Sustainability
Pultruded window: Glass/polyurethane prototype wins award
Deceuninck Group NV (Hooglede-Gits, Belgium), is at the forefront of composite window frame design and innovation, as evidenced by its recent award for a large, prototype window designed to open like a door.
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CAMX offers unprecedented new product access
CAMX 2014, Oct. 13-16 in Orlando, Fla., promises to be North America's largest ever composites trade show and conference. As a result, exhibitors are coming to the event with a wide array of new and existing materials, machinery, software and technology designed to help make composites fabrication faster, easier and more adaptable. CompositesWorld has been gathering information from CAMX exhibitors about what they will be featuring and introducing in their booths. This week's CAMX newsletter offers a preview of some of what you will find on the show floor.
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North American Windpower reports U.S. offshore wind is "embryonic no more"
Plus wind news highlights show that offshore installations worldwide are picking up speed.
Read MoreSPE ACCE scholarship winners announced
The winners are Markus Downey of Michigan State University, Fatimat Oluwatoyin Bakare of University of Borås and Sebastian Goris of University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Read MoreComposite Panel Building Systems launches new composite sheathing
The insulated sheathing panel is energy-efficient and prevents thermal bridging and speeds construction.
Read MoreMIT researchers reveal how bonded joints fracture and fail
Moisture reportedly plays crucial role.
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Check Out the Competition: Visit the Awards Pavilion at CAMX
If you're headed to CAMX 2014, Oct. 13-16 in Orlando, Fla., be sure to check out the entries in the Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE) and the CAMX Awards — some of which are previewed here.
Read MoreLondon Underground explores composite materials
Mind the gap! The iconic London subway system develops lighter doors made with composites, in partnership with the National Composites Centre, for more efficient transport.
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The reality of carbon fiber for the auto industry today
Greg Rucks, a manager in the transportation practice at composites think tank Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI, Snowmass, Colo.), sees realistic pathways for carbon fiber incursion in to the automotive passenger car market.
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IBEX 2014 Preview
After four years inland, boatbuilders head southeast to put in, dockside, in Tampa Bay.
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