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Traditional composite materials constituted by long fiber oriented along one direction presents optimum stiffness and strength material properties, when the stress main direction is parallel to the fiber. However, these conventional constructions of composite laminates present poor out of plane mechanical properties and require several manufacturing steps, resulting in high production costs. A solution to these problems come from the application of tridimensional textile technologies to composite preforms manufacturing. This technology includes braiding, 3D weaving, weft knitting, multilayer sewing 4/5D and stitching as preforms joining technique. These technologies allow the production of near-net complex fiber preforms, achieving significant reductions of labor and manufacturing costs.