Hexcel Corporation, incorporated on March 2, 1983, is a composites company. The Company develops, manufactures, and markets lightweight, structural materials, including carbon fibers, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, adhesives, engineered honeycomb and structures, for use in Commercial Aerospace, Space and Defense and Industrial markets. The Company operates in two segments: Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The Composite Materials segment consists of its carbon fiber, specialty reinforcements, resins, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, and honeycomb core product lines. The Engineered Products segment consists of lightweight structures, molded components, engineered core and honeycomb products with added functionality. The Company's products are used in a range of end applications, such as commercial and military aircraft, space launch vehicles and satellites, wind turbine blades, automotive, recreational products and other industrial applications. The Company serves international markets through manufacturing facilities located in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Russia and Africa.
The Composite Materials segment manufactures and markets carbon fibers, fabrics and specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, structural adhesives, honeycomb, molding compounds, tooling materials, polyurethane systems and laminates that are incorporated into various applications, including military and commercial aircraft, wind turbine blades, recreational products, transport (cars, boats and trains) and other industrial applications. Its HexTow carbon fibers are manufactured for sale to third-party customers, as well as for its own use in manufacturing certain reinforcements and composite materials. Carbon fibers are also woven into carbon fabrics, used as reinforcement in conjunction with a resin matrix to produce pre-impregnated composite materials (referred to as prepregs). Carbon fiber is also used in filament winding to produce finished composite components. Its HexForce fabrics, multiaxials and specialty reinforcements are made from a range of fibers, including carbon, glass, aramid and other polymers, quartz, ceramic and other specialty fibers. These reinforcements are used in the production of prepregs and other matrix materials for third-party customers, as well as for its own use. They are also used in the manufacture of a range of industrial and recreational products, such as wind energy blades, automotive components, oil exploration and production equipment, boats, surfboards, skis and other sporting goods equipment.
The Company's HexPly prepregs are manufactured for sale to third-party customers and for internal use by its Engineered Products segment in manufacturing laminates and monolithic structures. Prepregs are used in primary and secondary structural aerospace applications, such as wing components, horizontal and vertical stabilizer components, fairings, radomes and engine fan blades and cases, and engine nacelles, as well as overhead storage bins and other interior components. They are also used in many of the industrial and recreational products. Prepregs are manufactured by combining reinforcement fabrics or unidirectional fibers with a resin matrix to form a material that, when cured, has structural properties not present in either of the constituent materials. Prepregs are applied through hand layup, automatic tape layup and fiber placement to produce finished components. Prepreg reinforcements include glass, carbon, aramid, quartz, ceramic and other specialty fibers. Resin matrices include bismaleimide, cyanate ester, epoxy, phenolic, polyimide and other specialty resins. Its Fiber reinforced matrix developments include HexMC, a form of quasi-isotropic carbon fiber prepreg that enables small to medium sized, complex-shaped, composite components to be mass produced. Its HexTool is a specialized form of HexMC for use in high temperature resistant composite tooling. Its HexFIT film infusion material is a product that combines resin films and dry fiber reinforcements to save lay-up time in production and enables the manufacture of large contoured composite structures, such as wind turbine blades.
The Company's HexFlow polymer matrix materials are sold in liquid and film form for use in direct process manufacturing of composite parts. Resins can be combined with fiber reinforcements in manufacturing processes, such as resin transfer molding (RTM), resin film infusion (RFI) or vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM) to produce composite components for both aerospace and industrial applications. The Company manufactures and markets a range of Redux film and paste adhesives. These structural adhesives, which bond metal to metal and composites and honeycomb structures, are used in the aerospace industry and for various industrial applications. Its HexWeb honeycomb is a cellular structure generally composed of a sheet of nested hexagonal cells. It can also be manufactured in over-expanded and asymmetric cell configurations to meet special design requirements, such as contours or complex curvatures. Honeycomb is primarily used as a lightweight core material and acts as an energy absorber. The Company also produces honeycomb from various metallic and non-metallic materials. Most metallic honeycomb is made from aluminum and is available in a selection of alloys, cell sizes and dimensions. Non-metallic materials used in the manufacture of honeycomb include fiberglass, carbon fiber, thermoplastics, non-flammable aramid papers, aramid fiber and other specialty materials.
The Company sells honeycomb as standard blocks and in slices cut from a block. Honeycomb is also used in Acousti-Cap, where a non-metallic, permeable cap material is embedded into honeycomb core that is used in aircraft engine nacelles to reduce noise during takeoff and landing without adding a structural weight penalty. Aerospace is the largest market for honeycomb products. In addition, the Company produces honeycomb for its Engineered Products segment for use in manufacturing finished parts for airframe Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
The Company's Engineered Products segment manufactures and markets composite structures and precision machined honeycomb parts primarily for use in the aerospace industry. Composite structures are manufactured from a range of composite and other materials, including prepregs, honeycomb, structural adhesives and advanced molding materials, using such manufacturing processes as autoclave processing, multi-axis numerically controlled machining, heat forming, compression molding and other composite manufacturing techniques.
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The company trades on NYSE exchange. The company headquarter is located in Stamford, Connecticut. The company was established in the 1946.| Ticker | HXL |
| Long Name | Hexcel Corporation |
| Short Name | Hexcel |