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Old Technology, New Enhancements
The process of manufacturing composites by winding fiber filaments over a rotating mandrel dates back to the 1940s, and after decades of upgrades and improvement the technique is still in […]
August 20, 2025
Digital Twins Reveal Hidden Information
It can be difficult to determine what happens inside a composite product during the manufacturing process – where anomalies may have occurred or how closely the final product matches the […]
August 20, 2025
Making a Push for Prefab FRP Panels
As the U.S. construction sector continues to face a pervasive labor shortage that many expect to intensify, Building Composites in Moraine, Ohio, has introduced a prefabricated FRP building enclosure panel […]
August 20, 2025
Congress Makes Manufacturing Tax Provisions Permanent
Less than a month after ACMA’s record-setting Composites 2025 Fly-In, Washington provided manufacturers with an extra reason to celebrate on the Fourth of July: much needed tax improvements that potentially […]
August 20, 2025
Charting a Course for Family Business Success
Family businesses are a vital segment of the U.S. economy, generating $7.7 trillion in gross domestic product, according to a report by Family Enterprise USA. While Wal-Mart Inc. is the […]
August 20, 2025
ACMA’s LCA+EPD Generator: A Smart Investment in Selling the Environmental Benefits of Composites
The 2025 version of ACMA’s LCA+EPD Generator is now up and running, and it’s already reshaping how composite manufacturers approach sustainability documentation. Designed to prepare cradle-to-gate environmental product declarations (EPDs) […]
August 20, 2025
ACMA: Driving Innovative Platforms for Composites Industry Engagement
As I begin my service as ACMA Board Chair, receiving the baton from my friend and colleague Megan Multanen, I naturally reflect on the privilege and responsibility to continue a […]
August 20, 2025
A View Toward Composites Evolution
Michael Gromacki, CEO of McClarin Composites, jokes that his involvement with ACMA began with a dumpster fire. “In 1997, I gave my first presentation with ACMA – then called the […]
August 20, 2025
New ACMA Event! Composites Evolution 2025
Join leading manufacturers, suppliers and technical experts Oct. 22 – 23, 2025, at Composites Evolution in Knoxville, Tenn., a new event focused on open molding and filament winding, where you […]
August 20, 2025
2025 State of the Industry Report
In its annual Blue Chip Economic Indicators survey, Wolters Kluwer asks approximately 50 economic forecasters to provide projections for the year ahead. The consensus for 2025 predicts real gross domestic […]
March 7, 2025

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