Custom Fiberglass Moldings will receive $169,000 in economic development tax credits from Wisconsin to expand its manufacturing facility. An FRP utility pole and crossarm, manufactured by Creative Pultrusions, were installed at Shawnee State Park. PPG ended the third quarter with record earnings.
Ranger Boats’ new owners will invest $13 million to retool and expand, which will create more than 115 new jobs. Met-Pro won a $3.7 million contract to supply fiberglass centrifugal pumps to a marine life park in Southeast Asia. Maine Marine Composites is using a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy...
LCOA Composites developed a lightweight composite police shield, which the company says can stop a bullet at 15 feet. Automated Dynamics introduced a carbon-fiber hydraulic pump at the Offshore Technology Conference. The DOT gave the Center for Transportation and Materials Engineering at Youngstown State University a $463,400 grant to investigate light-weight materials for...
John Schweitzer began his career in the plastics industry at a manufacturing company with plants scattered in the northeast United States. After 10 years with the company, the last three as a plant manager, he joined the staff at Composites Institute, a precursor to the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA). Schweitzer was originally hired...
For the past week, Composites Manufacturing has focused on some of the up-and-coming turbines hoping to win over the marketplace and earn the title of ‘crown jewel’ of the wind turbine industry. As a promising part of the composites industry future, these turbines can give composite manufacturers a glimpse into the minds of engineers,...
Ted Harris joined Ashland Performance Materials in 2004 as vice president and general manager of the Composite Polymers group. In 2006, he was named a vice president of Ashland and president of Ashland Distribution. He is currently president of Ashland Performance Materials. Here, Harris discusses his view of the growing composites industry.
Hexagon Composites signed a new contract with Daimler AG for composite fuel tanks, which will be installed in the next generation of Mercedes-Benz B-class sedans. The Department of Defense granted Iowa nearly $87 million in funds, some going to the growth of composites. Continental Structural Plastics is in the market for a new composite...
One of the top growing markets of 2010, including within the composites industry, is renewable energy. In honor of this growing trend, This week Composites Manufacturing is focusing on some of the up-and-coming turbines hoping to win over the marketplace and earn the title of ‘crown jewel’ of the wind turbine industry. Fuller Wind...
Renewable energy is a growing, changing and composite-opportunity filled industry. This week, Composites Manufacturing is focusing on some of the up-and-coming turbines hoping to win over the marketplace and earn the title of ‘crown jewel’ of the wind turbine industry. Third on the list is the Sway Floater.
Second in the list of up-an-coming turbines is the Honeywell WT-6500. Resembling an over-sized unicycle, this 10-blade turbine is small and compact, weighing in at only 170 pounds. Named one of the “10 most brilliant products of 2009,” by Popular Mechanics magazine, it can be installed on a separate pole, tower or roof. And...
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