VIP Treatment
Boat hulls and wind blades may be the first applications that come to mind when people think about vacuum infusion processing (VIP). But other markets aside from marine and wind energy have turned to the...
Smoother Sailing for Composites Supply Chain
Two years ago, composites companies were struggling with multiple issues when trying to obtain the supplies and equipment they needed to maintain their operations. Even when they could procure them, it was a...
Bright Horizons for ACMA as My Era Ends
When I became connected with ACMA in 2015, I had no idea how involved I would become in the association. I started participating on committees, joined the board of directors, led the Marketing &...
Is There an EPD in Your Future?
The Biden Administration, partially in response to goals and requirements set by Congress, is pressing infrastructure owners and builders to decrease the embodied carbon associated with building and operating...
ACMA Files Comments on Infrastructure Law Implementation
ACMA filed comments aimed at ensuring the Biden Administration appropriately implements new domestic content rules under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) so that composites manufacturers can...
Wind Blades of a Different Stripe
Launched in September 2020, the ZEBRA (Zero wastE Blade ReseArch) project is led by French research center IRT Jules Verne, with partners that include resin manufacturer Arkema, R&D center CANOE, wind farm...
