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Where are those promised composites technologies now?

Promising technologies of yesteryear: Where are they now? What can be learned from unfulfilled promise?

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Biomaterials

Sicomin bioresin used in NOTOX boards

Sicomin (Châteauneuf les Martigues, France) and surfboard manufacturer NOTOX (Anglet, France) have created a bioresin formulation that offers as little environmental impact as possible and supports greener production methods.

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Application

Bio-composite surfboard fins

New materials trim weight, add sustainability.

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Process automation: A model response to Trumponomics and Brexit?

Offshoring can’t go on forever and a significant trend toward reshoring is probably inevitable.

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Carbon Fibers

Collaboration produces winning paddleboard

Design, and design for manufacturability, come together in this racing SUP for one-off and serial production.

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Automotive

Curved pultrusion? No longer an oxymoron

Radius-Pultrusion process offers linear or curved profiles.

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Carbon Fibers

Exclusive preview of SAMBA preforming demo

Cevotec unveils its Artist Studio software and automated SAMBA preforming cell at JEC World 2017.

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Carbon Fibers

Compression molding: New materials and markets

From multifunctional aircraft interiors to compounds using continuous fabrics to the growing use of recycled carbon fiber – compression molding offers new opportunities.

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Automotive

Seriforge: A new paradigm for composite preforms

Silicon Valley startup aims to produce complex 3D carbon fiber preforms with z-axis reinforcement at mass production scale using automated processing lines.

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Wind/Energy

Watch highlights from the ACMA Composites Executive Forum

CW's Editor-in-Chief Jeff Sloan discusses highlights from the ACMA Composites Executive Forum that took place in January 2017 in Washington, DC.

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