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Carbon Fiber in the Wind
Is there a market for carbon composites in wind turbine blade construction? Yes, but the real question is, how big will it be?
Read MoreHigh Wind in China
China's renewable energy mandates motivate huge growth in its wind energy market, spurring production of composite components on the Chinese mainland.
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JEC Composites 2007 Product Showcase
This year’s Parisian exhibition provides key evidence of the composites industry’s unprecedented breadth and technical sophistication.
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Deepwater Oil Exploration Fuels Composite Production
As the price of oil on the world market continues to climb, and as untapped land and shallow offshore oil reserves become a rarity, oil exploration companies are striking out into deepwater, developing reserves beneath the ocean floor a mile or more below the water’s surface. As a result, demand for strong yet
Read MorePromising, incremental change
There’s been no getting around, lately, the pre-rollout hoopla and excitement surrounding the scheduled debut of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Read MoreFrom the Publisher - 6/1/2007
Salt Lake City, Utah has established itself as an area of expertise in composites manufacturing and the SME Composites Manufacturing Conference held there in April made it pay off. Not only did the meeting have outstanding technical and business participation from local companies but it also drew presenters from major
Read MoreComposites: Past, Present Future: Phenolics Revisited
Phenolics were the first commercialized thermosetting resins made from synthetic components. The earliest phenolic resin — polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, formed from phenol (carbolic acid) and formaldehyde — is credited to Dr. Leo Baekeland, a Belgian immigrant to the U.S., although German chemist Adolf von
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Bonding Technology: Thermosetting Structural Adhesives
A wealth of epoxies, polyurethanes and acrylics speed assembly and cut manufacturing cost in an ever-wider range of composites applications.
Read MoreEDO, GKN picked for composites work on Sikorsky craft
EDO and GKN have been chosen to do composites-related design and production work for the U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K helicopter program.
Read MorePeople news
Charles Tur joins MVP as RTM/infusion specialist; David Jones named director of bioproducts at Ashland; James Dowey becomes vice president, managing director of Smithers Rapra Technology; Thomas Craney joins Crane Composites Group.
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