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Applied Composites Acquires San Diego Composites

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

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Applied Composites Acquires San Diego Composites

Orion spacecraft launch abort system fillet produced by San Diego Composites. Photo: San Diego Composites

Applied Composites on Tuesday said it has acquired another composite manufacturer, San Diego Composites (SDC), in a deal that expands its manufacturing capacity and enables it to provide customers with more integrated solutions.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SDC produces large composite structures and has more than 60 employees.“The addition of SDC to our composites platform adds significant engineering talent and unique capabilities in the design and production of large composite structures,” Bill Boisture, chairman of Applied Composites and…

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