Safety is paramount in motor sports, and composite materials are driving safety, said NASCAR legend and ESPN/ABC Sports commentator Rusty Wallace in today’s General Session. He estimated that 30 percent of a racecar body is now composed of composites — and that figure will only grow. As an example, he highlighted the 8-inch-thick composite...
The glass fiber industry has a very bright future thanks to product and process innovations. That’s the message Anne Berthereau, senior innovation leader of Owens Corning, told attendees at today’s morning session “High Performance Glass Fibers: From Lab to Market Scale—10 Year Trend.”
NASCAR legend and ESPN commentator Rusty Wallace will be a keynote speaker at the COMPOSITES 2012 Show in Las Vegas. Composites have been implementing into NASCAR designs since the late 1980s and continue to be a crucial part of new designs.
Seeing is believing, and the show floor at COMPOSITES 2012 will include live demonstrations to help attendees grow their businesses. One will be the Lean Mean Closed Mold Machine, where composites professionals will “learn the secrets of closed molding,” says Marcy Offner, marketing manager at Composites One, a leading distributor of composite materials, and chair...
The composites industry is going through exciting changes. It continues to triumph through economic and regulatory hardship while pushing forward into new areas. From adoption in aviation, innovation in automotive and increased utilization throughout industry segments such as renewable energy and infrastructure, it never ceases to innovate, develop new technologies, products and processes.
As we start the New Year I think, “What a great time to be in the composite industry!” There will be many new composite products developed around energy efficiency and more opportunities for expansion. For example, UPS trucks, U.S. streetcars, wind turbines and more. The growing demand for light weight, high strength-to-weight ratio and...
One of the key messages in President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night was about training for re-employment in jobs and industries of the future. As a long standing voice in the manufacturing industry, the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) is poised to fulfill demand for skilled jobs in the composites...
Marine: Anchored or Ready to Set Sail? For the first time in several years, the marine segment has better news to report in terms of customer demand and improving business results among boat fabricators. Boat making was one of the early success stories for composites proving itself a better performing and more cost-effective material, and...
The composites industry is going through exciting changes. It continues to triumph through economic and regulatory hardship while pushing forward into new areas. From adoption in aviation, innovation in automotive and increased utilization throughout industry segments such as renewable energy and infrastructure, it never ceases to innovate, develop new technologies, products and processes.
I look forward to attending ACMA’s COMPOSITES conference each year. This year, COMPOSITES 2012 will be held in wonderful Las Vegas, February 21-23. This show promises to be the best yet with participation from composite companies all over the world, allowing you to keep up with the latest and greatest of the composites world....
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