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Hexcel Corporation

Hexcel develops and manufactures lightweight advanced composite materials for aerospace and other customers. ↗

HeadquartersStamford, CT ↗
Founded1946 ↗
FoundersRoger C. Steele and Roscoe T. Hughes ↗
Employees5.8k ↗
Revenue$1.9 billion (fiscal 2025) ↗
Department of War obligations$4 million in prime contracts since fiscal 2022 ↗
OwnershipStamford, CT ↗
SharesHXL ↗

Products

  • HexTow is Hexcel's continuous carbon fiber. ↗
  • HexPly is Hexcel's line of prepregs. ↗
  • HexWeb is Hexcel's line of honeycomb, including engineered core and Acousti-Cap sound attenuating honeycomb. ↗
  • HexForce is Hexcel's line of carbon, glass and aramid fiber reinforcements. ↗
  • HexBond is Hexcel's line of film, paste and foaming adhesives and primers. ↗
  • HexMC is Hexcel's molding composite. ↗
  • HexFlow is Hexcel's line of infusion resins. ↗
  • HexTool is Hexcel's tooling material. ↗

Customers

  • Airbus is a customer: Hexcel supplies carbon fiber prepregs for the primary structures of the A350 XWB, the largest contract in Hexcel's history when awarded. ↗
  • Hexcel is a principal supplier to Airbus's A380 program. ↗
  • Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 use Hexcel materials extensively. ↗

Deals since 2020

Oct 202422

Hexcel sells Neumarkt, Austria plant

Buyer: Undisclosed buyer

Hexcel's Austrian operations; the Neumarkt plant has produced composite materials for the global industrial market, including prepregs for wind energy.

components and materialsSource
UndisclosedClosed Sep 30, 2025
Dec 2023 

Hexcel sells Aerospace Composites Malaysia to Boeing

Buyer: Boeing

Malaysian joint venture that manufactures composite structures for Commercial Aerospace applications; Hexcel held 50%.

aerostructurescomponents and materialsSource
$45 millionClosed Dec 2023
Jan 202012

Woodward's deal for Hexcel is called off

Advanced composites: carbon fiber, specialty reinforcements, prepregs, honeycomb, resins, engineered core and composite structures.

aerostructurescomponents and materialsSource
UndisclosedCalled off

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