Category: Columns

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...

Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), in collaboration with Armortex, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Villanova University, has tested and completed fiberglass ballistic and blast-resistant armor panels with printed...

Basia Dżaman, a student at Poznań, Poland’s School of Form, has created a machine that can print and weave carbon fiber.  Dżaman modified robots by KUKA, a renowned industrial...

The United Arab Emirates National Innovation Committee has revealed a project to create the world’s first ever 3-D printed office building. While there have been some teams in the...

NASA scientists recently announced the agency has begun prototyping a boomerang-shaped plane projected to make the first flight on Mars at some point between 2022 and 2024. “We’re going to...

Composite parts are widely used due to their unique properties, including durability. Unfortunately, even the best designed and best made parts can be damaged by unforeseen circumstances either at...

ACMA supports legislation increasing the likelihood that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a risk assessment for styrene and possibly require controls for composites industry workplace exposures and...