KVE Composites Group

KVE Composites is a design and build company for advanced composite structures, based in The Hague, Netherlands. It was founded in 1996 as Kok and Van Engelen Composite Structures BV and serves aerospace, defence and machine building customers. It is fully owned by Daher, which the site describes as an aircraft manufacturer and industry and service equipment supplier present in 13 countries.

Services

• Thermoplastic welding: assembly of thermoplastic composite structures by welding
• Development and manufacturing of radomes, rotor blades and special products
• Composite repair: in-shop repair of composite aircraft components and on-wing repair of composite structures
• Composite and metal bonded repairs, adhesive bonding and paint spray finishing
• Reverse engineering, tooling manufacturing, non-destructive testing and spray painting
• Composite training courses for technicians, engineers, quality staff and managers, at its own training center

Radomes and rotor blades

KVE makes radomes reinforced with glass, aramid, quartz or Dyneema fibres for use on land, at sea and in the air. Over the past 10 years it has also developed design, prototyping, certification and series manufacture of composite rotor blades for unmanned aerial vehicles and urban air mobility platforms, using a single-shot resin transfer moulding process with integrated balance weights. A special products team serves aircraft structures, mechatronic, medical and satellite customers.

Repair facility

KVE Composites Repair B.V. is based at Maastricht Aachen Airport. The site says the facility is an EASA Part 145 certified component repair station repairing items such as radomes, fairings, edge panels, floor panels and engine cowls.

Company facts

• Founded in 1996 by Winand Kok and Harm van Engelen
• AS9100 quality system; ITAR and EAR compliance for defence projects, as stated on its website
• Offices: The Hague and Maastricht, Netherlands