# Web Industries expands Atlanta composites center with thermoplastic development facility

Web Industries has brought online an expanded Thermoplastic Composite Development and Qualification Center at its Atlanta Advanced Composites Center of Excellence, equipped with slitting, winding, and chopping machinery for thermoplastic carbon fiber prepreg materials.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-06-05
- Where: Atlanta, United States
- Starts operating: 5 Jun 2017
- Status: completed
- Products: thermoplastic carbon fiber prepreg materials, tapes, strips, fiber flakes
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Web Industries](https://endata.com/companies/24706.md)

## Sources

- [designworldonline.com](https://www.designworldonline.com/web-industries-expands-advanced-composites-development-center-focus-thermoplastics/), 2017-06-05: "Web Industries' investment in the new development and qualification center supports aerospace manufacturers with the means to make their thermoplastic composite concepts a reality."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2017/06/web-industries-targets-4th-quarter-launch-for-new-large-format-spooler/), 2017-06-23: "The LFS, currently under construction at Web Industries’ Ft. Wayne, Ind., plant, will occupy roughly 10,000 square foot of floor space."

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