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Manufacturers and suppliers of engineering broadgoods such as fabrics, woven rovings, chopped strand mats, and others.

A&P Technology
By slitting its standard braids, A&P produces braided fabrics. Bimax is a standard braid; Trimax has axial (0 degree) fibers. See the home page for company and ordering info.

Albany International Techniweave
Produces a wide range of woven fabrics and other form from just about any material. Prototype to production runs. Site concentrates on specialty weaving, with little information about standard broadgoods.

Albarrie Canada
Woven basalt fabrics, aramid fabrics, welding curtains, and other high temperature materials. General product descriptions; property tables for some materials.

ALPHA Associates
Suppliers of industrial fabrics and laminates. Most are used for applications such as insulation, but there are some materials suitable for reinforcements and consumables.

Arisawa
Arisawa manufactures fabrics in a variety of styles from just about any fiber. The large GIF gives a better description of their capabilities than does the text. Japan.

Armtex
Glass woven rovings and fabrics. This page under construction with no info. Contact information on home page.

Axson
Glass, carbon, aramid, and hybrid fabrics. Datasheet section under construction. Contact via e-mail.

Baltek
Laminate bulkers (flexible, thin cores) for polyester composites. BaltekMat and Firet CoreMat. Tables of basic material properties.

BGF
Glass, carbon, and aramid fabrics. Site has tables of styles available in each material, plus pictures of many of the weaves.

Brunswick Technologies
Woven broadgoods in a variety of configurations, including triaxial, quadraxial, and 45 degree bias. Product listings show materials and fabric weights.

Carbon Composites
Carbon, aramid, Syntex, and hybrid fabrics; carbon and Syntex tow. Specs, pictures, and prices online. Ordering info on the sales desk. Slow site.

China-American Technology Corp
Plain woven fabrics made from PAN fibers. It's not clear if these are precursor fibers or carbon made from PAN. Little info online; contact by phone or online request form.

CollinsCraft Composites
Unique knitted, bonded, and unidirectional fabrics. Mostly glass, but also some aramids. Tables of specs and detailed descriptions of products and applications.

Daniels Fibers
Buys and sells surplus materials, including fabrics, knits, woven unis, woven rovings and mats. Materials include carbon, glass, aramids and hybrids. Site lists available materials with basic specs.

Eurocarbon
Manufacturer of braided and woven fiber reinforcements for composite applications. Unidirectional and woven tapes in carbon, glass, aramid, Dyneema, and hybrid materials. Enlarge the top frame for links to a list of products and physical specs.

Fabric Development Inc.
Woven, unidirectional, and hybrid fabrics. Carbon, glass, and aramid. Table of standard styles; custom weaves also available. Surplus fabrics may also be available.

Fiber Concepts Inc. (FCI)
Woven fabrics, plus preforms and braids. Brief overview of company capabilities and contact info (e-mail, phone). Graphics are broken, but the links work.

Fiber Glass Industries (FGI)
Woven rovings, fabrics, mats, and specialty broadgoods made from SGI's own fibers. Tables give standard styles and dimensions.

Fibrelay Nonwovens
Manufacturer of needlepunched nonwovens textiles and composites. Most products are built to customer specs.

Glass Incorporated International
Manufacturer of glass fibers, woven rovings, and chopped strand mats. Product overview only. Other glass and ceramic products, too.

Gougeon Brothers (West System)
Full line of materials for use with West System epoxies. Broadgoods include Episize fabrics and tapes in both uni- and bi-directional forms. Carbon and glass.

Hankuk Fiber
Woven fabrics and chopped strand mats made from Hankuk glass fibers. Product listings with basic specs.

Heatcon
Heatcon specializes in repair systems and materials needed for repair. Graphite and glass cloths available. Materials meet Boeing specs.

Hexcel
Woven, unidirectional, and hybrid fabrics. Carbon, glass, aramids, and Spectra. All links lead to an order form for the Fabrics Handbook.

J.M. Leary Associates
Producer of textiles and fabrics. Very general descriptions; little detail. Look under woven textiles for high performance fabrics. Online order form doesn't work.

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