NCC | Composites and Engineering | National Composites Centre

About the NCC

The National Composites Centre (NCC) is an independent, open-access technology centre delivering world-class research and development of composites. As part of the UK’s Catapult Network, we offer our partners access to the latest technology, provide technical expertise and the business support they need to overcome barriers to innovation and accelerate their growth.

What we do

Aerospace

Defence & Space

Energy

Surface Transport

Construction & Infrastructure

Supporting SMEs across sectors

Latest news

News

Space West - September Newsletter 2024

30 Sep 2024

Welcome to the September edition of our Space West Newsletter. With each newsletter, we aim to share the most recent discoveries, advancements, and stories from the world of Space in the South West.
National Composites Centre’s early careers engineers help power Paralympic Champion

27 Sep 2024

Early career engineers at the National Composites Centre (NCC) are thrilled to have helped power Paralympic Champion Emma Wiggs MBE to gold at the Paris 2024 games by developing an optimised seat for her boat.
CySpace Connected Capability Network Launches to Enhance Security and Resilience of the UK’s Space Domain Awareness Capability

24 Sep 2024

Today marks the launch of the third Satellite Applications Catapult-funded Connected Capability Network (CCN) which aims to unite communities across the UK, enabling them to harness the benefits of satellite data and space technology.

The CySpace CCN, led by Space West Cluster, will advance the reach and impact of satellite data and space technology across the UK.
Funding secured for UK’s first research carbon fibre line

03 Sep 2024

The National Composites Centre is delighted to announce that it has secured funding from the Department of Science Innovation and Technology’s Research and Innovation Organisations Infrastructure Fund to build precursor and carbonisation lines to enable innovation in carbon fibre production. Cygnet Texkimp (Northwich, UK) will design and build the research lines, utilising their world class expertise in carbon fibre production machinery.
Scottish Renewables joins SusWIND Steering Board

20 Aug 2024

NCC is delighted to announce that Scottish Renewables will be joining the SusWIND Steering Board. They will provide strategic guidance to a growing community of stakeholders in the composite industry and energy sector that work towards creating end-of-life value from past and current generations of turbine blades and embedding circularity principles at the heart of future generations of turbines. This includes driving transparency between OEMs and owner operators to enable educated procurement decisions that will reduce through-life environmental impact.

Events

Ardoe House Hotel, Aberdeen
Read more about Concrete Floating Substructures

Concrete Floating Substructures

08 Oct 2024

Kaloyana Kostava, Engineering Capability Lead will present on the use of FRP rebar for concrete floating substructures ideal for offshore wind. To book some time with our expert, send an email to [email protected]
ICC Wales, Newport
Read more about ATI Conference 2024

ATI Conference 2024

08 - 09 Oct 2024

Along with HVM Catapult colleagues, NCC aerospace experts will be available throughout the ATI Conference 2024 at ICC Wales to share more about our engineering capabilities and innovative solutions to meet your net zero aviation business needs.
Charleston, SC
Read more about Carbon Fiber 2024

Carbon Fiber 2024

08 - 10 Oct 2024

Kyle Pender, Advanced Research Engineer at the National Composites Centre, will be presenting "Lifecycle Assessment of Carbon Fibre Products and Strategies for Decarbonisation" at Carbon Fibre 2024 on Thursday 10th October, 14:00 EST.

View all

Training

Read more about Introduction to Design for Composites

Introduction to Design for Composites

This course will give you an understanding of the requirements that are important to consider in the composites world, along with a series of tools and techniques that will enable you to create robust concept designs for every new project you undertake.
Read more about Introduction to Composite Materials

Introduction to Composite Materials

In this foundation level course we'll introduce you to the terminology, the materials, their properties & the production processes used in the composites industry.
Read more about Introduction to Manual Prepreg Techniques

Introduction to Manual Prepreg Techniques

During this course we'll give you the background knowledge you need to optimise your use of prepreg materials in order to achieve the best possible outcomes. We'll also teach you the techniques used by technicians and you'll have the opportunity to practice what you've learnt.