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Hexcel Composites Ltd • Duxford, Cambridge CB22 4QD, United Kingdom • Telephone +44 (0)1223 833141

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DUXFORD, U.K (24 March 2015) - Hexcel has been honored by Business Weekly with its Engineering Excellence award, part of the publication's annual business awards program. The award was presented during a dinner attended by about 250 business leaders and held at Queens' College Cambridge on March 17.

Hexcel was recognized for its technology that has contributed significantly to the development of the A350 XWB program for Airbus, and for its technology leadership in the region.



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Hexcel Corporation is a leading advanced composites company. It develops, manufactures and markets lightweight, high-performance structural materials, including carbon fibers, reinforcements, prepregs, honeycomb, matrix systems, adhesives and composite structures, used in commercial aerospace, space and defense and industrial applications.

Hexcel Media Contact:
Rachel Owen
Director, Marketing Communications
+44 (0)1223 838370
rachel.owen@hexcel.com

24 March 2015

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