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Bombardier C Series earns Transport Canada Type Certification
Bombardier's CS100, the first plane in the C Series, is certified after more than 3,000 flight test hours and should enter service in second quarter 2016.
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For carbon fiber, the future certainly looks bright
CompositesWorld's annual Carbon Fiber conference last week included an upbeat outlook for the supply and demand of carbon fiber, with particularly strong growth expected in automotive, pressure vessels and energy development.
Read MoreFord to invest $4.5 billion in vehicle electrification
The investment, to be made by 2020, will include the addition of 13 new electrified vehicles and a more social sciences-based approach to vehicle design and development.
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Carbon fiber elevator rope rides to the rescue high in the sky
Steel rope was once the material of choice for elevator function, but as buildings exceed 500m in height, it's just too heavy. Elevator manufacturer KONE is offering pultruded carbon fiber rope, called UltraRope, for elevators in the world's tallest buildings.
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Tracking energy costs and resin prices
The price of crude oil has, over the past year, dropped precipitously, and resin prices have, as a result, stopped going up. CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan asks what this might mean to the composites professional.
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UMaine dedicates ocean engineering lab for wind energy testing
The lab will be used to test offshore wind turbines and similar structures, and provide facilities for thermoplastic composites research and development.
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SpaceX crew mission ordered to ISS by NASA
Following a similar order to Boeing in May, the two companies will begin preparations to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station in 2017.
Read MoreDSM Dyneema, Airborne International collaborate on radomes
DSM Dyneema works with Airborne International to apply DSM technology to a ground-based radar system that requires durability, electromagnetic transparency and high strength.
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SPE names winners of 2015 Automotive Innovation Awards Competition
Continental Structural Plastics' TCA Ultra Lite sheet molding compound (SMC) for composite body panels was the Materials category and Grand Award winner.
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Rapidly approaching: Carbon fiber's seminal event
The 17th-annual Carbon Fiber conference is just weeks away (Dec. 8-10) and it's time to register if you haven't done so. This year's conference marks the return of Chris Red's carbon fiber supply and demand report, and we will also hear from Boeing's director of 777X wing manufacture.
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CAMX 2015: Award winners, keynote report, show news
If you didn't make it to CAMX 2015, the event was, by all accounts, a success. Feedback from the exhibit floor and the conference was positive and upbeat, and with 7,500+ attendees, the show has established itself as North America's largest composites trade event.
Read MoreFinalists named for SPE annual automotive awards competition
The Automotive Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) will host its 45th-annual Automotive Innovation Awards Competition on Nov. 11 in Detroit.
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