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CAMX Exhibit Previews, Part 1
CAMX 2015 is less than a month away (Oct. 26-29, Dallas, TX, US). If you're going to the show, or thinking of going, you might want to know a little about what will await you on the exhibit hall floor. CompositesWorld asked CAMX exhibitors to send previews of the products and technologies they'll have on display. Below is Part 1 of the response we received. Simply click on the company name to see what it has in store, and look for Part 2 in the next CAMX newsletter.
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Airbus experimental glider completes first flight
The composites-intensive Perlan 2 glider will, in 2016, attempt to set a new world altitude record for any airplane.
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Fall is officially here — it's time to think about carbon fiber
As we enter fall and the final week of September, it's time to think about carbon fiber — specifically CW's annual Carbon Fiber conference, which will be back in Knoxville, TN, US, this year, Dec. 8-10 at the Knoxville Convention Center.
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Thoughts from the head of the GM supply chain
Gary Smyth, head of R&D at General Motors, is the keynote speaker at CAMX, Oct. 26-29 in Dallas. CompositesWorld was given a chance to ask Smyth a few questions ahead of the big event. His answers bear close reading.
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Dielectric properties measurement drives NDT technology to composites market
Material-Wave Interactions Laboratories is ready to put its nondestructive, in-process quality control and lab-based antennas into the market; they measure anisotropic/dielectric/magnetic material properties at high scpeeds.
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Keynote Q&A: Gary Smyth, GM Global Research & Development
Gary J. Smyth, Ph.D., executive director, Global R&D Laboratories, GM Global Research & Development, will be the keynote speaker at CAMX 2015 (Oct. 26-29, Dallas, TX, US), discussing the carmaker's material and manufacturing strategies as it pursues lightweighting in new-car development. CompositesWorld offers this Q&A with Smyth, as a preview to the live event, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 9:00-10:30 a.m.
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Teijin (quietly) announces plans for Sereebo rollout in automotive
Somewhat buried in its Integrated Report 2015, Teijin says the company's thermoplastic-based, high-speed molding process, dubbed Sereebo, is ready for commercialization, necessitating in the process a new Teijin manufacturing facility somewhere in the U.S.
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San Diego Composites canisters complete two successful launches
San Diego Composites' Lightweight Low-Cost Canister is part of a US Army-sponsored SBIR program.
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Unprecedented flex designed into 777X composite wings
With a 235-ft/71.8m wingspan, and the latest in composite material and design technology, the 777X will fly with wings designed to flex up during flight, giving the plane greater glide capabilities. A new Boeing video sheds some light on the design.
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Some thoughts on the M&A "heat wave"
CompositesWorld's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan takes some admittedly educated guesses at the significance of the six momentous acquisitions that were announced in the short space from mid-July through early August in the composites industry.
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IP vigilance: Good business?
CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan observes that in the composites industry, where much of what is considered to be trade secrets and proprietary knowledge really isn't, a better course might be to share that knowledge and, thus, advance the industry as a whole.
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The possible meaning of mergers and acquisitions
Avcorp acquires Hitco Carbon Composites, Precision Castparts acquires Composites Horizons and Lockheed Martin acquires Sikorsky. What the heck?
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