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Automotive

New McLaren Carbon Fibre Lightweight Architecture Platform Used to Build Artura

The hybrid Artura is the next step in the evolution of vehicles at McLaren. Not only is the McLaren Carbon Fibre...

Speedkore’s 1970 Dodge Charger Hellraiser Features Exposed Carbon Fiber Body

Speedkore engineers and manufactures custom performance vehicles with the goal of reducing weight and increasing horsepower. Prepreg autoclave carbon...

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...

Aerospace

Flying High in Aerospace

For decades, aerospace manufacturers have been incorporating composite components into their aircraft to cut back on...

Carbon ThreeSixty, Leonardo and National Composites Centre Collaborate on New Composite Helicopter Wheel

Carbon ThreeSixty, Leonardo, and the National Composites Centre have joined forces to create an all-composite helicopter wheel. The NATEP project,...

With NASA’s HUNCH Program Students Develop Composite Components for International Space Station

The mission of NASA’s HUNCH Program (High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware) is to empower and inspire students through a...

Architecture

America’s First Permitted 3D Printed Home is Now For Sale

SQ4D, an autonomous robotic construction system company, recently unveiled America’s first 3D printed home. Boasting...

Composite Deck Boards Offers Natural Looking Surfaces With New Features

MoistureShield®, a division of Oldcastle APG, recently announced a new composite-based product within its offerings. The product, Meridian, is a...

Restructuring Homebuilding with 3D Printing

Mighty Buildings, winner of CAMX’s 2020 Unsurpassed Innovation Award, is prepared to shake up the housing construction industry in a big way. Its...

Lattice Tower Showcases New Technologies

Rising 30 feet into the air, a GFRP and CFRP lattice tower built for the architectural showcase Exhibit Columbus in Columbus, Ind., is the first...

Interviews

A Tribute to Tom Dobbins

After 13 years at the helm of ACMA, Tom Dobbins will leave his role as president on March 14 and join the Aluminum...

Owens Corning Exec Discusses Composites Industry Growth and Innovations

When the CAMX 2018 exhibit hall opened on Tuesday, Composites Manufacturing magazine’s Managing Editor Susan Keen Flynn stopped by the Owens...

Insider Input into Military Aerospace Research

John D. Russell, technical director of the Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Division at Air Force Research Laboratory, is an international...