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    Driving Safety in Motorsports

    Team Penske, an American professional auto racing organization, is competing in its 60th season this year. The company fields cars for drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series, NTT INDYCAR Series […]
    February 3, 2026

  • Now is the Time to Market FRP Composites in Construction

    At ACMA we are expanding our efforts to help members supplying construction materials as several market forces combine to make FRP composites more attractive. Over the past decade, the priorities […]
    February 3, 2026

  • 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
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