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Aerospace

Boeing: $2.8 trillion commercial plane market over next 20 years

A new Boeing report forecasts $2.8 trillion in new commercial plane sales, with a total market of 28,600 new passenger and freighter craft.

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Aerospace

CCS Composites ships first 787 hydraulic clamps

CCS Composites, a division of YLA Inc., announced its first shipment in a multiyear, multimillion dollar contract with Boeing for hydraulic clamps on the 787 _Dreamliner_.

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Structural, Aesthetic Injection Molded Wood Fiber Components

Robert Joyce had extruded enough wood fiber composite sheet products to know that to achieve structural integrity, calendaring was essential. “I learned that pressure was important,” says Joyce, principal of Innovative Plastics and Molding (Lambertville, Mich.). He also knew that one of the unachieved goals of the

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JEC Composites 2007 Product Showcase

This year’s Parisian exhibition provides key evidence of the composites industry’s unprecedented breadth and technical sophistication.

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Deepwater Oil Exploration Fuels Composite Production

As the price of oil on the world market continues to climb, and as untapped land and shallow offshore oil reserves become a rarity, oil exploration companies are striking out into deepwater, developing reserves beneath the ocean floor a mile or more below the water’s surface. As a result, demand for strong yet

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Aerospace

Promising, incremental change

There’s been no getting around, lately, the pre-rollout hoopla and excitement surrounding the scheduled debut of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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Wind/Energy

Tidal Turbines to Mine Marine Megawatts

Composites help subsea turbines harvest electrical energy from ocean currents.

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Wind/Energy

Bonding Technology: Thermosetting Structural Adhesives

A wealth of epoxies, polyurethanes and acrylics speed assembly and cut manufacturing cost in an ever-wider range of composites applications.

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SABIC acquires GE Plastics for $11.6 billion

The long-awaited and much-watched auction of GE Plastics came to fruition on May 21. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) agreed to pay $11.6 billion.

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EDO, GKN picked for composites work on Sikorsky craft

EDO and GKN have been chosen to do composites-related design and production work for the U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K helicopter program.

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Exousia announces construction agreement

Exousia Advanced Materials has signed an agreement with Rosewood Corp. to provide structurally insulated panel building components.

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Aerospace

Vought wins A330/A340 wing program extension

Vought Aircraft Industries has signed a life-of-program contract extension to supply Airbus A330 and A340 wing components. The deal has a potential value of $1 billion over five years.

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