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SPE Automotive Div. names winners of Innovation Awards Competition

The SPE Automotive Div. hosted its 44th-annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala on Nov. 12 and announced 2014's winners in several categories.

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Automotive

Crawford Composites unveils Crawford FL15 racecar

The Crawford FL15 will be used exclusively in the new announced Formula Lites racing series, to be sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing beginning in 2015.

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Automotive

Siempelkamp to supply innovative press to Open Hybrid Lab Factory

The 2,500-tonne press, to be installed at Wolfsburg, Germany, will be designed to form multiple materials, including composite/metal hybrids.

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Infrastructure

DowAksa to establish U.S. carbon fiber manufacturing presence

DowAksa, a joint venture of Dow and acrylic specialist AKSA, has established DowAksa USA and plans to build an industrial-grade carbon fiber manufacturing operation in the U.S. sometime in the next three to five years.

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Graphene

SPE ACCE 2014 report

Automotive composites still on the horizon — are they getting closer?

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Weaving

Chomarat opens new C-PLY, C-WEAVE facility in South Carolina

New 58,000-ft2 plant in S.C. targets high-quality, high-performance solutions for aerospace and automotive applications.

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Onboard protection: Tough battery enclosure

Unique composite laminate provides crash protection for electric vehicle’s battery, occupants and first responders.

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Automotive

Teijin's high-speed composites manufacturing process: Still a mystery

Since Teijin's 60-second carbon fiber molding process was announced in 2011, we've heard little about it. It would be great for the industry if it could bear fruit soon.

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Automotive

Leichtbau ist hybridbau

Integrating multiple materials and functions for lightweight construction in the German automotive industry.

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Automotive

SPE ACCE scholarship winners announced

The winners are Markus Downey of Michigan State University, Fatimat Oluwatoyin Bakare of University of BoraÌŠs and Sebastian Goris of University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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