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    • Sustainable composite wheelchair seat designed for disabled people in developing countries
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    • UK consortium leads project to develop the next generation of hydrogen storage tanks for HGV and buses
    • Cygnet Texkimp becomes National Composites Centre SME Affiliate Scheme Member
    • Dowty Propellers harness digital capabilities of NCC next generation, sustainable composite propeller blades
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    • West of England digital research project makes gains in sustainable manufacturing - Delivering the Digital Now Report
    • Composite Leadership Forum releases Net Zero report for the UK
    • Gravitilab NCC design new composite structures for suborbital launch vehicles
    • Demonstrating the future of composite space tank technology
    • National Composites Centre and Arcola Energy publish report on UK supply chain opportunities in hydrogen heavy duty vehicles
    • Chemistry, Composites and Sustainability: Announcing an exciting partnership between the Royal Society of Chemistry and the National Composites Centre
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    • New Large Scale Resin Infusion Capabilities at the NCC
    • Largest ever UK Government R&D investment will make UK composites world leader
    • Project makes light of industrial problems
    • Sit Ski Wins Manufacturing Technology Award 2018
    • Bristol collaboration shortlisted for prestigious US prize
    • NCC aids Coleg Gwent to launch first introduction to composites course in Wales
    • NCC welcomes Richard Oldfield as new Chief Executive
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    • Williams Advanced Engineering joins NCC Membership
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    • London Underground researching aerospace technology for Tube train doors
    • GE joins National Composites Centre as Tier 1 Member
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    • NCC CEO elected as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
    • Toray Advanced Composites signs new R&D partnership agreement with the NCC
    • NCC launches SME Boost Programme
    • Carbon ThreeSixty invests in TFP technology after successful trial with the NCC
    • WECA invests £5m to kick-start revolution in digital engineering
    • The High Value Manufacturing Catapult and Made Smarter announce new Smart Factory Innovation Hub
    • Unlocking space innovation and growth in the West of England
    • NCC partner with Ford Motor Company on award winning project to lightweight Ford Transit van
    • National Composites Centre to play a role in UK/Australian collaboration to accelerate advanced materials integration
    • International Women's Day at the NCC
    • Carbon ThreeSixty join NCC as SME Affiliate Scheme member
    • National Composites Centre joins major academic-industry collaboration to tackle global challenges in sustainability
    • Ground-breaking NCC research proving recycled composites can be used in new industry applications
    • NCC partners with Mentor Digital to win ‘Best Custom Solution’ at the 2021 Umbraco Awards
    • Five new Members join NCC
    • NCC develops composite structural systems for fuel cell retrofits in buses
    • A decade of innovation-driven transformation: High Value Manufacturing Catapult Annual Review 2020-21
    • NCC's Core Research Programme 2021/22 aiming to solve industry's biggest advanced materials challenges
    • Four SMEs join NCC's SME Affiliate Scheme
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    • Engenuity join NCC’s SME Affiliate Membership scheme
    • University of Bristol and the National Composite Centre make key strategic appointments to enable net zero future
    • Reducing the environmental impact of composites in the manufacture of wind turbines
    • Smartia and NCC announce MAIO partnership agreement
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    • New digital design trial on a composite hydrogen pressure vessel five times faster
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    • Exploring our work-life balance: Women Like Me
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    • Servitisation: From products to profit
    • Composite rope offers natural alternative for marine industry
    • ‘Material Change’ campaign highlights critical role of composites in a net zero future
    • Advanced Engineering 2022
    • National Composites Centre launch new online Introduction to Sustainability course
    • Levelling-up boost for the UK space sector with new funding for growth
    • European project EoLO-HUBs will develop innovative technologies to recycle high value materials from wind turbine blades
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    • Three industry leaders join National Composites Centre
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    • Composites UK Launches Mould Tooling for FRP Good Practice Guide
    • Partnership approach sees Lucideon and the National Composites Centre deliver next generation ceramic composites solutions
    • TIP for net zero aviation South West
    • Space West - September Newsletter
    • Leonardo deepens relationship with High Value Manufacturing Catapult
    • Exploring workforce development: Enhancing skills with the National Composites Centre
    • Space West - October Newsletter
    • Joule Phase 2B
    • Unprecedented investment for Isambard AI
    • NCC Newsletter Issue 8
    • National Composites Centre hosts Sir Keir Starmer’s New Year Speech
    • New filament winding machine
    • Transforming Lignin into Sustainable Composite Materials as an Alternative to Fossil-Derived Materials
    • Sonichem launches project to transform the automotive industry with bio-based plastics
    • NCC Newsletter Issue 9
    • Recycled carbon fibre tanks
    • Space West - February Newsletter
    • £360M to boost British Manufacturing and research and development
    • CEAMS to turbo charge local economy
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    • Space West April Newsletter
    • Airbus eXtra Performance Wing
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    • Space Symposium Success – a week to remember for the South West Space Partnership
    • “Ground-breaking moment for science, innovation and technology” as UK’s most powerful supercomputer is officially online and debuts in global league
    • Enter the ceramic matrix
    • Space West - May Newsletter
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    • Freeport East welcomes HyZEM funding
    • Plymouth Science Park and NCC sign MOU
    • National Composites Centre and the Tank Storage Association call for action to meet hydrogen targets in new workforce foresighting report
    • Pushing the Limits - Advancements in Composite Materials for Space Exploration
    • Cryogenic Tank Case Study
    • Farnborough International Airshow 2024
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    • Space West - July Newsletter
    • Re-designing design for the future - part 1
    • Scottish Renewables joins SusWIND
    • Funding secured for UK’s first research carbon fibre line
    • Space West - September Newsletter 2024
    • CySpace Connected Capability Network Launches to Enhance Security and Resilience of the UK’s Space Domain Awareness Capability
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    • Space West - October 2024
    • ASCEND Wins ATI Team Award 24
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