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Apartments Built with Interlocking Composite Blocks
A 96-unit, four-building apartment complex in West Palm Beach, Fla., is going up in record time – approximately eight weeks per building – thanks to a patented mineral composite fiber […]November 8, 2023ACMA Offers a Wealth of Information
In September, I attended a fabulous networking and educational event sponsored by the Women in the Composites Industry group and hosted by Owens Corning at its Science & Technology Center […]November 8, 20233D-Printed Tooling Is Taking Off
A decade ago, manufacturing large composite tooling was generally an expensive, months-long process. But things began to change in 2014, when the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory […]November 8, 2023
Paddling to the Top
More than 300 of the world’s best kayakers will travel this fall to RushSouth Whitewater Park in Columbus, Ga., to compete in the 2023 ICF Kayak Freestyle World Championship. Approximately […]August 5, 2023
Opportunities in Thermoplastic Pultrusion
Pultrusion offers many advantages for companies that want to produce consistent, high-strength and dimensionally accurate parts through a highly automated system. Thermoset matrices have been the material of choice for […]August 5, 2023Momentum in the Hydrogen Energy Movement
Hydrogen is often touted as the green energy carrier of the future – and it’s time may arrive sooner than you think. “There are already 10 million metric tons being […]August 5, 2023
Draft FAA Reauthorization Bills Include Composites Language
The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have both included language on advanced materials, including composites, in recently introduced Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization legislation. However, political fights on unrelated topics […]August 5, 2023Decarbonization in Composites Manufacturing
For more than a year, ACMA’s Climate Impact Project (CIP) has been helping composites manufacturers prepare estimates of the cradle-to-gate emission of climate warming gases associated with the production of […]August 5, 2023A Tale of Two Bridges
Two iconic Ohio landmarks – Cleveland’s North Coast Harbor and Kelleys Island’s Glacial Grooves Geological Preserve – recently installed pedestrian bridges featuring GFRP decks. The North Coast Harbor is situated […]August 5, 2023A Second Life for Wind Blades
Developing new methods of recycling composite wind blades is taking on greater urgency as the U.S. becomes more reliant on this natural energy source. By 2050, the country could be […]August 5, 2023
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