Paddling to the Top
More than 300 of the world’s best kayakers will travel this fall to RushSouth Whitewater Park in Columbus, Ga., to compete in the 2023 ICF Kayak Freestyle World Championship. Approximately 70% of them will...
Opportunities in Thermoplastic Pultrusion
Pultrusion offers many advantages for companies that want to produce consistent, high-strength and dimensionally accurate parts through a highly automated system. Thermoset matrices have been the material of...
Momentum in the Hydrogen Energy Movement
Hydrogen is often touted as the green energy carrier of the future – and it’s time may arrive sooner than you think. “There are already 10 million metric tons being tanked, trucked and used around the...
Draft FAA Reauthorization Bills Include Composites Language
The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have both included language on advanced materials, including composites, in recently introduced Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization legislation....
Decarbonization in Composites Manufacturing
For more than a year, ACMA’s Climate Impact Project (CIP) has been helping composites manufacturers prepare estimates of the cradle-to-gate emission of climate warming gases associated with the production of...
A Tale of Two Bridges
Two iconic Ohio landmarks – Cleveland’s North Coast Harbor and Kelleys Island’s Glacial Grooves Geological Preserve – recently installed pedestrian bridges featuring GFRP decks. The North Coast...
