ILA Berlin 2026: Hexcel to Showcase Lightweight Composite Solutions for Aerospace & Defense.

• ILA Berlin Exhibit: Hexcel will showcase its advanced Aerospace & Defense composite portfolio from June 10-14 at the BDLI booth.

• High-Rate Manufacturing: The showcase features the FACC UP-Wing Demonstrator and new HexPly® M51 rapid-curing prepregs, designed to drastically reduce production cycles.

• Next-Gen Tech: Exhibits include innovative Towpregs for electric motors and thermoplastic solutions developed with Arkema for future aerospace applications

The FACC part is a major component that demonstrates how Hexcel is shaping the history of composites and the company's evolution alongside its customers. It is a collaboration that highlights the central role of composites in today's aerospace and defense industries, using cutting-edge techniques that provide solutions adapted to current constraints.

The company will also highlight its new HexPly® M51 rapid-curing prepreg, designed for hot-in/hot-out press molding to significantly reduce production cycles for primary structures, alongside its innovative hot-melt Towpreg range, which optimizes filament winding for high-performance electric motors and pressure vessels. Completing the displays are Hexcel's HexPly® PEKK/IM7 thermoplastic solutions, developed in partnership with Arkema, featuring structural profiles and Omega stringers that demonstrate the industrial readiness of continuous manufacturing processes for next-generation aerospace applications.

About Hexcel
Hexcel Corporation is a global leader in advanced lightweight composites technology. We provide innovative, high-performance material solutions that are lighter, stronger, and tougher, shaping a world that moves farther, smarter, and more efficiently. Our broad and unrivaled product range includes carbon fiber, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, resins, engineered core, and composite structures for use in commercial aerospace, defense and space, and industrial applications.