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Hexcel Composites Limited

Hexcel | Composite Materials and Structures

Hexcel is a global leader in advanced composites technology, a leading producer of carbon fiber reinforcements and resin systems, and the world leader in honeycomb manufacturing for the commercial aerospace industry.

CRN
03069887
Founded
1995
Age
31

Overview

Legal name
HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITED
Region
East of England
Registered address
ICKLETON ROAD
DUXFORD
CAMBRIDGE
CB22 4QB
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

8 events
08 Feb
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

25 Jan
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

15 Nov
2024

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2024

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2024

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19 Jun
1995

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

8 awards
First funded
2007
Funded years
2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2025, 2026
Age at first award
11 years

Projects

2026 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation in Narrow cOmposites (CAMINO)

1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2029

Awarded
£3,091,647
Total cost £6,183,294

The CAMINO project aims to establish a pilot facility to develop narrow, unidirectional, carbon fibre prepreg materials to meet future high-rate production and cost needs, for primary structures components in civil, defence and mobility markets CAMINO is a composite technology development programme, focused on developing manufacturing and adjacent technol...

2025 Grant for R&D Lead participant

Hexcel - Process Optimisation and Waste Reduction for Reverse Roll Coating using Machine Learning Methods.

1 Jul 2025 to 31 Dec 2025

Awarded
£4,881
Total cost £24,406

The UK composites industry is valued at £2.3 billion, while the global thermoplastic composites market is projected to reach $47.5 billion by 2030\. As the surge for global demand of light weight composites and high-performance materials continues to grow, Hexcel's Duxford site is looking for new ways to become more competitive in that market. Duxford pro...

2021 BIS-Funded Programmes

Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND)

1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2023

Awarded
£427,566
Total cost £1,034,268

ASCEND is an industry led, cross-sector consortium brought together by GKN Aerospace, focussed on developing & accelerating UK composites capability to meet the requirement of single aisle, business jets & future mobility markets. ASCEND will develop the UK value chain in readiness for a step-change in use of lightweight structures, at high-rates. ASCEND ...

2020 BIS-Funded Programmes

COMMET TRAIL: Composite-Metallic Transmission Lightening

1 Oct 2020 to 31 Mar 2022

Awarded
£15,301
Total cost £30,602

The development of a robust, highly-loaded composite-metallic joint for Aerospace Engines. Utilising new, high-temperature composite material developments and underpinned by cure modelling, the technology delivers optimised components.

2017 BIS-Funded Programmes Lead participant

MAXIM (Multi AXial Infusion Materials)

1 Jun 2017 to 31 Dec 2022

Awarded
£3,764,000
Total cost £7,528,000

Development of CFRP materials using a resin infusion approach, aimed at large scale composite primary structures such as wing covers, spars and stringers ultimately for the production of a full composite wing. Optimisation of materials and processes to deliver a cost competitive composite solution for such structures

2015 Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Anglia Ruskin University and Hexcel Composties Limited

1 Jul 2015 to 31 Dec 2017

Awarded
Unknown

To audit and map existing supply chain processes. To develop an integration plan and implement/champion the process changes (embed into the buisness process). To roll out a 'Best practise Dashboard' and establish a Collaborative Centre of Excellence.

2014 BIS-Funded Programmes

PROTEction of STructures from Lightning Strike (PROTEST)

1 Apr 2014 to 31 Dec 2018

Awarded
£66,304
Total cost £132,608

The PROTEST project is a collaboration between EADS Innovation Works, Airbus, Hexcel, Cardiff University and the National Composites Centre. The increase in the use of composite materials within the aerospace industry has raised concerns over the impact of lightning strikes on these structures. The aerospace industry has been developing its understanding ...

2007 Collaborative R&D

Airpower

1 Jun 2007 to 30 Nov 2010

Awarded
£50,000
Total cost £100,281

No abstract available.

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D Grant for R&D Knowledge Transfer Partnership Legacy Department of Trade & Industry