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Infused, fiberglass/polyester composite boat hulls have been built since the mid-1900s, expanding over time to include additional resins and foam cores. Composites continue to be a mainstay for various types of boats and luxury and racing yachts, and now include newer innovations such as carbon fiber precision hydrofoils and recycled carbon fiber or bio-based resins.

Composites process innovator and materials engineering innovator formally combine forces.

CT managing editor Mike Musselman asks the question and examines the forces at work to make it a compelling trend. Part I of II.

The group has received $175,000 in grant funding, announced at the Providence Boat Show last week.

Glass fiber/foam preform technology is key to the all-composite refrigerated truck body panels.

Hexcel (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) is featuring range of composite innovations for customer applications in aerospace, automotive, energy and marine markets.

Scott M. Lewit, CCT, holds an MS in ocean engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology (1985). Lewit is president and founding partner of Structural Composites Inc. and COMPSYS Inc., the managing director of the Navy CCT Marine Composites Technology Center, and a co-inventor of the resin recirculation

In Part I of a series about the past, present and future of training in marine composites, Andre Cocquyt outlines the historical difficulty composites manufacturers have had in finding qualified technicians, and how that reality led to his involvement in the development of training programs.

The composites show’s appearance in Paris this spring promises to be bigger than ever before, reflecting the industry’s post-recession resurgence.

Designed for room-temp infusion and filament winding with 2-hr no-heat-added cure or 15-30 min heated cure without post-cure for flexible processing of marine, industrial and energy structures.

Boston Materials uses milled reclaimed carbon fibers to increase modulus, impact/delamination resistance and produce metals-like conductivity for EMI shielding, lightning strike protection, heat exchangers and more.