The Brawn GP team took a step forward by utilizing a new fiber entirely. The team, a newly-formulated effort from Honda’s dissolved group, implemented a new fiber to augment carbon fiber from Greenville, S.C.-based Innegrity. According to business development manager Mark Shioleno, Carl Flesher, formerly of BMW and director of the Clemson University International...
Hailing from Philadelphia, New Era Composites focuses on manufacturing composite water paddles and skateboards. The company also does design and consulting work in other market segments, including marine and automotive. The upstart company, in business since 2007, has only six employees but President Wesley Goulbourne is optimistic that his business can grow even in...
What job title graces your business card? Wouldn’t it be neat if your official profession was “Explorer”? That’s precisely how Wave Vidmar describes his occupation (specifically, he’s the explorer-in-residence at the National Science Center) and his next expedition will find him sailing solo across the Atlantic Ocean in a composite boat. “All my previous...
Ian Goddard is the senior computer-aided engineering (CAE) engineer for Renault’s Formula One (F1) racing team. The UK squad, based in Enstone, Oxfordshire, is one of the most accomplished in the sport, having won multiple championships since its inception in 2002. Despite a recent racing scandal, the team is forging ahead and aiming at...
Composites manufacturers are always looking for new ways to stick out from their competition. Peter Gibson, owner of GRC Fiberglass Coatings, has announced a new system he says will represent the next step forward in pool repair. He has developed a process to use a fiberglass topcoat to resurface swimming pools. Gibson says that...
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