Hexcel
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| Traded as | NYSE: HXL Russell 1000 Component |
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| Industry | Commercial aerospace, apace and defense and industrial |
| Founded | 1948 (1948) |
| Founders | Roger C. Steele & Roscoe T. Hughes |
| Headquarters | Stamford, Connecticut , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nick L. Stanage (Chairman, CEO, and President) |
| Products | Composite materials |
| Revenue | $1,973,300 [1] |
Operating income | $350,600 |
Net income | $284K |
| Total equity | $1,495,100[1] |
Number of employees | 6.26K |
| Website | hexcel.com |
Hexcel Corporation is an American public industrial materials company, based in Stamford, Connecticut. The company develops and manufactures structural materials including carbon fiber, specialty reinforcements, resins, honeycomb, adhesives, engineered honeycomb composite structures, and prepregs (and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials). Hexcel was formed from the combination of California Reinforced Plastics (founded 1946), Ciba Composites (acquired 1995) and Hercules Composites Products Division (acquired 1995). The company sells its products in commercial, military and recreational markets for use in commercial and military aircraft, space launch vehicles and satellites, wind turbine blades, sports equipment and automotive products. Hexcel works with Airbus Group, The Boeing Company, and others.[2] Since 1980, the firm has publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HXL.[3]
Contents
1 History
1.1 1948–1970s
1.2 1980s–2000
1.3 2000–2018
2 Acquisitions
3 References
History
1948–1970s
Hexcel, originally named the California Reinforced Plastics Company, was founded in 1948 by a group of engineers from the University of California at Berkeley. The company's first contract was for the research and development of honeycomb materials for use in radar domes on military aircraft.[citation needed] In 1954, the company changed its name to Hexcel Products, Inc. The name was derived from the hexagonal cell-shaped honeycomb materials manufactured by the company.[4]
In the 1960s, Hexcel sold aluminum honeycomb and pre-impregnated fiberglass to Hubert A. Zemke and Dave McCoy for use in building skis.[5]
Hexcel expanded from military and commercial aviation to the United States space program. The landing pads on the lunar module Apollo 11 that carried men to the moon in 1969 were built from Hexcel honeycomb materials.[6][7][8]
In 1970, Hexcel licensed the ski from McCoy. A few years later, Hexcel decided to focus on its core aerospace business and sold the ski enterprise to Hanson Boots.[9]
1980s–2000
In the 1980s, Hexcel purchased Stevens-Genin S.A., a French company that manufactured glass-fiber and woven industrial materials.[10][11]
In 1981, it provided materials for the nose, doors and wings of the space shuttle Columbia.[12][13] In 1986, Hexcel made most of the material used in the fuselage and wings of the aircraft Voyager – the first aircraft to make a nonstop, around-the-world trip on a single tank of fuel.[14]
2000–2018
In 2017, Hexcel was selected by Airbus to supply the composite materials for the H160 helicopter's fuselage structures and rotor blades.[15] Hexcel acquired the aerospace and defense business of Oxford Performance Materials, a manufacturer of carbon fiber-reinforced 3D printed parts for commercial aerospace and space and defense applications.[16]
In March 2018, Hexcel opened its manufacturing facility at the MidParc Free Trade Zone in Casablanca, Morocco.[17] The facility oversees the transformation of lightweight honeycomb materials into engineered core parts for aircraft structures, engine nacelles and helicopter blades. Hexcel also signed a strategic alliance with Arkema in Colombes, France, to combine work in carbon fiber and PEKK.[18] The alliance will result in a joint research and development laboratory in France. The companies aim to develop carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic tapes to produce lightweight parts for aircraft.[19]
The same year, Hexcel opened a carbon fibre plant at the Les Roches-Roussillon Chemicals Industry Platform in Isère, France. The location is based at the Osiris Chemicals Industry Platform.[20] Hexcel's composite materials were used as part of a new boat design used in the Tour de France à la voile.[21]
Hexcel opened an integrated factory in Salaise-sur-Sanne near Lyon, manufacturing since July 2018 polyacrylonitrile (PAN), the carbon fiber precursor, the second after its Decatur, Alabama plant.
In December, 2018, Hexcel announced the hiring of Colleen Pritchett as President - Aerospace, in America.[22]
Acquisitions
- 1996 – Ciba Composites[23]
- 1996 – Hercules Composites Products Division[24]
- 1997 – Fiberite satellite prepreg business[25]
- 2017 – Oxford Performance Materials Aerospace & Defense Business[26]
- 2017 – Structil SA[27]
References
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^ Francis, Scott. "Hexcel celebrates Casablanca facility grand opening". www.compositesworld.com. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
^ Francis, Scott. "Hexcel and Arkema partner to develop aerospace thermoplastic composites". www.compositesworld.com. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
^ Francis, Scott. "Hexcel and Arkema partner to develop aerospace thermoplastic composites". www.compositesworld.com. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
^ "Hexcel opens new carbon fibre production line". www.insidecomposites.com. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
^ Black, Sara. "Flexible cure prepreg finds use in marine and wind". www.compositesworld.com. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
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