Kevlar: Aircraft industry integrates composites used for aircraft fairings, spoilers, and flight controls

US Defense F15-A uses about 5% of composite material

Our Founder established Heat and Control, Inc. to fulfill aerospace products out of the comfort his home garage.

• Airbus begins carbon fiber fin box assemblies for the A300/310
• MD-87 comprises of 5% of composite materials

• Heatcon builds the first composite repair system for Boeing assembles
• Heat and Control, Inc. changes name to well known company Heatcon, Inc.

HEATCON Composite Systems becomes a subsidiary of Heatcon, Inc.

• AV-8B Harrier – 25% made of composite materials
• Increased use of composites in secondary structures

Heatcon produces and hits milestone of delivering #500 hot bonder

• MD-87 – Almost 10% made of composites
• Carbon fiber fin box assembles utilizes composites (A310)

Opens global footprint: HEATCON Composite Systems Europe (Ltd.)

• B-2 mainly made out of a carbon-graphite

HEATCON starts manufacturing heat blankets to meet the need of the composite repair process

• Boeing 777 – first all-composite empennage on a commercial jet
• F-22 uses about 24% of composites

Heatcon becomes a Distributor for 3M, Hexcel materials

Heatcon creates first Portable Autoclave designed for wing or blade applications

• Boeing 787 Dreamliner – 50% of its structure made up of composites
• F-35 uses 35% of composites

To elevate the curing compression rate, the Double Vacuum Debulking Chamber (DVDC) was created

• Boeing 777-8X and 777-9X models – composite wings and composite components in GE9X engines
• Airbus A350 – 53% of composites

For large area repair, Heatcon creates the Network Controller to control multiple hot bonders form a single location

Heatcon continues to develop innovation solutions such as the RepairClave, DVDC, Helicopter Bladeclamp and Network Controller

• Industry continues to increase the need for complex and large area composite repairs

Heatcon develops touchscreen technology on the single zone hot bonder and creates a unit to expand thermocouple inputs, HCS9320E & HCS9340E

• Other industries, such as automotive,  continue to explore composite materials in their product line