22.07.2026
Morson Praxis and ICOMAT have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration around advanced composites design, manufacturing and the adoption of ICOMAT’s proprietary Rapid Tow Shearing technology.
The announcement has been made during Farnborough International Airshow, where both organisations are engaging with customers and partners across aerospace, defence and advanced engineering markets.
The collaboration will focus on how Morson Praxis’ engineering design experience and customer relationships can be combined with ICOMAT’s advanced composites manufacturing capability to help customers explore lighter, more efficient and more manufacturable composite structures.
The two organisations intend to work together to build practical familiarity with Rapid Tow Shearing, identify suitable applications, and shape selected opportunities where combined design and manufacturing capability could create value for customers in complex engineering sectors.
Rapid Tow Shearing is ICOMAT’s proprietary automated composites manufacturing technology. It enables fibre-steered composite structures to be designed and manufactured with material placed more closely in line with structural load paths, supporting more efficient structural performance and improved manufacturability.
Evangelos Zympeloudis, CEO of ICOMAT, said:
“Rapid Tow Shearing creates the greatest value when it is considered early in the design process. Working with Morson Praxis gives us an opportunity to bring ICOMAT’s advanced composites manufacturing capability into those early engineering conversations and help customers explore new routes to lighter, more efficient and more scalable composite structures.”
Chris Burke, CEO of Morson Praxis, said:
“ICOMAT’s Rapid Tow Shearing technology offers an exciting opportunity to explore new approaches to composite design and manufacture. Through this MoU, we look forward to developing our understanding of the technology and identifying where our combined expertise can support customers with practical engineering solutions.”
Becky Veal, Aerospace Director at Morson Praxis added:
“Morson Praxis engineers have always been at the cutting edge of technology, to keep that edge we must always strive to be working with the best. iComat’s revolutionary RTS technology is an amazing advancement in composite manufacturing, and we are excited to have the opportunity to work with them to make sure our engineers continue to lead the way.
“We are proud to collaborate with an innovative British business with world leading technology. We believe strongly that developing sovereign capabilities, RTS not only unlocks the potential of the composite material, but also the ability to produce at scale. This will is essential for the UK to face the manufacturing challenges of the coming years, and we look forward to providing a pathway to the technology.”
The MoU provides a framework for collaboration, with specific programme opportunities to be developed and contracted separately where both parties agree there is a strong technical and commercial case to proceed.
