Glass Fibers

Epoxies

Infrastructure and construction — credit where due

Aerospace and automotive dominate the headlines, but one needs to take a wider look sometimes.

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Wind/Energy

Plant Tour: Aeris Energy — Wind blade economics

Side story to Plant Tour: Aeris Energy, Caucaia, Brazil.

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Automotive

SMC 4.0

The story behind the supplier-orchestrated effort that eliminated unacceptable defects levels in painted Class A SMC exterior auto parts.

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Automotive

SMC is on the upswing (and check out this design competition)

There’s a lot going on with sheet molding compound (SMC) right now, including a design competition for best SMC design, with the winner announced at Composites Europe.

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NDI

CW Plant Tour: Aeris Energy, Caucaia, Brazil

This young, up-and-coming wind blade manufacturer was founded to serve the Brazilian wind energy market, but it’s poised to do much more.

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Composites in Class A body panels: Evolution continues

Low-density SMCs lead the way as fiber-reinforced polymers make headway in auto components that must please the eye.

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Out of Autoclave

Class A composites: A history

Composites have made a lingering and increasingly positive impression in the for exterior automotive body panels.

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Medical

University of Utah receives $4 million dollar grant to advance state’s composites industry

Through this DOD-OEA grant, an extensive analysis will be undertaken to map Utah’s entire carbon composites supply chain.

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Adhesives

Hybrid steel/composite transmission gears

Scalable gear design trims heavy-truck weight, preserves wear life, controls cost.

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Teijin acquires CSP: A safer growth choice?

Teijin’s presence in Auburn Hills is clearly another step into vertical integration of the supply chain.

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