Industry Digest

Keep up to date with the latest news of interest to the composites industry

Toyota Tacoma Redesigned into All-Terrain Expedition Vehicle with Carbon Fiber Monocoque

Truckhouse’s BCT is a Toyota Tacoma reimagined into a mid-sized expedition vehicle composed of a carbon fiber reinforced house and featuring off-road specs. The BCT is self-contained. In the past, due to...

High-Tech Roads Include Solar Panels to Fuel EV Charging Stations

Unchartered Power in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. is providing clean energy for electric vehicles (EV) in a whole new way. In the city’s Innovation District, solar power panels are being embedded into a roadway...

Lightweight Distributed Propulsion Hybrid Aircraft Moves Closer to Take-Off

With support from France’s CORAC civil aviation research council, Daher, Safran, and Airbus are designing a lightweight distributed propulsion hybrid aircraft demonstrator, the EcoPulse™. Developed on a...

NASA Telescope’s Deployable Tower Assembly Passes Post-Environmental Testing

The mission of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is to find the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and to see stars forming planetary systems. The telescope is scheduled for launch in...

Service Ramps for Disabled Trolley Riders Made Safer with Composites

Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) is being used to build new service ramps to bridge the gap between the rail trolleys and the station platforms on the Memphis Area Transit Authority’s (MATA) rail...

Carbon Fiber Windsurf Fins Built with Bio-based Resin Epoxy

Sonntag fins are custom made for each windsurf slalom sailor, racer, or speed sailor placing an order, specifically tailored to the rider’s size, riding style, and the feel and feedback the rider desires....