FRP Enhances Sculpture Reproduction

As part of the M+ Playscape, the Octetras are among the few pieces of art at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong that visitorsare encouraged to touch. The recreations of […]

ACMA Fly-In Supported Industry’s Workforce Development Needs

ACMA’s Composites 2024 Washington Fly-In lobbied in support of legislation aimed at helping U.S. manufacturers make training more affordable to workers. One of the priorities we highlighted for House and […]

EPA Program Will Shape Selection of Construction Materials

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is setting up a program to rate construction materials by their climate impacts. Suppliers of materials with lower impacts – with reduced emissions of climate […]

Driving Toward a Greener Future

When the Environmental Protection Agency announced its new emissions requirements in March, it stated that automotive manufacturers could reach those goals if electric vehicles (EVs) made up 56% of new […]

Closing the Skilled Workforce Gap

U.S. manufacturers in all industries will face a shortage of 2.1 million workers by 2030, according to the National Association of Manufacturing. Young people aren’t eager to fill that gap; […]

SABIC Fire-retardant Thermoplastic Battery Module Box Makes EVs Safer

SABIC’s BLUEHERO initiative was designed to accelerate the worldwide transition to electric power and support global goals on climate change. As a starting point, BLUEHERO is focused on creating safer […]

Wabash and Purdue Trailer Supplies Its Own Power from Vibrations

Wabash National and Purdue University’s College of Engineering, working with Herrick Labs, debuted the result of a three-year project to harvest power from a trailer’s vibrations – a new trailer […]

Exel Collaborating with Flying Whales to Design VTOL Cargo Airship

Flying Whales is designing the LCA60T – a 200-meter-long vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) airship using helium technology to lift its weight and cargo. The airship can transport up to […]

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Ready to Launch

When using solar sails, traditional heavy propulsion systems are replaced by using the pressure of sunlight. A team at NASA has enhanced the design of the booms for the Advanced […]

AirX’s AirFish Wing-in-Ground (WIG) Craft is Preparing for Certification

Wing-in Ground (WIG) combines marine and aviation design to utilize Ground Effect (GE) —the energy conserving aerodynamic phenomenon of increased lift and a decrease in the induced drag that is […]