Wind/Energy
A multitude of markets - 11/1/2007
The overall outlook for the composites industry remains healthy, driven by developments in the commercial aircraft market - the advent of Boeing's 787 and Airbus Industrie's (Toulouse, France) A380, the future arrivals of the Airbus A400M military transport and its mid-sized A350 XWB, and a host of general aviation
Read MoreFrom the Publisher - 11/1/2007
I’ve been in the field a lot lately, and I’ve sensed a ground swell of activity around carbon fiber. End users tell me they are not having the difficulty getting fiber (with the possible exception of 3K) that they experienced at this time last year. And the future supply looks even better. This is no big surprise:
Read MoreFrom the Publisher - 10/1/2007
As I write this, COMPOSITESWORLD Conferences director Scott Stephenson and I have just returned from the China Composites Expo in Beijing (that’s us in the photo at right, during our excursion to China’s Great Wall). Walking the show floor drove home what we already knew: China represents unprecedented growth
Read MoreLM Glasfiber's 61.5m blade
The massive blad features a rotor diameter of 126m, and three blades on a turbine cover an area almost the size of two football fields.
Read MoreDow Epoxy Acquires UPPC AG, POLY-CARB and GNS Technologies
Dow says it will continue trying to acquire key businesses like these, particularly in Asia (e.g., India) and it's looking for more assets.
Read MoreVestas looks for workers to build blades in Colorado
Vestas Blades America Inc., maker of high-tech wind power systems, is beginning its search for more than 400 workers to staff the wind turbine blade factory it is building in Windsor, Colo., north of Denver.
Read MoreCarbon, glass fiber mix it up
For most of the last several decades, whenever someone used the words “composites” and “boats” in the same sentence, it’s likely that you immediately thought “fiberglass.” And rightfully so.
Read MoreJEC COMPOSITES 2007 Product Showcase - 7/1/2007
The annual Paris conclave showcases the global expansion of composites.
Read MoreThe clarity of the retrospectroscope
My mind is easily distracted and consumed by the time-space continuum. Not the Star Trek kind, but the real-life kind.
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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?
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