Luke Vardy joined Cygnet Texkimp as a design engineer in 2007 and became Chief Technical Officer in 2014 before taking overall leadership of the business in 2017. As company CEO, he has played a pivotal role in growing Cygnet Texkimp’s offering to the international composites market with a portfolio of full-life-cycle technologies built around sound fibre handling techniques, including creels, prepreg, coating, slitting, and filament winding.
He pioneered the company’s thriving programme of R&D, creating award-winning innovation, driving new concepts, and increasing technology speeds and capabilities to support the industry’s future ambitions, including its light-weighting and low-carbon objectives.