Happy Holidays from Specialty Materials!

We wish you a warm and festive season, and we look forward to working with you in 2024.

Hy-Bor^® NIAR Database Development Progress with TORAYCA® T1100, Toray Resin Systems

Building on the partnership with Toray Advanced Composites announced in October 2022, development of Hy-Bor databases at NIAR has made significant progress. The database now includes Hy-Bor prepregs with 4-mil boron fiber, TORAYCA® T1100 carbon fiber, and multiple Toray resin systems (TC350, TC380, RS-3C, TC420, RS-8HT, and RS-51).

The databases continue to be examined for emerging defense markets seeking advanced composite technologies to maximize compression property performance and decrease structure weight.

Strong Growth from Boron Fiber Multifunctionality Webinar

In September we hosted the webinar Unleashing Innovation: Boron Fiber for Multifunctional Composites with CompositesWorld.

The deck is available to anyone, so you may reply to this email for a copy of the presentation. During this webinar, Garrett Bernard (Director, Business Development) discusses the many use cases for boron fiber in aerospace, sporting goods, space, and the emerging fusion industries.

BAUER Launches New Stick with Boron Fiber

Building on the success of the AG5NT hockey stick, Bauer recently launched their newest custom offering featuring boron fiber from Specialty Materials called the Proto-R. This latest-generation stick weighing just 345 grams.

New Equipment Online from M2I2 Grant

Specialty Materials has put an M2I2 grant award from MassTech into service. This grant has now been used to bring new equipment online to strengthen our manufacturing, technical support, and expert services capabilities. The funding enabled growth with an expanded boron fiber prepreg line, new autoclave capabilities, and a significant number of other advancements which have come fully online in 2023.