Company news

12th May 2023

Hexcel Corporation has unveiled the completion of an expansion project at its engineered core operations facility in Morocco. The purpose of this expansion is to address the need for lightweight advanced composite materials within the aerospace sector. Situated in the Midparc Free Trade Zone in Casablanca, the plant has undergone significant growth.

26th Apr 2023

American firm Hexcel Corporation reported Q1 FY23 sales of $457.7 million, up 17.2 per cent YoY, driven by commercial aerospace sales, which grew by 30 per cent to reach $284.5 million. The company's adjusted operating income increased to $63 million or 13.8 per cent of sales, compared to $31.1 million, or 8 per cent of sales in Q1 FY22.

9th Dec 2021

US’ composites company, Hexcel, and Metyx are set to manufacture high-performance carbon pultruded profiles made from polyurethane (PU) resin and unidirectional carbon fibre for the wind energy market. Metyx is a manufacturer of high-performance NCF and woven glass and carbon, consumables, core, and fabric kitting, moulds, prototypes, and components.

20th Oct 2021

Hexcel Corporation recently hosted public officials, customers and local contractors at its manufacturing site in Utah as the company broke ground on a flagship Centre of Research & Technology (R&T) Excellence. The advanced composites company’s new centre of excellence will support next-generation developments in advanced composites technologies.

19th Oct 2021

Hexcel Corporation, a US-based leader in advanced composites technology, has reported a 16.3 per cent sales growth to $333.8 million in the third quarter (Q3) of FY21 ended on September 30, 2021, compared to the same period of previous fiscal. Operating income for the three-month period rose to $22.8 million over the loss of $37.6 million in Q3 FY20.

6th Oct 2021

Hexcel has collaborated with HP Composites, a leader in the production of carbon fibre components for automotive and motorsports, to develop carbon fibre Class A body panels for super cars. Hexcel’s automotive composites portfolio is the result of decades of industry experience and the creation of strategic partnerships to develop leading-edge...

27th Jul 2021

Rassini, a Mexican leader in composite vehicle suspension systems, has selected advanced composites leader, Hexcel's, HexPly M901 prepreg system, to speed up product development cycles. It provides an easy-to-process material solution that reduces overall time to market and enables effective early-stage design screening and cost-effective production.

30th Mar 2021

Leading advanced composites company, Hexcel, has become a part of the recently launched UK-based project called Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND) that will focus on developing high-rate manufacturing and processing technologies that will accelerate the development of new, lightweight advanced composite materials.

18th Feb 2021

Hexcel has developed HexPly XF surface technology that reduces shell manufacturing time within the wind blade surface finishing process. Addressing the limitations of current techniques, HexPly XF increases overall blade manufacturing efficiency by reducing time in the mold by up to two hours and banishing surface defects that require rework before...

15th Dec 2020

Advanced composites company, Hexcel, has announced that the scope of its long-term supplier contract with Safran has been expanded to include advanced composite materials for a broader range of commercial aerospace applications. Safran is an international group and tier-1 supplier of systems and equipment in the aerospace and defence markets.