HITCO Carbon Composites is a provider of Aerostructures and Material solutions.

Our customers span across a variety of industries: aerospace, military and civil, thermal management, metal and chemical processing, and automotive.

HITCO is a global leader in the business of rocket nozzles, aerospace, and defense advanced composites fabrication business for military and civil aviation, and the pioneer and leader in carbon-carbon brakes for military, civil and high performance race cars.

We have more than a 60-year history in providing thermal managed solutions under the trademark Refrasil®, the world's standard in refractory silica insulation systems.

News & Events

July 11, 2012
HITCO Carbon Composites Executes Contract with Boeing Commercial Airplanes for 777 Empennage Rib Chords
Los Angeles, California, July 11, 2012. HITCO Carbon Composites, a subsidiary of SGL Group – The Carbon Company announced today that it was awarded a contract with Boeing Commercial Airplanes for 777 Empennage Rib Chords.
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July 9, 2012
HITCO Receives Excellence Award in Manufacturing Technology Achievement
Los Angeles, CA, July 9, 2012. HITCO Carbon Composites, a subsidiary of SGL
Group – The Carbon Company announced today that it received the 2011 Manufacturing
Technology Achievement Award from a composites industry leadership group “The
Composites Consortium” (TCC) for its work in processing leading edge advanced composite
materials. The award recognizes excellence in advanced manufacturing technology
for composite materials.
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May 21, 2012
HITCO Receives Excellence Award in Manufacturing Technology Achievement
Los Angeles, CA, July 9, 2012. HITCO Carbon Composites, a subsidiary of SGL
Group – The Carbon Company announced today that it received the 2011 Manufacturing
Technology Achievement Award from a composites industry leadership group “The
Composites Consortium” (TCC) for its work in processing leading edge advanced composite
materials. The award recognizes excellence in advanced manufacturing technology
for composite materials.
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November 29, 2011
HITCO Receives Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award
Los Angeles, 29 November 2011 - HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc, a subsidiary of SGL Group - The Carbon Company, announced that it is the recipient of the 2011 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award for its work on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program. The award was presented to a team of organizations by the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Panel under the direction of the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).
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November 11, 2011
SAMPE Announce Winner of George Lubin Award
SAMPE has announced Dr. Leslie Jay Cohen, Senior Vice President of New Business Development and Strategic Technology with HITCO Carbon Composites as the newest recipient of the SAMPE George Lubin Award.
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