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JEC COMPOSITES Show highlights
The annual gathering in Paris reflects the industry’s confidence that the market’s global growth will continue.
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Flying high on composite wings
FRP wings, fuselages and other primary and secondary structures on GA prop, turboprop and jet aircraft help lift this market to unprecedented heights.
Read MoreSAMPE 2008 preview
Back at its home base in Long Beach, the 53rd Symposium and Exhibition puts the emphasis on world-changing M&P innovation.
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Strong aerospace, defense sectors to fuel more M&A
In 2006, I used this column to discuss how the strong growth in the advanced materials and composites industry, coupled with the fragmented nature of the sector, were fueling consolidation activity through mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Read MoreYour chance to be heard
About this time each year, we in the magazine publishing business start thinking seriously about the next year. We think about the topics we might cover, the types of articles we might approach differently, technologies that we’ve not visited in a while and emerging technologies we’ve not visited at all, as well as
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Formula 1 team accelerates design-to-track speed
Race car builder automates manual chassis design phase with unique FEA-to-CAD utility.
Read MoreNew metal coating to optimize composite tooling
Near the end of its development cycle, this nanostructured metal overlay promises to extend the working life and improve the cost-effectiveness of carbon/epoxy tooling.
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Spread tow key to new hockey stick design
Nike Bauer Hockey, a producer of ice hockey equipment since 1927, recently used carbon-fiber reinforcement in its redesigned goaltending stick for professional goaltenders in the National Hockey League (NHL). A goalie’s stick is larger that a normal hockey stick, with a larger blade and paddle, and has to be stro
Read MoreParkway Products opens new facility in Mexico
Aerospace parts molder Parkway Products has formed a molding campus in Saltillo, Mexico, with the addition of a second manufacturing facility.
Read MorePultrusion
Pultrusion, like RTM, has been used for decades with glass fiber and polyester resins, but in the last ten years the process also has found applications in the advanced composites industry. In this relatively simple, low-cost, continuous process, the reinforcing fiber (usually roving, tow or continuous mat) is
Read MoreBuilding Bridges to Bridge and Building Rehab Markets
Despite a lack of standardization and education in the civil construction sector, these innovators use carbon and steel fibers to reinforce the business case for composites.
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Engineering Insights: Glass/Thermoplastic Hood Steps Toward Commercialization
The hood design for Hyundai’s QarmaQ concept car is evaluated against European and Japanese pedestrian safety requirements.
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