On 1st July 2013, Red Composites opened the doors at its new manufacturing facility in Newport, Isle of Wight. At this site the company will commence manufacture of Towpreg, a pre-impregnated structural yarn of carbon or glass fibre. This product is employed for the winding of performance Composite tubular structures, cables and pressure vessels. The new facility also boasts comprehensive laboratories for the evaluation of composite materials by way of mechanical test and detailed chemical analysis.