Designing with Composites
When designing with composites, a key question must be addressed up front: Why composites? The answer to this question is likely to determine the direction taken to optimize the design while leveraging the...
Famous Filmmaker’s Museum Will Feature an FRP Façade
Director, producer and writer George Lucas has built a career on innovation, transforming the movie industry in countless areas, from special effects to digital filmmaking to sound editing and beyond. Now, in...
Arriving Soon: Affordable Commercial EVs
Arrival, an electric vehicle manufacturer based in the United Kingdom, has a vision: improve the environment by making electric vehicles (EVs) as affordable as their fossil-fueled counterparts. “The company...
The Toughness of Tanks
Geoff Clarkson, P.Eng., doesn’t fabricate composite storage tanks, but he knows a lot about what makes them last – and fail. Clarkson founded UTComp in 2008 to offer engineering and inspection services to...
2020 State of the Industry Report
Six industry experts focus on the future of composites. In 2019, Composites Manufacturing magazine covered innovations throughout the industry, from experimental wind turbines and structural composites on...
Graphene Gaining Strength in Composites Markets
In 2004, working at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, researchers Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov produced graphene, the world’s first two-dimensional, man-made material. In the following...
