Sport & textiles
Strength-to-weight and toughness where performance is felt directly
Sport is where composites are most visible — bikes, rackets, boards and hulls chasing the highest stiffness and strength per gram — alongside the technical textiles that protect and perform. Here the difference a material makes is something you can feel in your hands.
Rigid gear
Bike frames, rackets, skis and hulls — carbon and glass laminates, laid up or resin-infused.
Protective gear
Helmets, pads and armour — aramid and glass over energy-absorbing foam.
Technical textiles
Woven and knitted high-performance fibres for strength, cut- and abrasion-resistance.
Tuned, not just strong
A carbon bike frame or a pair of skis is engineered with fibre angles to be stiff where you want stiffness and compliant where you want feel — the same classical laminate theory that flies aircraft, tuned instead for ride and handling. The layup is the design.
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