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CST is honored to have received the 2024 ENDEAVOUR AWARD for PROJECT OF THE YEAR!

Our TOWPREG MASTS, featured on around half the boats competing at the Paris Olympics, have been recognized by industry leaders at the 2024 Endeavour Awards.

The Endeavour Awards highlights the dedication and hard work of those shaping the future of Australian manufacturing. It’s incredible to see our efforts recognized among such a talented group of professionals. We are proud to contribute to Australian manufacturing being showcased on the global stage. A huge thank you to everyone who made this possible, and to the distinguished panel of judges, including experts from CSIRO and other industry leaders, for their evaluation and support. We’re proud to be pushing boundaries and setting new standards in the industry, and this recognition fuels our passion for what’s ahead.

From Manufacturers Monthly:

“Congratulations to CST Composites for receiving the ‘Project of the Year’ 2024 award at the Endeavour Awards! The work on Towpreg Masts for the Olympics has taken sovereign Australian manufacturing to the global stage. Truly well-deserved!”

We are proud to announce that our US business has really ramped up production and is now delivering at a rate of 1,000 tanks per annum.

Next step 1,500 tanks per annum!

Congratulations to Mike Olson and his team in Utah – check out more at https://cstoptimum.com/.

This article was published in Composites Australia Online Magazine in July. It provides further exposure for CST’s Towpreg and its unique benefits. You can click here to read the full article.

We are very proud to announce that CST masts will be used on around half the boats competing in the upcoming Paris Olympics.

Our masts will be used on the ILCA6, ILCA7, 49er and 49erFX classes.

This has been the culmination of developing our own Towpregs (see separate News item on this) and the hard work of our Australian production team.

The consistency in the quality of our masts, resulting from the finest Towpregs produced on our unique closed loop system, will mean that no competitor gets an unfair advantage.

Over the past three years CST’s R&D team have been developing its own towpreg manufacturing capability at our Kurnell and Ingleburn facilities. Not only has CST spent years in their resin lab determining the best resin formulations for each type of fibre, but has also designed and built machines for towpreg manufacture incorporating unique resin impregnation techniques and closed loop feedback and controls.

CST believe it now has the highest quality and most consistent carbon fibre, fibreglass and aramid towpregs on the market.

We are currently using our towpregs to make superior composite spars and tubes in a clean room environment, however we are on track to ramp up production to be able to sell towpreg as a product in itself.

Stay tuned…

CST manufacture innovative carbon fibre solutions locally and export all over the world.

Here are a couple of shots from last months shipments to Europe.