Wind/Energy

Thermoplastics

Plant Tour: Fraunhofer ICT, Pfinztal, Germany

This wide-ranging research center works with government and industry to develop the best of polymer composite processing, across a range of technologies.

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IACMI

CAMX and ACMA awards finalists announced

The finalists for the CAMX awards and ACMA’s ACE awards, to be bestowed at the upcoming CAMX event in Orlando, FL, US, have been announced. 

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CAMX 2017 show preview

At North America’s premier composites conference and exhibition, the business at hand is definitely not business as usual. 

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Wind/Energy

IACMI announces 2017 internship class

Fourteen students will work at IACMI partner institutions in Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Colorado. Seven more internships will be announced in the fall.

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Weaving

A look inside Fraunhofer ICT

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Munich, Germany) is the largest applied research organization in Europe, with more than 67 institutes and research units located throughout Germany staffed by 24,500 people, mostly scientists and engineers. CW recently got a chance to tour one, Fraunhofer ICT in Pfintzal, Germany. 

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Pressure Vessels

CAMX 2017 preview: Materia

Materia (Pasadena, CA, US), a supplier of high-performance catalysts and advanced polymers, is showcasing its Proxima high-performance resin product lines including ballistic-resistant test panels, large single-pour castings, high-temperature oil and gas downhole tools and sections of composite pressure vessels.

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CAMX

CAMX 2017 preview: CoreLite

CoreLite (Miami, FL, US) is emphasizing the performance, availability, traceability and support for its advanced balsa wood and foam core materials.

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Aerospace

Preforming goes industrial: Part 2

Automated preforming isn’t only for 2D and 2.5D parts. Innovators are taking successful aim at building 3D preforms at production speeds.

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Center for mass production of lightweight composites

German R&D center brings together 8 institutes and more than 80 companies from 120 countries to help industrialize composite parts production.

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Infrastructure

CW Talks: The Composites Podcast

CW Talks: The Composites Podcast is officially up and running. With it we will explore the wide world of composites with the people who have, are and will shape the evolution of the industry.

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American Elements
Industrial CNC Routers
Composites One - distributor
Webinar UV Powder Coatings for Composite & AM
release agents, purging compounds, process chemical specialties
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Alpha’s Premier ESR®
Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
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