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Setting Sail for Sustainability
ECO Yachts in Monfalcone, Italy, launched a third-party verified carbon neutral production sailboat, the ecoracer30. The 30-foot-long sailboat, which features a recyclable thermoplastic hull and deck and other green technologies, […]May 24, 2024FRP 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 […]May 24, 2024
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 […]May 24, 2024
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 […]May 24, 2024Driving 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 […]May 24, 2024Closing 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; […]May 24, 20242024 State of the Industry Report
The U.S. economy did better than expected in 2023, avoiding a recession that many experts predicted. Inflation fell, jobs increased and manufacturing investments spiked. But if there’s a theme for […]February 23, 2024Promising Polymers
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has manufactured more than 40,000 nacelles for dozens of military and commercial aircraft programs. Building on that expertise, a team at the aerospace and defense […]February 23, 2024GFRP Tower Hit New Heights
A theory about the wireless transmission of energy, developed by inventor Nikola Tesla more than a century ago, helped pave the way for the recent construction of the world’s largest […]February 23, 2024EVTOLs Closer to Lift Off
Visitors to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris may have a new option for traveling from Charles de Gaulle Airport to the city – an electric air taxi. Volocopter, a […]February 23, 2024
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