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SPE ACCE 2013 Review
The SPE’s annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition gets a bigger venue, an expanded program and its best attendance ever.
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IBEX 2013 Show Review
Evidence of a marine industry rebound and a trend toward supplier M&A as the world’s largest boatbuilding trade show looks ahead to smoother sailing … and Tampa.
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Manhole covers: Composites replace cast iron on university campus
Traditional cast-iron manhole covers are replaced on a college campus with composite versions manufactured by Fibrelite Composites (Skipton, North Yorkshire, U.K., and Pawcatuck, Conn.).
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HPC’s 20th Anniversary: DeWayne Howell looks back
On the occasion of HPC's 20th Anniversary, DeWayne Howell, currently president of Peak Composites Inc. (Arvada, Colo.) looks back to 1993, when composites manufacturing development engineer at StorageTek (Louisville, Colo.) and worked with HPC on the first Inside Manufacturing article in the premiere issue of HPC in September 1993.
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Wanted: Big thinkers and risk takers
Quickstep Composites (Dayton, Ohio) president and independent consultant Dale Brosius challenges the auto industry to think big and take risks in composites R&D.
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Janicki Industries: Breaking the mold
Once known only as a toolmaker, Janicki offers unique precision, production capability and problem solving as it pioneers leading-edge composites technology.
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Beyond the battlefield: UAS technology 2012-2022
The next 10 years look promising for composite-intensive unmanned aircraft as technical and legal advances open access to civil airspace.
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2013 JEC Europe new product showcase
The JEC Europe 2013 trade show (March 12-14, at the Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France) was the venue for introductions of a large number of new composite materials, technologies and manufacturing processes. Here's the HPC editorial staff's compilation of what was on display.
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SAMPE Long Beach 2013 review
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering’s (SAMPE, Covina, Calif.) spring conference and exhibition is the organization’s largest event every year, and the 2013 edition, held May 6-9 in Long Beach, Calif., was no exception.
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