and technical services to support customer-specific requirements.

S. Mani, managing director for India and Southeast Asia. Photo – Business Wire

The new laboratory aims to help Americhem expand into new markets and areas of business by offering enhanced capabilities for custom color matching and faster response times. This will attract new customers and industries that prioritize speed and efficiency in their supply chain.

S. Mani, managing director for India and Southeast Asia, emphasized the company’s long-term commitment to the region. “This investment demonstrates Americhem’s dedication to fostering innovation, expanding capabilities, and supporting customers as they grow alongside these dynamic markets,” Mani said.

Toshan Simaiya, Americhem’s Operations director for India, highlighted the benefits of the new center, noting that it will allow the company to be closer to customers, provide nimble support, faster color development, and enable real-time communication and approvals. The center will be led by Sandeep Bhamare, head of R&D – Fibers for Americhem’s India, who will ensure smooth collaboration between Americhem’s Pune site and the new facility. Krunal Bodne, head of Sales and Marketing Textiles/Fibers, emphasized the benefits for customers, stating that they are welcome to the lab to get the match done on the same day, enabling speed to market.

The research and development center began operations in late 2024 and is strategically situated just 5 km from Bhilad Highway NH-48, with future access to the Mumbai-Delhi Expressway.

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: Americhem

Trimco Acquires US-Based Nexgen Packaging To Further Expand Its Global Reach

HERNING, Denmark — January 28, 2025 — Trimco Group, a global supplier of brand identity products for international fashion and sports brands, has acquired Nexgen Packaging, which supplies brand identity and packaging solutions to a portfolio of specialty retailer, apparel, and footwear brands globally.

The transaction is Trimco’s third acquisition since Brookfield took over the company in 2022. It has also acquired Wah Lung in Canada and Zabin in the US in 2023. All of the three acquisitions are in North America and together significantly enhanced Trimco’s presence in the region. Nexgen Packaging has a capable and experienced management team with long proven track record and will continue to manage the business going forward under its current CEO Jim Welch.

The combined operation will have an extensive global footprint in 27 countries covering Asia, North and Central America, Europe, and Africa. The acquisition will allow the two companies to integrate their global sales and manufacturing network, extend Trimco Group’s ProductDNA® platform (ESG and label compliance data management solutions) to more US brands, and offer elevated solutions to global customers.

Trimco Chairman and Brookfield Private Equity Managing Partner Alex Yang said: “Under Brookfield’s ownership and utilizing its operational expertise, Trimco has demonstrated how a pan-Asian business can become a truly global player. Our revenues are now split evenly among US, Europe and Asia. In addition to closing three value-accretive bolt-on acquisitions, we have also undertaken significant work with Trimco’s management team to optimize the business process and infrastructure, which positions Trimco better for further growth and expansion.”

“This is a unique opportunity for Trimco to accelerate our growth in the U.S. market. We are very excited to join forces with the Nexgen teams to amplify our growth strategy and bring our world-leading IT solutions and sustainability product offerings to more brands” said Amy Wan, CEO of Trimco Group.

“We are very excited that Nexgen Packaging is now part of Trimco Group. Nexgen and Trimco share very similar strategies and are largely complementary to one another. We recognize that customers in the retail, apparel and footwear industries will benefit from this combination.” said Jim Welch, CEO of Nexgen Packaging.

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: Trimco Group

Circ Launches Fiber Club, Leveraging The Power Of Collaboration To Drive Adoption Of Recycled Materials

DANVILLE, Va. — January 28, 2025 — Circ®, a U.S.-based textile-to-textile recycling innovator, announced the launch of Fiber Club, in partnership with sustainable innovation platform, Fashion for Good, and forest conservation non-profit, Canopy. Fiber Club is a collaborative initiative that enables brands to validate and adopt recycled materials through a structured four-phase process that spans sampling, pilot collections, and crucial long-term off-take commitments.

The inaugural fiber for Fiber Club is Circ’s staple lyocell fiber, with plans to incorporate more Circ materials in the future. Often, piloting a new fiber into existing supply chains requires certain minimum volumes and investment and it can be costly and complex. Fiber Club aims to overcome these challenges by providing brands with a platform to engage in testing and adoption simultaneously, streamlining the suppliers engaged, and reducing minimum order quantities by combining brand volumes — all resulting in reduced costs.

With Fiber Club, Circ is setting a new standard for sustainability in fashion, building the first-ever roadmap for scaling circular materials. This pioneering initiative will advance Next Gen material adoption by simplifying supply chain integration, establishing bulk pricing frameworks, and facilitating brands’ access to Next Gen materials to make large-scale adoption more accessible and affordable.

Designed to drive seamless integration into commercial-scale production and foster lasting partnerships, the inaugural organizations within Fiber Club include supply chain partners Birla Cellulose, Foshan Chicley, and Arvind, and brand partners Bestseller, Eileen Fisher, Everlane, and Zalando. Of the three supply chain partners doing pilot development for these brands, Birla Cellulose will produce lyocell staple fiber from Circ’s pulp made from polycotton textile waste, and Arvind and Foshan Chicley will produce textile fabrications. Collaboration with these value chain partners on pilot quantities is essential to getting material off the ground. The brands will then nominate a garment manufacturer to take the innovative fabric through to products available to purchase.

Unlike one-off initiatives, Fiber Club is a forward-thinking program committed to long-term impact. The Fiber Club concept, via Circ, Fashion for Good, and Canopy, may be utilized by other innovative Next Gen material producers to scale their products as well — Circ is just the beginning. With Circ’s Lyocell staple fiber being the inaugural focus, together we are marking the first step towards revolutionizing the availability of scalable, sustainable textile solutions.

Peter Majeranowski, CEO of Circ

“Fiber Club represents the future of textile recycling and circularity,” said Peter Majeranowski, CEO of Circ. “By collaborating with brands and streamlining supply chain integration, we’re making it easier than ever to adopt recycled and Next Gen materials at scale—starting with our Circ Lyocell.”

“For BESTSELLER to effectively meet our material goals, we need to work toward establishing continuous access to these new resources,” said Alexander Granberg, Materials manager – Recycling & Innovation at BESTSELLER. “That means we must be pragmatic, embracing cross-industry collaboration to drive these ambitions and ultimately achieve impactful change.”

“At EILEEN FISHER, we’re thrilled to join Fiber Club, a powerful initiative driving collaboration and innovation to transform the fashion industry and increase the rate of adoption of preferred innovative materials — especially those that help tackle the textile waste crisis,” said Inka Apter, director of Material Sustainability & Integrity at Eileen Fisher. “By addressing key challenges like supplier engagement, competitive pricing, and fiber availability, Fiber Club accelerates the adoption of groundbreaking materials like Circ’s staple lyocell. This plug-and-play solution integrates seamlessly into trusted supply chains, making it easier for brands like ours to embrace sustainable innovations. Fiber Club exemplifies the strength of collective action in tackling the textile waste crisis and scaling the use of preferred, innovative materials. EILEEN FISHER is proud to support these efforts.”

“At Everlane, we are committed to leaving the fashion industry cleaner than we found it,” said Katina Boutis, director of Sustainability at Everlane. “We understand that this is not something we can do alone, and so we’re dedicated to working collaboratively across the value chain to scale innovative next-gen materials like Circ Lyocell. We are so excited to be part of Fiber Club, a novel pre-competitive approach that will leverage our collective power in pursuit of a more circular industry.”

“As a long-standing partner of Fashion for Good and an investor in Circ, Zalando is proud to join this transformative initiative,” added Pascal Brun, vice president, Sustainability and D&I. “We view the Fiber Club not only as vital to scale up next generation materials for our own brands, but also to tackle the systemic challenges that we face at an industry level, that are key to unlocking scale and enabling a more circular future for fashion.”

Posted: January 28, 2025

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bluesign® Driving Strategic Transformation Toward A Safer And More Sustainable Fashion Industry

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — January 28, 2025 — With news headlines like “Fast Fashion is Made with Alarmingly High Amounts of ToxicChemicals” (Business Insider) the textile industry continues to be under intense scrutiny as revelations about the widespread use of hazardous chemicals highlight significant risks to human health and the environment. Recently released reports expose alarmingly high levels of toxic substances such as PFAS, phthalates, lead, and cadmium in clothing — ranging from children’s garments to activewear, raising urgent concerns about consumer safety and environmental impact.

Celebrating its  25th year in progressing the clean chemical movement across fashion, bluesign®, a key brand within SGS’s sustainability portfolio, has been an industry leader in chemical management, environmental management and resource optimization for the textile industry. Leveraging SGS’s global network and proven leadership in sustainability and digital trust, bluesign combines scientific excellence with innovative and actionable solutions to address the textile industry’s most pressing challenges.

Addressing Today’s Challenges with bluesign Solutions

With more than 800 partners globally from household name brands to manufacturers and chemical makers, the bluesign SYSTEM focuses on clean chemistry, clean manufacturing, and clean products to ensure worker safety, consumer safety, and reduced adverse environmental impact.

A key component of the system is its proactive approach to chemical change management. By working directly with chemical suppliers, textile manufacturers, brands, and retailers, bluesign sets stringent criteria to eliminate carcinogenic, mutagenic, and toxic-for-reproduction (CMR) substances, while providing more sustainable alternatives. This not only ensures the safety of workers exposed to these chemicals during textile manufacturing but also enables brands to deliver textile materials and products that are safer for their consumers to enjoy.

Additionally, the bluesign SYSTEM minimizes resource consumption by optimizing water, energy, and chemical  usage, with tailored action plans to minimize this consumption, leading to a significant reduction in environmental impact.

By focusing on delivering measurable sustainability outcomes using a collective approach powered by decades of expertise, bluesign® reinforces its commitment to driving tangible progress in protecting human health, the environment, and natural resources.

A Call for Action

As consumer awareness of toxic chemicals in textiles grows, the demand for transparency and accountability in the industry has never been stronger. bluesign®, a trailblazer, stands as a beacon of trust, innovation, and responsibility, proving that safer and more sustainable textiles are not just possible—they are essential.

Daniel Rüfenacht, CEO of bluesign®, emphasizes the importance of proactive industry transformation:

“The textile industry stands at a critical crossroads. For 25 years, we have been setting and evolving rigorous standards by successfully empowering chemical suppliers, textile manufacturers, and brands to adopt safer, more sustainable practices. In collaborating with stakeholders across the value chain, we are shaping the future of textile production, proving that innovation and responsibility go hand in hand, and creating lasting value for people and the planet.”

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: bluesign®

Functional Fabric Fair Opens Registration For Portland Spring: New Focus Topic Theme Of ‘Certifications’ Unveiled For 2025

NORWALK, Conn. — January 28, 2025 — The spring edition of Functional Fabric Fair, powered by PERFORMANCE DAYS®, has opened registration for its upcoming show taking place April 14-16, 2025, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore. The expanded event will feature an enhanced focus on sustainability and certifications, beginning with the Day 0 Sustainability Workshop, followed by two days of exhibit hall and Expert Talks educational programming.

Functional Fabric Fair Spring 2025 programming includes:

This year’s focus topic, “Certifications: Which ones matter?” will address crucial industry developments including the EU Green Deal, upcoming Green Claims Directive, and Textile Exchange Material Matters unified standard. The program aims to facilitate dialogue around practical implementation of sustainability standards and certification processes in the textile industry.

The return of Day 0 Sustainability Workshop taking place on Monday, April 14, opening the day before the exhibit hall opens, and will bring together industry leaders and sustainability practitioners facilitated by Jill Dumain of Fractal CSOs for:

  • Pragmatic approaches to foundational topics;
  • Latest field developments and updates;
  • Real-world case studies;
  • Round table discussions; and
  • Interactive activities.

The Exhibit Hall will open Tuesday, April 15 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday, April 16 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. featuring more tha 300 sustainable-certified suppliers that will showcase functional fabrics, finishes, trims, accessories and the newest innovations for the 2026/2027 spring/summer seasons. In addition to the highly curated product and brand sourcing opportunities, the main exhibition will offer:

  • “Expert Talks” daily educational sessions;
  • Live demonstrations;
  • Networking lounges; and
  • Happy hours, events and more.

“Functional Fabric Fair is the most vetted sourcing destination for sustainable outdoor, lifestyle, performance and activewear textiles. As we explore our 2025 theme ‘Certifications: Which ones matter?’ we’re creating the definitive space where the future of performance fabrics is shaped — there is no other event in North America” that compares,” says Steve McCullough, Event Director of Functional Fabric Fair. “With new regulations in the United States and European Union reshaping our entire industry, attendees will have the unique opportunity to not only explore the latest cutting-edge and trend-forward materials and innovations, but also gain crucial insights into navigating the certification landscape in 2025 and beyond.”

The trade-only event is free for verified designers, product developers, purchasing agents, material managers and students in the outdoor, performance and lifestyle apparel sectors. The Day 0 Sustainability Workshop requires separate registration and has limited seating availability.

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: RX (Reed Exhibitions)

Sunlighten And Hologenix, Put Spotlight On Infrared Technology In New Activewear And Bedding Launch

LOS ANGELES — January 28, 2025 — Hologenix, the company behind CELLIANT® infrared materials, announces its second product launch with Sunlighten®, the global supplier of infrared saunas and portable light therapies. The brands are teaming up again to bring an innovative collection of activewear apparel and performance bedsheets infusing CELLIANT infrared technology into its fabric to support performance and recovery.

CELLIANT converts body heat into infrared energy, increasing local circulation and cellular oxygenation, which promotes faster recovery and improved overall well-being. This collaboration combines Sunlighten’s expertise in infrared wellness and Hologenix’s science-backed infrared (IR) textile innovations, resulting in products to improve people’s everyday lives.

The brands first worked together on the successful Sunlighten Sauna Linen Collection, with accessories that included bath towels, throw pillow covers, and cushion covers for infrared saunas. The latest collaboration ventures into the activewear and bedding categories.

“We are thrilled to continue growing our partnership with Sunlighten, a brand that shares our goal of bringing wellness innovation to the forefront,” said Seth Casden, co-founder and CEO of Hologenix. “This collaboration not only builds on the success of our first product launch of the Sauna Linen Collection, but also underscores how our infrared technology can be infused into a wide range of product categories to transform how we experience wellness.”

“Partnering with the Hologenix team has been a natural fit from the start as we share a mutual passion for creating groundbreaking infrared products for wellness enthusiasts,” said Aaron Zack, co-founder and CEO of Sunlighten. “The success of our first collaboration demonstrated how much consumers value products that seamlessly integrate wellness into their everyday routines. With this new collection, we’re taking that innovation a step further as we enter the bedding and activewear apparel categories, empowering people to feel better and live life to the fullest through the transformative power of infrared technology. Together, we will continue to expand in this area to meet our consumers’ needs.”

A Better Night’s Sleep With New Bedding Line

The new Infrared Performance Sheets (starting at $199) are designed to transform sleep environments into restorative wellness sanctuaries, using CELLIANT-infused fibers to regulate temperature, enhance sleep quality, and promote faster recovery. The bedsheets are soft, cool, perfectly weighted, and available in Queen or King size.

Infrared Activewear for Athletes

Saunas and sunshine aren’t the only sources of infrared heat—the human body emits it, too. By infusing Sunlighten fabrics with CELLIANT, this natural energy is harnessed. Tiny minerals from the earth blended into the fibers capture body heat, transforming it into full spectrum infrared that’s reflected back into skin.

The men’s collection includes the Men’s Tee, available in charcoal heather or black in sizes small through 3XLarge ($59), and Men’s Short, available in black or desert taupe in sizes small through 3XLarge ($69), which are made with advanced infrared fabric technology to optimize comfort, enhance local circulation, and improve endurance and recovery. The women’s collection features innovative pieces like the Women’s Sports Bra, available in black or desert taupe in sizes extra-small through 2XLarge ($69), Women’s Tank, available in charcoal heather and heather winter sky in sizes extra small through 2XLarge ($59), 28” Women’s Leggings, available in black or desert taupe in sizes extra small through 2XLarge ($109), and Women’s Short available in black or desert taupe in sizes extra-small through 2XLarge ($69), blending style and functionality to energize the body, improve local circulation, and support active lifestyles.

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: Hologenix, LLC

X-Rite Color Management Solutions Help Brands Incorporate Pantone Color Of The Year 2025 In Design To Production Workflows

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — January 28, 2025 — X-Rite Inc. announced the official spectral color value for Pantone Color of the Year 2025: PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse. This elegant and grounding brown tone is now available in PantoneLIVE™, a cloud-based digital color standard ecosystem. With X-Rite’s end-to-end color management solutions, brands and manufacturers can immediately incorporate Mocha Mousse into their digital workflows for accurate color specification, virtual prototyping, formulation, measurement, and quality control. This allows brands and manufacturers to meet consumer demand for high-quality, trend-forward products while streamlining their design to production workflows.

“PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse is a warm, inviting color that works across various materials, from soft fabrics, heavy-duty textiles, natural materials, and glossy plastics, making it ideal for a range of consumer products,” said Pieter Mulder, Global Strategic Account Manager, X-Rite. “With X-Rite’s advanced digital tools, brands can confidently integrate this trend-setting color into their creative and production processes, ensuring consistent and accurate color representation across every stage, from concept to finished product, while driving efficiency and sustainability in their workflows.”

X-Rite Brings Mocha Mousse to Life

PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse is a versatile hue, ideally suited for apparel, footwear, home décor, cosmetics, and more. With X-Rite’s comprehensive digital tools, brands and manufacturers can bring this color to life with exceptional precision and production efficiency.

Color Approval with Textile Color Hub

Traditional workflows for color approval often involve multiple rounds of physical sampling, leading to delays and material waste. Using X-Rite’s Textile Color Hub, brands can select a color from the PantoneLIVE library, such as Mocha Mousse, or measure a physical sample using a benchtop spectrophotometer, and load it into PantoneLIVE Private Library Manager to share with all stakeholders. Brands then create a Color Specification Document that includes the spectral data for the specified color, tolerances, and illuminant requirements. Using this digital data, suppliers can digitally formulate and submit the closest color match for approval, eliminating the subjectivity and back-and-forth of physical samples and improving time to market.

Create Virtual Prototypes and Digital Material Twins with PANTORA

X-Rite’s PANTORA desktop application enables manufacturers to create realistic digital material twins of Mocha Mousse, capturing not only its spectral data but also texture, weave, or sheen. By visualizing the color on different materials under multiple lighting conditions, designers and manufacturers can make informed decisions without the need for costly physical samples.

“Mocha Mousse stands out when paired with different textures, glosses and finishes,” continued Mulder. “X-Rite PANTORA allows brands to explore these possibilities digitally, faithfully representing these appearance characteristics in digital rendering in order to accelerate the design process and reduce waste.”

Advanced Measurement and Quality Control

X-Rite’s Ci7000 Series and MetaVue VS3200 spectrophotometers capture precise spectral data from physical samples, ensuring accurate color formulation and quality control for Mocha Mousse across various materials, from soft-touch weaves to durable canvases and coated plastics. These advanced tools enable brands to measure, maintain, and analyze production colors against the standards, ensuring color consistency across patterns, textures, performance fabrics, accessories, and other challenging-to-measure samples.

“Adapting to color trends has never been easier. With X-Rite color management solutions, we are helping brands enhance creativity and bring innovative designs to market faster and more sustainability,” said Mulder.

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: X-Rite, Inc.

Envalior Announces New Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS) Compounding Facility In Europe

DÜSSELDORF, Germany — January 28, 2025 — To better serve growing customer demand in Europe and the Americas, Envalior — a global supplier of sustainable and high-performance engineering materials — announces that it will invest in a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compounding facility in Europe.

Envalior launches a new PPS compounding facility in Germany. The facility supports a growing demand for Xytron™, the high-performance material known for its chemical resistance, heat stability and flame retardancy. Photo — Envalior.

Envalior’s PPS material Xytron™ combines a strong set of properties, including excellent chemical and hydrolysis resistance at elevated temperatures, extremely stable heat aging performance up to 240°C, very good and stable electrical properties at elevated temperatures, low moisture absorption with high dimensional stability, and inherent flame retardance that meets UL94 V0.

Since 2016, when Xytron entered the market, the PPS material has built a strong track record across OEMs and tier customers. The new facility will provide local supply and additional services to customers in Europe while also supporting the Americas with more diverse supply options.

“Xytron is now widely recognized as one of the most high-performance, innovative, and sustainable PPS brands in the market. We are observing increased demand for Xytron, particularly from customers in Europe and the Americas. Our strategy focuses on increased convenience and better service, including increased agility for new product development and technical support, enhanced sample availability, shorter lead times and improved security of supply,” said Angela Zheng, Global Business manager for Xytron at Envalior.

Xytron PPS production in Uerdingen, Germany, is expected to begin in the second half of 2025.

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: Envalior

Hexcel Highlights Latest Innovations For Aerospace Applications At Aero India 2025 

STAMFORD, Conn. — January 27, 2025 — Hexcel Corp. a global supplier of advanced composite technologies for aerospace applications, will exhibit at Aero India 2025, Bengaluru, India. As a trusted partner to the Indian aerospace industry for over 40 years, Hexcel will highlight its latest innovations in lightweight, high-performance materials designed to enhance efficiency and sustainability in aerospace applications.

Hexcel maintains a key position in the Indian aerospace composites value chain with mature composite materials, prepreg and honeycomb products being supplied to most Indian Civil, Military and Space programs for over 40 years. This includes Airbus C295 and H125 programs soon assembled in India. Hexcel continues to deploy a broad range of innovative composite solutions that are shaping the future of aviation, space, and defense. Recognizing the industry requirement to automate next generation aerospace structures, Hexcel technology can reduce cost and increase output with materials tailored for high-rate automated production.

HexTow® carbon fiber is preferred for the world’s most advanced aerospace composite applications. Hexcel is a key supplier for carbon fiber with a wide range of products including HexTow HM63, a continuous, high strength, high performance, high modulus, PAN based carbon fiber available in 12K.

Hexcel recently launched HexTow IM9 24K, providing a strong value proposition for manufacturers seeking to maximize efficiency in primary and secondary aerospace.

In response to customer demand for high-rate manufacturing, Hexcel also offers a portfolio of out-of-autoclave (OOA) technologies. HexPly® M51 is a rapid-curing prepreg developed for the high-rate production of structural composite parts using hot-in/hot-out press curing. HexPly M56 (OOA) prepreg for aircraft secondary structures provides the same quality and performance from a simple oven cure under vacuum. This avoids capital investment in autoclave equipment and on-going processing costs. Both systems are fully compatible with automated tape laying (ATL), automated fiber placement (AFP) and pick-and-place processes. Hexcel also provides RTM and infusion resins along with optimized reinforcements for the latest in Liquid Compression Molding (LCM) processes.

Hexcel HiTape® is a high-performance carbon reinforcement developed for the OOA processing of aerospace primary structures. HiTape combines the benefits of automated processing, the cost-effectiveness of infusion technologies and delivers primary aircraft structure performance. Made from HexTow carbon fiber, it allows dry preforms to be manufactured in a fully automated lay-up process creating parts up to 30mm thick, with properties as high as those found in parts made with the latest generation primary structure prepregs.

“Hexcel’s vertical integration strategy allows it to develop tailored composite technologies that will meet the cost, maintenance, and sustainability targets of next-generation aerospace manufacturers working on higher rate production for helicopter, UAV and Air Mobility applications. At Aero India 2025, Hexcel will present a diverse range of material systems, processing methods, and technologies that will play a pivotal role in shaping the next chapter of aerospace innovation,” said Harvinder Gill, Hexcel Sales director for Asia Pacific.

The Hexcel team will be available throughout the show at the GIFAS Pavillon, Hall B, Booth 2.3, with further sales and technical support also being available from the dedicated Composites India LLP office in Bengaluru.

Posted: January 28, 2025

Source: Hexcel Corporation

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