SHD Composites manufactures advanced composite tooling and component prepreg materials for a wide range of applications with sites in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Suitable for press, oven or autoclave curing, our prepreg resin systems can be supplied on a range of reinforcements depending on what your application requires. Working to an average of 2-weeks lead time, we supply high quality, high performance materials all over the world from our manufacturing sites in the UK, Europe and the USA.
We offer a wide range of tooling and component prepregs suitable for autoclave, press and oven curing. Using our product selector guide you can browse our products by process, type, resin system and market to find the right product for your needs.
SHD Composites is strategically positioned to be able to service the global composites market with our range of high-performance prepreg materials from multiple manufacturing bases.
Cambium is SHD's innovation accelerator. AI-driven molecular design advances SHD's materials, while the Cambium platform enables faster, scaled production and delivery. SHD brings two decades of formulation expertise and qualified production, giving Cambium's innovation engine a proven manufacturing and application base to build from.
Service, quality and innovation will always remain at the heart of SHD, with a relentless focus on maintaining short lead times and market leading customer support.
Our original site in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, is the Head Office and manufacturing base of SHD Composites. It is also the global centre for Research & Development and Technical Support. From our Sleaford manufacturing site, we have the capability of servicing all of our UK and Rest of World customers with our fabric and uni-directional prepreg machines.
To support strong growth in the European markets, SHD Composite Materials Europe d.o.o. opened its factory in Krško in early 2018 and expanded into a new 1500m² facility in 2022. SHD Europe offers a full range of high quality composite prepreg solutions with the renowned SHD levels of Service and Technical Support.
SHD Composite Materials Inc was incorporated in 2018 to service the America's composite industry. Our North American HQ is located in Mooresville, North Carolina, with a second manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. From our two factories we can ensure continuity and consistency of supply to our customers with our fabric and uni-directional machines.
Founded in 2019, Cambium is building the advanced materials base for those building the future. The next materials inflection point will be defined by whoever moves fastest, and the biggest obstacle to that speed is a legacy industrial base. Cambium's operating system, from discovery through qualified production, exists to solve that problem: faster to launch, faster to scale. Visit cambiumglobal.com to learn more.
We strive to ensure that you achieve the optimum results from our prepreg, whether that is through technical advice, guidance and testing, or through our toll impregnation service.
Certified to EN9100:2018 Aerospace Standard, quality is an integral part of our business principles. We are committed to continual improvement, providing the highest quality products and services to meet the needs of our customers.
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SHD Composite Materials Ltd is formed and starts trading in 2010 by Steve and Helen Doughty in Sleaford, UK
SHD expands manufacturing and storage capacity by moving into two 10,000 sqft buildings in 2015
SHD Holdings is formed in 2017, setting up a structure to expand SHD Group in the coming years
SHD Composite Materials Europe d.o.o. is set up in Krško, Slovenia and begins manufacturing in 2018
SHD Composite Materials Inc. is incorporated and begins manufacturing in a new factory in Mooresville, North Carolina in 2019
SHD Group reach a milestone of employing 100 staff across the three companies in 2022.
SHD Composite Materials Europe d.o.o. expands into new 1500m² factory, a short distance from the original site, in Krško, Slovenia in 2023
SHD Composite Materials Inc. begins manufacturing in additional factory in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2023
SHD Composite Materials Ltd has opened a new high-volume manufacturing facility on their UK campus in 2024 to ensure that SHD continues to remain flexible, reactive and supportive.
SHD Composites has been acquired by Cambium Biomaterials Inc. in 2025, establishing a strong foundation for future growth whilst continuing to do what SHD do best. Read more here.
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