Reichold and Umicore have announced they plan to team up and work together on introducing a sustainable alternative curing technology for unsaturated polyester resins. This new products combines the benefits of existing cobalt systems with new...
This year’s Composites 2012 show featured some new application technology from Magnum Venus Plastech. They introduced two new systems this year: The F-16 Foam System and the Swatter Multi-Axis Filament Winder. The F-16 system is a new 1:1 foam...
The new Lamborghini, introduced this week at the Geneva 2012 Motor Show, is sporting some new composite technology . The new Aventador J features seats that are made of forged composite, and have inserts of flexible carbon fiber fabrics. This new...
A number of companies will be exhibiting on the show floor of Composites 2012 this week. If you’ve registered and plan on attending, you can set up an appointment with exhibitors by visiting the attendee service center here. Some of them...
If you’re wanting to fins out more about the latest in pultrusion technology, don’t forget to visit Dustin Troutman and group at the booth of Creative Pultrusions. Creative Pultrusions will be showing off some new technologies as well as...
The New Mexico Activities Association has now outlawed the use of aluminum bats in their high school baseball leagues. Studies show that aluminum bats which are lighter than traditional wooden bats, can send baseballs hurling at speeds of over 100...
This year’s ACMA show will feature NASCAR racing legend Rusty Wallace. Rusty will be speaking this year at Composites 2012 on the topic of how composites are being used in many of the new racing designs. He’ll be sharing some of his...
Gamesa Technology Corp. will be partnering up with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the purpose of developing newer improved wind turbine systems for the U.S market. They will be teamed up through 2013...
Sikorsky is launching an all new light weight tactical helicopter for US evaluation and they’ve selected LORD Corporation in Dayton, Ohio to help build two prototypes of it. LORD will be building the elastomeric bearings and an Active...
For the first time in years, the marine industry is showing some signs of improvement. But how positive are those signs? Composite Manufacturing’s Jan/Feb State of the Industry feature by Ray MacNeil gives a comprehensive report on not only...
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