Aerospace/Aviation
Q&A: Next Gen NASA Explores Composites
John Vickers has been with NASA for over 20 years and worked within the aerospace industry for almost 30 years. As manager of NASA’s National Center for Advanced Manufacturing, he has worked on many projects utilizing advanced composites, including presently a new larger space launch vehicle, and participated in several national projects with NASA,... »
Composites in the News Last Week
The week was full of exciting announcements from universities. Researchers at Imperial College London are developing a new nanoscale material, a mix of carbon fiber and polymer resin, which could eventually act as both the battery and body of electric cars. Meanwhile, another U.K.-based university is teaming up with Airbus and GKN to research... »
Do Composites Have a Toehold in Aerospace?
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS) employs a supply chain of over 1,500 active members. But if you think composites-related companies enjoys a cushy representation in this list, think again. »
Q&A: Composite Consultant’s Tips to Optimize the Market Upswing
In 2007 Ray MacNeil, a COMPOSITES 2010 general session speaker, left his job at PPG Industries, where he’d worked for 35 years, and began consulting. With a background in sales and marketing, strategic planning and business analysis, MacNeil does market research and development for a variety of companies within the composites industry. This experience... »
Composites in the News Last Week
Some U.S. operations took a hit this week. Construction parts manufacturer Martin Marietta Composites shut down its Sparta plant, eliminating 40 jobs. The company cited decreased product demand as a key factor in the decision. Meanwhile, truck parts maker Core Molding Technologies Inc. is moving 90 jobs from its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio to... »
Composite Products Worth Seeing
While we here at Composites Manufacturing can only think about ACMA’s convention next week in Las Vegas, other companies have new product developments on the brain. »
Q&A: Nanocomp Transforms Quick Conversations into Best Leads
Nanocomp Technologies started as a spin-off from technology development company Synergy Innovations. Five years ago the Concord, N.H.-based business, started by Peter Antoinette and David Lashmore, began making carbon nanotube yarn and sheet material for various segments of the composites industry. »
Composites in the News Last Week
Some companies are defying the winter weather blanketing much of the Northern Hemisphere by gearing up for summer recreation. Zipp Speed Weaponry, which manufactures high-end bicycle components, invested $12.4 million in a new manufacturing center in Indianapolis, which will create 105 jobs by 2013. Hermes Sport is now distributing carbon fiber bicycle components. The... »
It’s Never Too Late, or High, to Dream
NASA's new Puffin is getting some press, but the original Flying Man began long ago. On September 25, 2008, Superman seemed more like a reality to some off the coast of England. Launching from Calais, France, Yves Rossy became the first man to fly. Strapping a pair of jet engines to a single wing,... »
NASA Weighs the Pros and Cons of Composite Materials
In January 2007, the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate chartered NASA’s Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) to design, build and test a full-scale crew module primary structure using carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy-based composite materials. The composite crew module (CCM) was to run concurrent with the Orion Project so that features could be compared and used to... »
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