Report from the Field: Highway Sustainability

This summer, I’ve spent several days with groups of state DOT engineers, university faculty, trade association staff and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) program managers, watching […]

Elevating E-Bike Frames

As the market for environmentally friendly electric bikes grows, V Frames of Saalfeld, Germany, is using water-assisted injection molding (WAIM) to produce carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) e-bike frames that […]

Strong Enough for Space

Strong Enough for Space A NASA research team investigating methods of welding thermoplastic components could be opening up opportunities on the moon and in deep space for the composites industry. […]

Building a Better Future

Early in his administration, President Biden launched the Federal Buy Clean Initiative to harness the nation’s purchasing power – more than $630 billion annually – while simultaneously investing in the […]

Robotics Aim for the Sky

There are nearly 26,000 aircraft in service worldwide, with aerospace OEMs anticipating more than 40,000 new passenger and cargo aircraft deliveries in the next 20 years. To meet that demand, […]

Strengthening the Power Grid

The U.S. power grid is straining under the triple burden of increased demand, aging infrastructure and severe weather. Between 2011 and 2021, the country’s utility companies experienced 64% more major […]

You’re Not Alone: Shaping the Industry Together with ACMA

This issue of Composites Manufacturing magazine could easily be branded as a special issue focused on sustainability. There are articles on an eco-friendly sailboat (page 8), the automotive industry’s push […]

RENCO’s Real-life LEGO-like Advanced Composite Blocks Offer a New Way to Build

RENCO spent more than a decade on research, development and extensive evaluation and testing to secure IBC and IRC approval on its composite LEGO-like building blocks. RENCO’s proprietary Mineral Composite […]

Leading the Way in Sustainability

As a California-based manufacturer of composite architectural products, Kreysler & Associates is keeping a close eye on the sustainability movement. “We’re getting hit from both sides. The architect clients we […]

Setting Sail for Sustainability

ECO Yachts in Monfalcone, Italy, launched a third-party verified carbon neutral production sailboat, the ecoracer30. The 30-foot-long sailboat, which features a recyclable thermoplastic hull and deck and other green technologies, […]