SHD Composites Joins Slovenian Defence Cluster and upgrades to Make UK Defence Level 3 Membership
SHD, a Cambium company, is proud to announce two significant milestones:
Our formal membership in the Slovenian Defence Cluster (SDK)
Our upgrade to Level 3 membership within Make UK Defence
These partnerships reinforce SHD’s commitment to delivering next‑generation, dual‑use composite materials for defence, aerospace, and advanced industrial applications across the globe.
Slovenia Defence Cluster (SDK)
The membership was commenced by a visit to GIZ-GOIS in Ljubljana, and by the team attending the Slovenian-Spanish Defence Industry day. Joining the Slovenian Defence Cluster strengthens our ability to collaborate across Central Europe on innovative material solutions for critical defence applications.
Make UK Defence Level 3 membership
Our Make UK Defence Level 3 membership reflects our expanding role in the UK defence system, supporting supply chains and delivering high‑performance composite solutions at speed.
Dominic Hopwood, Business Development Manager - Aerospace and Defence at SHD Composite Materials, commented: “Joining the Slovenian Defence Cluster and advancing our Make UK Defence membership marks an exciting step in SHD’s growth. These affiliations expand our networks and further reinforce our capability to deliver advanced, dual‑use materials at speed to support customers across the Aerospace and Defence sectors.”
Driving Innovation for Dual‑Use and Defence Applications
SHD’s range of advanced composite materials, expanded by Cambium’s AI-driven molecular design capabilities, brings together advanced chemistry, materials science, biology and cutting‑edge manufacturing for new scalable dual-use solutions.
From high-performance tooling materials and toughened epoxy systems to advanced ablatives, fire-retardant solutions and machinable billets, SHD and Cambium enable the rapid development of new dual-use high temperature materials, thermal protection and laser eye protection. These solutions are designed be deployed across both defence and civilian high‑performance sectors together with SHD's rapid response manufacturing platform.
Rapid Turnaround Solutions for High‑Performance Programmes
Across our sites in the UK, Europe and the USA, SHD and Cambium continue to scale their ability to deliver rapid‑turnaround customer solutions, including:
ISO‑qualified prepregs, films and adhesives for a wide range of temperatures from the ocean floor to outer space
Bespoke materials development within a manufacturing base that is rapidly scalable
Agile manufacturing to accelerate customer development cycles from tooling to final product delivery
Strengthening Our Global Commitment
Our 200+ global team proudly supports hundreds of customers across aerospace, defence, energy, motorsport, marine and other world‑leading industries.
As SHD continues its expansion, these partnerships will help accelerate the deployment of the next generation of high‑performance composite technologies for demanding applications worldwide.
