Daher launches Shap'In Innovation Center near Nantes

Company plans to use the $8.4 million facility to develop composite aerostructures of the future.

Friday, December 10, 2021 at 06:38 PM ET

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The facility will allow Daher to consolidate its composite and aerospace technologies and minimize its environmental footprint. Credit: Daher

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Daher unveiled its $8.4 million Shap’In Innovation Center near Nantes, France, designed to consolidate its composite and aerospace technologies.
The facility aims to significantly advance Daher's position in the rapidly growing global composite market, focusing on advanced materials like thermoplastics to improve performance and sustainability.
Shap’In will create 160 jobs, with half dedicated to research and development in advanced composites, strengthening Daher's role in the low-carbon aviation sector.

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French aircraft manufacturer and industry and service equipment supplier Daher unveiled its new Shap’In Innovation Center.

The facility will allow Daher to consolidate its composite and aerospace technologies and minimize its environmental footprint. It will be built on Daher’s existing site at Saint-Aignan-de-Grandlieu in the Jules Verne industrial innovation cluster near Nantes, France.