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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.

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