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Sports & Recreation

From football helmets to hockey sticks to kayaks to bobsleds, composite materials help athletes reach their highest performance capabilities and provide durable, lightweight equipment for weekend warriors.

Evari 856 Commuter E-bike is Lightweight and Sturdy Thanks to Carbon Fiber Frame

Evari, a mobility start-up company in the U.K., operates on three core principles of innovation, detailed design, and rider engagement with a focus on products and production techniques creating a sustainable...

Sustainable Composite Materials Used to Build Wild Water Kayak

A team of 19 graduates, apprentices, and year-in-industry students at the National Composites Centre (NCC) worked together to imagine, design, and manufacture a wild water kayak built from sustainable...

Federations and Sports Equipment Suppliers Uniting to Reuse Carbon Fiber Components

The Carbon Fibre Circular Demonstration Project was launched on Earth Day, April 22nd, with a focus on the reuse of carbon fiber components from the sports equipment industry, The project is run by the World...

Sustainable Surfboards Built of Upcycled Carbon Fiber and Bio-resin

NOTOX, a surfboard creator founded in 2006, is committed to sustainability. In the past, the NOTOX team worked with Sicomin and used its GreenPoxy bio-resins in surfboards reinforced with sustainable cork,...

New Pickleball Paddles Feature Fiberglass and Carbon Fiber Faces

Pickleball is played on a badminton-sized court with the net set to a height of 34 inches using a perforated plastic ball and composite or wooden paddles about twice the size of ping-pong paddles. KitchenPro...

New Suit for Formula E Race Drivers Made Safer and Lighter with Composites

The latest innovation from Teijin Aramid’s long relationship with premium motorsport safety equipment producer OMP Racing is a custom-made protective motor racing suit designed for Envision Virgin...
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Composites Manufacturing is the official publication of the American Composites Manufacturers Association. Published bimonthly, it offers practical assessments of the current state of the composites industry as well as thoughtful explorations of the opportunities and challenges ahead. It includes timely coverage of core market segments, materials, processes and technical education plus topics such as sustainability, plant safety, operational efficiency and research advances. Subscribe to Composites Manufacturing Magazine.

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The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) is the world's largest trade group representing over 3,000 companies in the composites industry in North America alone. ACMA is recognized as the premier provider of composites industry educational resources through its CAMX show, conferences, and Certified Composites Technician (CCT®) program. It serves its members and the industry by providing strong, proactive leadership in growing the composites market and technical, legislative and regulatory affairs.

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