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Altair announces 12th annual Enlighten Award winners

Companies like Syensqo, Weav3D, Toyota, CompositeEdge and Teijin Automotive Technologies are recognized for their composites-forward approaches to more sustainable, energy-efficient automotive efforts.

From the CW Archives: Fast-cure epoxies for automotive fabrication

Sara Black’s 2015 report on the development of snap-cure epoxies for automotive manufacturing still resonates today.

Dow Chemical, MVP introduce polyurethane-enabled LRTM process

Transportation industry solution decreases LRTM injection times using specialized three-component material chemistry and fully automated injection unit with Fast Flow LRTM process.

SPE Automotive Division names winners for 51st annual Innovation Awards competition

Ten category winners, the Vehicle Engineering Team Award and the reveal of the Lifetime Achievement Award winner were announced at the in-person event, acknowledging numerous composite innovations.

Materials & Processes: Resin matrices for composites

The matrix binds the fiber reinforcement, gives the composite component its shape and determines its surface quality. A composite matrix may be a polymer, ceramic, metal or carbon. Here’s a guide to selection.

Northern Composites, Krayden discuss acquisition

Colorado-based distributor Krayden expands its composites industry presence with the acquisition of Northern Composites. Both companies talk about the deal.

SAMPE names 2021 Young Professional of the Year, North American Award winners

Young Professional of the Year award recognizes the achievements of those who have graduated from university and are under the age of 35. North American Award winners reflect those who have succeeded in delivering on SAMPE’s mission.

Composites-intensive masterwork: 2020 Corvette, Part 2

Innovative composite materials trim mass, costs and noise on the high-volume mid-engine sports car.

IACMI: Driving innovation in the advanced composites industry

Since its start in 2015, the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) has come a long way in its mission of advancing composites innovation. CTO Uday Vaidya reflects on the past five years.

Carbon fiber/epoxy for automotive mass reduction, mass production

IACMI precompetitive research explores carbon fiber-reinforced prepreg, SMC with novel matrix for structural passenger-car applications.

CW Plant Tour: Composite Technology Center, Stade, Germany

A cornerstone of Germany’s CFK Valley, CTC pushes composites forward via automation, recycling, digital thread-based manufacturing and more.

Small companies, long-term impact

In a time known for owner “exit strategies,” longevity in family-owned composites businesses is heartening.

Composites manufacturing — where the excitement lives

A regular CW columnist and the chief commercialization officer for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI, Knoxville, TN, US), Dale Brosius points out that for today's engineering students, a Ph.D in manufacturing could open the door to an exciting, alternative career path.

Supply and demand: Advanced fibers

Demand for advanced fiber, virgin and reclaimed, is on an upswing after a dip during the recent recession. Fiber suppliers are gearing up to meet an expected increase in demand as manufacturers in a number of composites end-markets scale up or start up part development and production programs

LG Hausys invests in HP-RTM machine from KraussMaffei

The machine is producing advanced structural components for the visible part of automobiles, including a CFRP roof panel.

JEC World 2016 exhibition and product previews

JEC World 2016 will be held in Paris March 8-10. These are some of the products that will be found at the show.

IACMI – One insider’s perspective

A CW columnist, a composites industry consultant and the chief commercialization officer for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (Knoxville, TN, US), Dale Brosius asks, “What if we took a ‘big hat’ approach to reach faster, more cost-effective solutions?”

Polyurethanes: Collaboration and adaptation for optimal application

Guest columnist Kevin Meyer, associate scientist, Dow Polyurethanes, The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, MI, US), asks, and suggests some answers to, the question, "Why have polyurethanes, given their performance advantages, not been adopted in place of other thermosetting resins in a host of applications?"

Automotive composites: Thermosets for the fast zone

Epoxies continue to be developed for faster cure to meet automotive production rates.

Thermosets vs. thermoplastics: Is the battle over?

Dale Brosius, the chief commercialization officer for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) and a regular CW columnist, sees a shift in the industry from infighting between proponents of thermoset and thermoplastic composites to a healthier competitive atmosphere that serves to make composites overall more competitive with legacy materials.

The matrix (2015)

The matrix binds the fiber reinforcement, gives the composite component its shape and determines its surface quality. A composite matrix may be a polymer, ceramic, metal or carbon. Here's a guide to selection.

Aerospace and automotive: Convergence on the horizon?

Guest columnist and composites industry consultant Dale Brosius reviews his own history with composites to support his contention that the once very different worlds of aerospace and automobile manufacture are not, as far as composites are concerned, so different anymore.

Ramping up to the carbon fiber supply challenge

HPC guest columnist Tom Lemire, president of T.F. Lemire Consulting Inc. (Irvine, Calif.), comments on the necessary response of carbon fiber suppliers to the likely increasing demand for carbon fiber in the coming years.

What will be the next major iteration in carbon fiber?

A consultant and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), Dale Brosius surveys the carbon fiber horizon for signs of what carbon fiber types will be pre-eminent.

Move over steel — Aluminum is now the target

Dale Brosius, a consultant and president of Quickstep Composites (Dayton, Ohio), observes that chasing aluminum as a competitor is a much easier task than chasing steel — if the composites industry can meet cost and volume requirements.

Business and busy-ness

CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan returns for JEC Europe 2014 in Paris with observations about several intriguing composites industry trends.

Legacy applications: Inspiration for future vehicles?

Dale Brosius, a consultant and president of Quickstep Composites (Dayton, Ohio), looks back at past automotive composites applications for today's market opportunities.

SPE ACCE 2013 Review

The SPE’s annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition gets a bigger venue, an expanded program and its best attendance ever.

HPC's 20th Anniversary: Thanks to HPC’s charter advertisers

Every trade publication lives and dies by its advertisers, and those who had the gumption to ante up for HPC’s premier issue are listed here and those who are still with us (see page numbers below) are gratefully recognized with the HPC 20th Anniversary Medallion.

SPE's ACCE 2013 preview

Growth in 2012 necessitates a new venue and an expanded program.

If not automotive then ... what?

CT columnist and president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites Dale Brosius says it’s not too early for composites industry operatives who are pursuing the automotive holy grail to begin exploration and market development elsewhere.

Where is the automotive composites supply chain?

Long-time composites industry observer Dale Brosius, now a consultant and the president of Dayton, Ohio-based Quickstep Composites, the U.S. subsidiary of Australia-based Quickstep Technologies (Bankstown Airport, New South Wales), asks some hard questions about the composites industry's readiness to supply the auto industry with the materials and processes necessary to meet coming lightweighting challenges.

JEC Europe 2013 review

Snow in Paris slowed traffic to the show floor but did nothing to cool the enthusiasm of composites innovators in a broad range of markets.

JEC Europe 2013 new product showcase

The JEC Europe 2013 trade show (March 12-14, at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France) was the venue for introductions of a large number of new composite materials, technologies and manufacturing processes. Here's the CT editorial staff's compilation of what was on display.

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Altair announces 12th annual Enlighten Award winners

From the CW Archives: Fast-cure epoxies for automotive fabrication

Dow Chemical, MVP introduce polyurethane-enabled LRTM process

SPE Automotive Division names winners for 51st annual Innovation Awards competition

Materials & Processes: Resin matrices for composites

Northern Composites, Krayden discuss acquisition

SAMPE names 2021 Young Professional of the Year, North American Award winners

Composites-intensive masterwork: 2020 Corvette, Part 2

IACMI: Driving innovation in the advanced composites industry

Carbon fiber/epoxy for automotive mass reduction, mass production

CW Plant Tour: Composite Technology Center, Stade, Germany

Small companies, long-term impact

Composites manufacturing — where the excitement lives

Supply and demand: Advanced fibers

LG Hausys invests in HP-RTM machine from KraussMaffei

JEC World 2016 exhibition and product previews

IACMI – One insider’s perspective

Polyurethanes: Collaboration and adaptation for optimal application

Automotive composites: Thermosets for the fast zone

Thermosets vs. thermoplastics: Is the battle over?

The matrix (2015)

Aerospace and automotive: Convergence on the horizon?

Ramping up to the carbon fiber supply challenge

What will be the next major iteration in carbon fiber?

Move over steel — Aluminum is now the target

Business and busy-ness

Legacy applications: Inspiration for future vehicles?

SPE ACCE 2013 Review

HPC's 20th Anniversary: Thanks to HPC’s charter advertisers

SPE's ACCE 2013 preview

If not automotive then ... what?

Where is the automotive composites supply chain?

JEC Europe 2013 review

JEC Europe 2013 new product showcase

SAMPE Europe 2013/JEC Europe 2013 highlights

Hybrid thermoplastic molding: Toughening automotive composites

JEC 2013 at first blush

Market Outlook: Surplus in carbon fiber's future?

Composites slake the world's thirst

Industrial corrosion control: Huge opportunities

The evolution of infusion

Carbon fiber market: Gathering momentum

WINDPOWER 2011 Report

JEC Paris 2011 Review

Interior innovation: The value proposition

SPE&#39;s ACCE 2009 Show Preview

Resin systems update: The greening of thermosets

Bio-Composites Update: Bio-Based Resins Begin to Grow

Inside Manufacturing: Multiphase Process Forms Complex Shapes

SPE's ACCE 2009 Show Preview