Recapping Success: ACMA’s 2017 Infrastructure Day

In mid-February, ACMA held its second annual Infrastructure Day fly-in event in Washington, D.C. Nearly 40 composites company owners and managers headed to Capitol Hill for the three-day event. Participants […]

SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket from Historic NASA Launch Pad

Yesterday, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where NASA once sent astronauts to the moon for the famous […]

Boeing Debuts 787-10 Dreamliner During Trump Visit

On Friday, Boeing’s 787-10 Dreamliner, the third member of the 787 Dreamliner family, made its debut at Boeing’s plant in South Carolina. Thousands of employees at the North Charleston, S.C. […]

World’s First Flying Vehicles are Being Made with Composites

All over the world, a handful of companies are creating what many have called the first wave of “real” flying vehicles. According to sources, many of these vehicles may be […]

Boeing Space Taxi will Feature 600 3-D Printed Parts

Boeing has hired Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. (OPM), a leader in advanced materials science and high-performance additive manufacturing (HPAM™), to make about 600 3-D printed parts for its CST-100 Starliner […]

Researchers are Developing Nanocomposites to Battle Solar Cell Corrosion

A team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, led by Erik Spoerke along with Texas A&M professor Jaime Grunlan, is developing nanocomposite films made from inexpensive materials as barriers against […]

World’s Tallest Superyacht, Made with Composites, Sets Sail

After months of extensive testing, the world’s tallest luxury superyacht – known as Sailing Yacht A – has begun its sail from Germany to its new owner, billionaire Andrey Melnichenko, in […]

Airbus Creates First Single-Piece Composite Center Wing Box

Airbus announced it has created the first-ever single-piece composite center wing box. According to the company, the wing box leverages advances in composite technologies, including the molding of complex parts […]

Boeing Shares Reach Record High Thanks to Dreamliner

Boeing shares have reached an all-time high. The company’s stock jumped nearly 5 percent to $168.50 after it said it expects to generate $10.75 billion in operating cash in 2017. […]

Thermoplastic ICEhouse Stands out at 2017 World Economic Forum

Material supplier SABIC’s ICEhouse took center stage during the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The ICE in ICEhouse stands for Innovation for the Circular Economy. SABIC collaborated with […]