The wind energy market isn’t just growing bigger. It’s also growing smaller: A study published by Pike Research shows that the small wind turbine industry will double by 2013. State governments continue to build and expand wind farms. Deepwater Wind signed a deal with Rhode Island to build the first U.S. offshore wind farm....
The North Carolina Economic Development Commission is a group intent on bringing business to many local towns. One industry they see with promise? The composites industry. The Commission began seven years ago with the thought that the counties could accomplish more working together. “We try to locate businesses that could have an interest in relocating...
In a symposium held at Clemson University, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the U.S. is falling behind in the race for clean, renewable energy and risks losing its prominence in high-tech manufacturing. But some companies are doing their part to aid in the growth effort. TPI Composites Inc., a supplier of wind turbine...
Collaborations abound this week: Boeing and NASA are teaming to create an airborne observatory. The 17-ton and 9-foot wide telescope (coincidentally also made of composites) is scheduled for take-off in early 2010. Quasar Aerospace entered into a joint venture to develop a new aircraft engine utilizing cool burning high-efficiency engine technology developed and tested...
If you happened to thumb through the latest issue of Popular Science magazine you may have noticed that composites are prominently featured. Berry Plastics Corporation’s X-FLEX Blast Protection System has taken the Grand Award for the magazine’s “Best of What’s New 2009” feature.
Construction on Bombardier’s new CSeries aircraft wing manufacturing plant, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, began this week. U.K.-based composite aerospace and defense manufacturer Cobham announced a new facility opening in the U.S. BAE Systems won a $23.75 million year-long contract with the US Army to manufacture Launcher Chassis for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket...
The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) earned another small victory on the road to acceptance last week at the International Code Council (ICC). The hearings, held in Baltimore on November 4-7, were part of a code development hearing by the ICC Fire Safety Committee to address comments on new proposals for inclusion in the International...
Composites were flying high this week: Nanomaterials, developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, blasted into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis for performance testing. Airbus selected ATK to produce composite structures and tooling for its next-generation A350 XWB (Xtra Wide Body) aircraft, and a slow economy isn’t dampening demand for combat jets.
Mitt Romney will be a keynote speaker at Composites 2010 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, February 9. Romney was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He also served as President and CEO of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Composites 2010 will be held Feb....
Kockums AB, Karlskrona, Sweden, is already receiving orders for its new CarboCAT MPV23. The new catamaran will be the first unit in a series that replaces aluminum with composite material. This new generation of CarboCATs, which is scheduled for its first delivery in August 2010, will be equipped with a hull and superstructure made...
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