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Automotive

Gardner Business Index at 43.3 in June

Compared with one year ago, future capital spending plans are up by 43%.

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Structural adhesives: The basics

An adhesive is “structural” if it has sufficient strength to transfer or share loads between highly stressed components. Here's what that requires.

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Automotive

Trace: A simple, must-have tool

This recently discovered constant in laminate calculations can put designing with CFRP materials on par with designing with metals.

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Mass Transit

Gardner Business Index at 49.5 in May

US composites industry employment grows again as mid-sized fabricators post highest-ever GBI expansion figure.

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Get ready for Composites 4.0!

It might seem like science fiction, but it must be our path if we are to make composites competitive.

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Glass Fibers

Taking the hit without added weight

High-modulus polypropylene (HMPP) fiber hybrids graduate from tennis to ... tornados!

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Automotive

Gardner Business Index at 46.3 in April

Another uptrend in future capital spending plans points to an increase in capital equipment investment.

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Consumer

TeXtreme spotlights composite protective headgear

At JEC World 2016, spread-tow reinforcements specialist Oxeon AB (Borås, Sweden) had on hand the recently announced Avance MIPS, an innovative ski racing helmet made by protective headwear manufacturer Giro Sport Design (Santa Cruz, CA, US).

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Consumer

Gardner Business Index at 50.0 in March

New orders and production are up. Capital spending plans foreshadow equipment investments.

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Autoclave

Carbon fiber meets simulation in ultralight bike frame

Rolo Bikes wanted to design a bicycle frame with carbon fiber in mind, and it wanted test it in the virtual world.

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