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Planning application submitted for National Manufacturing Institute Scotland

The NMIS will be an industry-led international center of manufacturing expertise led by Scottish leaders and the University of Strathclyde.

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University of Tennessee adds advanced manufacturing certificate

Available in-person or online, the advanced manufacturing program will begin offering classes in January 2020.

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Hexion completes Shanghai-based Application Development Center

New Application Development Center will support new product development and customer collaboration to accelerate growth in waterborne coatings and composite applications.

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IAI North America to build new headquarters in Virginia

Aerospace and defense company Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. is expanding its reach in North America with a new corporate headquarters location.

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ACMA hosts third transportation and defense policy fly-in

Forty ACMA members met with nearly 100 members of Congress and staff to advance legislation enabling composites usage in the aerospace and automotive sectors.

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Aerospace

Composites training firm lends a hand with Mars rover

Advanced Composites Training helps train NASA engineers in the use of composite materials for construction of the Mars 2020 rover.

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Arkema inaugurates Global Center of Excellence for 3D Printing in Normandy

The center is dedicated to additive manufacturing based on high-performance polymers, specifically powder bed fusion.

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Trends

Technical University of Munich researchers explore using algae to make carbon fiber

The process uses algae to convert CO2 from the atmosphere and manufacturing exhaust into algae oil, which is then used to produce polyacrylonitrile (PAN) carbon fiber precursor. 

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Aerospace

Urban air mobility: The action heats up

Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the current state of the under-development urban air mobility (UAM) market, where it’s headed, and what it all means for the composites industry.

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Kordsa partners with University of Sheffield research center

Kordsa, the University of Sheffield and Sabancı University will collaborate on advanced composites research for aerospace and automotive applications.

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