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Construction

Covestro establishes CFRTP as "a material class of its own"

Trademarked as Maezio, Covestro claims continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites “outperform metals,” offering advantages in aesthetics, lightweight and robust process flexibility.

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Infrastructure

Finally: Proposed legislation promotes composites for infrastructure

ACMA has announced that Congress has introduced new legislation to encourage research and deployment of innovative construction techniques and materials in infrastructure.

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Connecting the Dots: Generative design, bionic structures and future composites

The trend shows cast and 3D printed metal, but fiber-reinforced composites offer the potential for multifunctional structures.

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SPE ACCE 2018 preview

Mobility composites are expected to draw an international crowd to this annual Motor City gathering.

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Weaving

Q&A: Tom Lemire, TFLemire Consulting

CW Talks: The Composites Podcast, recently spoke to Tom Lemire, currently principal of TFLemire Consulting (Irvine, CA, US) and a longtime veteran of the composites industry. Lemire’s career spans back to the late 1960s, and he eventually did most of his work in the composites industry for carbon fiber suppliers BASF and Toho Tenax (now Teijin).

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Aerospace

Composites Index trending lower but still in growth mode

The GBI: Composites Fabricating Index for June registered 56.5, indicating that the US composites industry was experiencing modestly slower growth compared to the preceding three months.

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Lakes, rivers and the high seas: Boating’s influence on composites

We have the marine industry to thank for many of the advances seen in large-part composites fabrication.

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Automotive

U.S. styrene-reduction mandates: Go or no-go?

Legislative changes are slow in coming, but technology forges ahead.

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Reinforced phenolics: Still disruptive after all these years

Fiber-reinforced phenolics could be a key enabler of a coming automotive industry disruption.

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Editorial

Looking backward, looking forward

Honoring a friend in composites, and focusing on the leaders of the future.

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Thermoplastics

Styrene ≠ polystyrene: An important distinction for composites

Definitions are important when discussing technology. Although often used interchangeably, the terms styrene and polystyrene refer to different materials.

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Autoclave

Infused wing sheds light on aerocomposites future

In the Irkut MS-21 infused and co-cured wings, the aerocomposites industry gets a glimpse of how out-of-autoclave technologies might be applied to primary aircraft structures.

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