News for June 2008

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MFG Galileo completes US radome installation

MFG Galileo Composites has completed its installation of four 48 ft composite radomes at the US Air Force’s Cape Canaveral, Kwajalein, Diego Garcia, and Ascension Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF ground stations.

Composite materials in subsea structures Composite materials in subsea structures

Scott Bader is supplying gel-coats and polyester resin to Sörkomp of Norway for the production of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) subsea structures.

METYX Composites and Alcan sign distribution agreement

Reinforcements supplier METYX Composites has become an exclusive distributor of Alcan Airex core materials in Turkey. METYX also plans to invest in a core material conversion facility at its new factory being built in 2009.

Spirit wins A350 XWB fuselage contract Spirit wins A350 XWB fuselage contract

Spirit Aerosystems Inc has signed a contract with Airbus to design and produce the Section 15 centre fuselage frame section for the new A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body) long-range passenger aircraft.