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REDSHIFT MANUFACTURING PULSE
Issue #105November 2026Thursday
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Lead Story
Indore Composite Opens €33 Million Pultrusion Facility in Gujarat to Serve Wind and Power Transmission
The EU has introduced definitive anti-dumping duties of 39.8%–48.1% on Chinese PET spunbond imports for five years. EDANA welcomed the decision, stating it strengthens fair competition and protects European production. The measure directly affects nonwoven supply chains and material sourcing for European manufacturers.
Automotive Interiors & Composites
CompositesWorldSolico Engineering Uses Full-Structure FEA to Cut 12% Weight from ISO-Optimized Composite Hull
Solico Engineering applied full-structure FEA in FEMAP with Nastran to a 12.7-meter glass fiber/vinyl ester foam-cored hull already optimized to ISO 12215-5, achieving an additional 12% structural weight reduction (roughly 337 kilograms).