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Report Summary

  • 26

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    45% of other websites

  • 92

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 79% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 76

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    35% of websites

hexcel.com

Hexcel | Composite Materials and Structures

Page Load Speed

1.4 sec in total

First Response

162 ms

Resources Loaded

990 ms

Page Rendered

210 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Hexcel.com page load time and found that the first response time was 162 ms and then it took 1.2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 25% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

hexcel.com performance score

26

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

23/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value11.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.0 s

46/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,510 ms

4/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.001

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value9.1 s

33/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

hexcel.com

162 ms

controls.css

118 ms

page-layouts-21.css

73 ms

rca.css

68 ms

search.css

142 ms

Our browser made a total of 79 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 78% of them (62 requests) were addressed to the original Hexcel.com, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Wd-edge.sharethis.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (484 ms) belongs to the original domain Hexcel.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 701.7 kB (57%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

539.5 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Hexcel.com main page is 1.2 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 478.7 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 32.5 kB

  • Original 43.5 kB
  • After minification 38.1 kB
  • After compression 11.0 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 5.4 kB, which is 12% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 32.5 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 30.4 kB

  • Original 384.8 kB
  • After minification 354.4 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Hexcel images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-73%

Potential reduce by 348.4 kB

  • Original 478.7 kB
  • After minification 443.3 kB
  • After compression 130.3 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 348.4 kB or 73% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-87%

Potential reduce by 290.4 kB

  • Original 334.1 kB
  • After minification 236.3 kB
  • After compression 43.7 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Hexcel.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 290.4 kB or 87% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 37 (49%)

Requests Now

75

After Optimization

38

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 75 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Hexcel. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 8 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

hexcel.com

hexcel.com

162 ms

controls.css

controls.css

118 ms

page-layouts-21.css

page-layouts-21.css

73 ms

rca.css

rca.css

68 ms

search.css

search.css

142 ms

corev4.css

corev4.css

238 ms

M7Style.css

M7Style.css

80 ms

M7Map.css

M7Map.css

105 ms

HexcelStyle.css

HexcelStyle.css

136 ms

html5media.min.js

html5media.min.js

119 ms

jquery-1.4.2.min.js

jquery-1.4.2.min.js

195 ms

jquery.cycle.min.js

jquery.cycle.min.js

147 ms

hexcel.js

hexcel.js

147 ms

hexcelTopNav.js

hexcelTopNav.js

169 ms

buttons.js

buttons.js

7 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

154 ms

blank.debug.js

blank.debug.js

157 ms

init.debug.js

init.debug.js

103 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

31 ms

ga.js

ga.js

114 ms

bg.jpg

bg.jpg

111 ms

fgimg.png

fgimg.png

109 ms

hexcellogowhite.gif

hexcellogowhite.gif

107 ms

gosearch15.png

gosearch15.png

108 ms

home-banner-aero.jpg

home-banner-aero.jpg

462 ms

home-banner-wind.jpg

home-banner-wind.jpg

112 ms

home-banner-ind.jpg

home-banner-ind.jpg

211 ms

Img_HM63.jpg

Img_HM63.jpg

484 ms

home-wind-img.jpg

home-wind-img.jpg

114 ms

home-ind-img.jpg

home-ind-img.jpg

138 ms

Rss2.png

Rss2.png

138 ms

locations-map.gif

locations-map.gif

146 ms

twitter-bird-callout.png

twitter-bird-callout.png

165 ms

facebook.png

facebook.png

166 ms

linkedin.png

linkedin.png

175 ms

stock.htm

stock.htm

190 ms

socialmedia.htm

socialmedia.htm

193 ms

drop-sides.gif

drop-sides.gif

203 ms

header-bg.jpg

header-bg.jpg

217 ms

nav-products.png

nav-products.png

207 ms

tnav_top.png

tnav_top.png

215 ms

nav-dividers.gif

nav-dividers.gif

217 ms

nav-innovation.png

nav-innovation.png

237 ms

nav-resources.png

nav-resources.png

240 ms

nav-news.png

nav-news.png

249 ms

nav-investor_relations.png

nav-investor_relations.png

250 ms

nav-company.png

nav-company.png

269 ms

bgximg.png

bgximg.png

271 ms

home-vert-aerospace.gif

home-vert-aerospace.gif

288 ms

home-aero-bg.png

home-aero-bg.png

287 ms

bullet-red-lg.gif

bullet-red-lg.gif

302 ms

bullet-red-sm.gif

bullet-red-sm.gif

304 ms

home-vert-wind_energy.gif

home-vert-wind_energy.gif

319 ms

home-wind-bg.png

home-wind-bg.png

319 ms

bullet-green-lg.gif

bullet-green-lg.gif

339 ms

bullet-green-sm.gif

bullet-green-sm.gif

337 ms

getAllAppDefault.esi

getAllAppDefault.esi

34 ms

home-vert-industries.gif

home-vert-industries.gif

277 ms

home-ind-bg.png

home-ind-bg.png

278 ms

bullet-blue-lg.gif

bullet-blue-lg.gif

298 ms

bullet-blue-sm.gif

bullet-blue-sm.gif

292 ms

bullet-arrows.gif

bullet-arrows.gif

306 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

26 ms

home-btn-contacts.gif

home-btn-contacts.gif

287 ms

home-btn-distributors.gif

home-btn-distributors.gif

299 ms

getSegment.php

getSegment.php

11 ms

checkOAuth.esi

checkOAuth.esi

5 ms

drop-bottom.jpg

drop-bottom.jpg

297 ms

t.dhj

t.dhj

9 ms

t.dhj

t.dhj

11 ms

cm

cm

24 ms

26 ms

s-3271.xgi

s-3271.xgi

15 ms

hbpix

hbpix

51 ms

7 ms

pixel

pixel

17 ms

xrefid.xgi

xrefid.xgi

5 ms

pixel

pixel

14 ms

2981

2981

18 ms

Accessibility Review

hexcel.com accessibility score

92

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA input fields do not have accessible names

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Best Practices

hexcel.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

hexcel.com SEO score

76

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Hexcel.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Hexcel.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

hexcel.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Hexcel. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: