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Aerospace

Indian airline orders 20 more 737s

Boeing, Jet Airways Complete have finalized a contract for 20 more Next-Generation 737-800s, all with Blended Winglets for fuel efficiency.

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Aerospace

Shep Hill replaces retiring Laurette Koellner

Boeing honors Koellner’s 30 years of service, names Hill president of Boeing International

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Aerospace

Boeing shifts duties of Shanahan, Bair and Cave

Pat Shanahan, Mike Bair and Mike Cave change roles at Boeing.

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Weaving

Fabric Forms Get Sophisticated

Closed molding applications and demand for greater design flexibility are driving fabric suppliers to create a variety of products that mix and match fibers, fiber forms, core and resin.

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Adhesives

Engineering Insights: Conveyor Manufacturer Springs for Composites

Vibratory conveyor a natural fit for flexible, contoured composite spring arms.

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Adhesives

Composite rigid inflatable boats adapt for hard work, safe play

Glass, aramid and carbon fiber composites reduce weight and enable modular design and construction of these versatile RIBs.

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Composites Polycon 2007 Preview

The annual ACMA/ICPA exhibition and conference revisits the Florida coast with expanded educational and networking opportunities.

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Aerospace

If autocomposites were easy, it would have been done already

I was asked to moderate a five-person panel that took place on the last day of the 2007 SPE Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition (ACCE) in Troy, Mich.: “How to market the value of composites.”

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Inside Manufacturing: 45,000 Fan Ducts Per Year from RTM

Unique tooling technology optimizes closed molding process efficiency for volume production of industrial part.

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Waterjet cutting system tackles big job, outdoor environment

When Plasti-Fab Inc. (Tualatin, Ore.), a manufacturer of corrosion-resistant equipment for water and wastewater treatment and control, landed a contract to cut hundreds of circles out of 8,000-lb/3,629-kg, 1-inch/25 mm thick rectangular fiberglass plates, the company needed an efficient cutting solution. Tests with a

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PEEK

News briefs

American Matrix and Ensinger Industries form strategic technology alliance to promote the manufacture and sale of thermoplastic composite products; Mark A. Banash appointed VP Engineering at Nanocomp Technologies; Cray Valley releases hydrocarbon resins listing; Adam Aircraft A500 and A700 to be displayed at NBAA in Georgia; Pilgrim CosmoLite Composite replaces wood floors in travel trailers.

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Airbus names top management

Several months of management reshuffling appears to be near an end.

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