Hexcel and Vestas expand composite materials supply agreement for wind blades

Hexcel Corporation has expanded its existing supply agreement with Vestas Wind Systems to provide composite materials for new generation wind blades.

Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Hexcel will supply Vestas with prepreg (glass fiber-reinforced resin systems) manufactured at Hexcel plants in Neumarkt (Austria), Windsor (Colorado, USA) and Tianjin (China). Hexcel developed a new prepreg system specifically to meet the requirements for large thick structures such as wind blades.