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4<br />
COMPANY PROFILE<br />
Hexcel Corporation is a leading advanced composites<br />
company. It develops, manufactures and markets<br />
lightweight, high-performance structural materials,<br />
including carbon fibers, reinforcements, prepregs,<br />
honeycomb, matrix systems, adhesives and composite<br />
structures, used in commercial aerospace, space<br />
and defense and industrial applications such as<br />
wind turbines.<br />
As <strong>the</strong> most vertically integrated supplier in <strong>the</strong> industry,<br />
Hexcel is better able to control <strong>the</strong> cost, quality and<br />
delivery of its products. Vertical integration also means<br />
that we can offer enhanced design flexibility and support<br />
to our customers worldwide.<br />
Hexcel’s research and technology function supports our<br />
businesses worldwide with a highly developed expertise<br />
in materials science, textiles, process engineering, and<br />
polymer chemistry.<br />
Hexcel manufactures a wide range of reinforcements<br />
for <strong>the</strong> manufacture of structural composites used<br />
in aerospace, military, transportation and industrial<br />
applications. Reinforcements in <strong>the</strong> form of fabrics<br />
or non-wovens are made using a variety of high<br />
performance fibers, including glass, carbon, aramids, and<br />
specialty reinforcements.