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Brazilian Startup Develops Towpreg Technology to Support Lightweight Hydrogen Storage

Updated on July 10, 2026 • 5 min read A Brazilian startup is advancing domestic production of towpreg, a carbon fiber reinforcement material widely used in composite pressure vessels, aiming to strengthen the country’s supply chain for hydrogen storage and other high-performance composite applications. Based in São José dos Campos, the company has developed a […]

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Recycled Carbon Fiber Enters Structural Pultrusion as Epsilon and Nova Carbon Scale Circular Manufacturing

Published: March 2026Estimated reading time: 4 minutes From Scrap to Structural Component In composite manufacturing, recycling has often been discussed—but rarely implemented at a structural level. That gap is beginning to close. Epsilon Composite and Nova Carbon have jointly developed pultruded carbon fiber machine beams containing more than 30% recycled carbon fibers (rCF), sourced directly

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Automated Fiber Placement as a Closed-Loop Manufacturing System: From Lifecycle Architecture to Physics-Integrated Process Control

Author: [Bruce Zhou]Affiliation: [Jota Machinery Composites Material Prepreg Solution]Corresponding Author: [jotamachinery@gmail.com]Published : March 25 , 2026 Abstract Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) has evolved from a specialized composite layup technology into a cornerstone of modern aerospace manufacturing. While early developments focused on robotic deposition capabilities and geometric flexibility, recent advances reveal that AFP performance is governed

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