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...
Pushing the Envelope with GFRP
When Northstar Technologies Group built a prototype house in Naples, Fla., using its GFRP building system for the envelope, company leaders knew that the biggest barrier would be meeting the county’s...
Navigating an Emerging Market
Creative Composites Group shipped 12 GFRP wicket gates from its Augusta, Maine, facility to the Illinois River in March for installation on the Peoria Lock and Dam. Across the country, Orenco Composites in...
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...
