ITT Delivered its first composite assembly of the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter to Sikorsky Aircraft, which is being developed for the U.S. Marines. Aero Montreal signed partnership agreements with five French-based composite companies and initiated four exploratory projects at last week’s aerospace clusters symposium. The tooth enamel of lungfish could provide the basis for...
Mike Lopez has more than 25 years experience in composite design and manufacturing, with an emphasis on the sporting goods industry. He takes new product concepts through the design and prototype stages and production. He previously worked in different capacities at Reynolds Composites, Unifiber USA, Competition Composites and Cape Composites.
Cellulosic fiber-maker GreenCore Composites receives funding for new R&D. Boeing may postpone the 787 Dreamliner, making it the seventh time and adding another year to the three-year delay. Universities in New Zealand are holding the fifth in a series of 14 nationwide series on high-tech manufacturing, including a variety of composites materials.
Ironically, LCOA Composites developed the DeadStop to keep police from coming to a dead stop. Targeted to help domestic police departments, SWAT teams and other government agencies, the DeadStop is a new lightweight police shield made from a composite hybrid material. The lightweight material gives the shield a multi-hit capability. For example, it can...
Vicki Markussen is executive director of the 7 Rivers Alliance, a regional leadership group that began in 2003. It boosts economic growth by fostering collaboration among companies, individuals, universities and other organizations in western Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa. Markussen says the 7 Rivers Alliance can help the composites industry and vice versa,...
Composites making news last week: Innovative Composites is raising money through equity financing to increase its manufacturing capabilities. Straight Flight Inc. earned a Class I Composite Airframe rating from the FAA, allowing it to repair carbon fiber, fiberglass and Kevlar components.
Failure analysts are like the Ghost Busters of the composites industry. When there’s something strange, you give them a call. Joe Rakow, an expert in composite failure analysis, is asked to help companies figure out how and why product failures occur. Rakow investigates airplane accidents to broken pipelines and fire-damaged wind turbines. However, the...
Garry Hojan has worked at Aerocet, a manufacturer of floats for airplanes, for nearly eight years, starting in production and working his way through different departments to become the Operations Manager. Previously, he was vice president for an engineering firm with more than 13,000 employees and 243 offices worldwide. Recently, the company hosted its...
BMC and thermoset part supplier Mar-Bal has initiated a sales and export strategy to China. Valley Forge Composites Technologies entered a distribution partnership with Intellidome ALSS to promote each other’s counter-terrorism and homeland security products. Vector Composites signed an agreement to promote Quickstep Composites’ out-of-autoclave process.
Bryan Smith is the general manager of Goldshield Fiberglass, a Decatur, Indiana-based manufacturer of custom molded composites that has 150 employees and 260,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Smith’s first stint at Goldshield lasted 14 years (from 1986 to 2000), and he rejoined the company in 2009 to oversee its day-to-day operations and to...
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