Category: Columns

BMW announced it will loan its electric i3 car to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for evaluation over the next 12 months. The evaluation will mark the i3’s...

The Port of Port Angeles, Wash. is moving forward with plans to launch a Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) at the composites manufacturing campus in Port Angeles, Wash. The Port...

After extensive laboratory research on glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) as internal reinforcement of concrete, graduate students at the University of Miami are working with Moss Construction Management to...

According to a recent press release from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, the Air Force Small Business Innovation/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) has provided PROOF Research’s Advanced Composites Division with $750,000...

Composite Structural Connections As the polymer composites industry continues to grow, questions arise concerning connections between composites and between composites and other materials such as metals, wood, concrete or...

NASA’s team at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Is using one of the largest composites manufacturing robots created in America to build the biggest, lightweight composite...

Scaled Composites has confirmed that its Stratolaunch Carrier Aircraft, the world’s biggest plane, will begin testing next year. The concept of the plane is a product of combined innovation...

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) announced that the manufacturing of the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette’s body will be the first production use of its advanced composite, TCA Ultra Lite. According to...

Ford has laid claim as the first major automaker to mass produce carbon fiber wheels as standard equipment for a production vehicle. Ford teamed up with Australian supplier Carbon...