Weekly Review · 2026 Week 45 · 11/02 — 11/08
REDSHIFT MANUFACTURING PULSE
This week: 15 Key Developmentss featured, highlighting: EU Imposes 39.8%–48.1% Anti-Dumping Duties on Chinese PET Spunbond for Five Years; Toray Develops Polyester-Nylon Composite Fibre with at Least 93% Recycled Content for Artirosa CX Fabric Collection; BTRA Signs MoU with MIDC to Build 120 TPA Indigenous Carbon Fibre Demonstration Plant in Amravati.
BTRA Signs MoU with MIDC to Build 120 TPA Indigenous Carbon Fibre Demonstration Plant in Amravati
BTRA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation to construct a 120 tonnes-per-annum carbon fibre technology demonstration plant at the PM MITRA Park in Amravati, Maharashtra.
Automotive Interiors & Composites
Indore Composite Opens €33 Million Pultrusion Facility in Gujarat to Serve Wind and Power Transmission
Indore Composite has opened a €33 million manufacturing facility in Halol, Gujarat, spanning 35 acres with a 300,000 sq. ft. first-phase building dedicated to carbon and glass fibre pultrusion. The site deploys AI-enabled manufacturing systems and a dedicated R&D Centre of Excellence, targeting growing demand from wind energy and power transmission industries while reducing India's reliance on imported composite solutions. The project is expected to create more than 600 jobs and support exports to international markets.
Grasim and Suzlon Partner to Develop Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades in India
Grasim Industries' Advanced Materials Division and Aditya Birla Renewables partnered with Suzlon Energy to develop, demonstrate, and scale recyclable wind turbine blades using Grasim's proprietary Recyclamine epoxy technology.
CompositesWorld11.04Solico 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).
Carbon Wasp Integrates Lineat Composites' Recycled Carbon Fibre into All Composite Parts
Carbon Wasp has incorporated recycled carbon fibre from Lineat Composites into all its composite parts, with recycled content reaching approximately 10% of total carbon fibre in its mountain bike frames.