Composites from Polynt Used in Areas of First Road-Legal Dallara Vehicle

Last week, Dallara—the legendary Italian engineering firm that’s developed chassis for IndyCar, Formula One, Formula Three, Formula E, IMSA and a bunch of other racing series—unveiled its first street-legal vehicle, […]

Mobile Solar Solution Featuring Covestro Polyurethane Deployed to Puerto Rico

In mid-September, Hurricane Maria caused major devastation to Puerto Rico, including knocking out the island’s power grid. Weeks after the storm, the majority of Puerto Ricans are still without electricity. […]

Workhorse to Test N-Gen Electric Van with 100-Mile Range

Workhorse Group Inc., an American technology company focused on providing electric mobility solutions to the commercial transportation sector, recently announced it has commenced implementation of agreements to test and operate […]

Altair Awards Toyota for Innovative use of Composites

Last week, Altair and Center for Automotive Research (CAR) announced that Toyota was one of its recipients for the fifth annual Altair Enlighten Award honoring innovation in automotive lightweighting. Toyota […]

Could Composites Help Save Coral in the Great Barrier Reef?

During the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Workshop on Additive Manufacturing for Civil Infrastructure Design, Dr. Mo Ehsani, a structural engineer and the founder of QuakeWrap, Inc., debuted a bold idea […]

CAMX Announces Speakers for its 2017 General Session

[alert type=blue] CAMX has been rescheduled for December 12-14, 2017. Click here for the full update.[/alert] Note: The article below has been updated to reflect the updated date and line-up.  […]

Premier Composite Technologies is working on the World’s Largest Sliding Dome in Mecca

Last week, a Dubai-based news outlet, Al Arabiya, broke news that Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) is working on a sliding dome in Mecca that is believed to be the largest […]

Arizona DOT strengthens two Interstate 17 bridges in Phoenix with Composites

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) recently announced it has used carbon fiber strips that are “coated and strengthened with a reinforcing polymer” to fix girders on state highway bridges […]

McLaren Could Supply Carbon Chassis to Other Automakers

During a McLaren press conference at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K., Chief Financial Officer Paul Buddin said the company’s new plant in Sheffield, England, building McLaren’s […]

Hyperloop One Completes World’s First Successful Hyperloop Full Systems Test

Hyperloop One announced the successful completion of the world’s first full systems Hyperloop test in a vacuum environment. This test was Phase 1 of a multi-Phase program and was privately […]