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FRP Project Wins Prestigious National Award
Tucson-based QuakeWrap has been awarded the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) 2006 Award of Excellence for its seismic retrofit of the historic McKinley Tower in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Carbon Fibre Industry Set For Huge Growth to Meet Expanding Applications
The global carbon fibre industry is poised to enter a period of dynamic growth, driven by increasing usage of carbon fibre composites in key applications, according to a new report just published.
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Thermoformable Sandwich Panel Developed with Polystrand Reinforcement
Polystrand have developed a new sandwich panel made with a proprietary thermoformable foam core and advanced continuous fibre reinforcement.
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New Capacity for Oxeon Materials
Oxeon is investing in large scale capacity for their TeXtreme and TeXero materials, in response to the positive reaction to sample volumes of both materials by their customers.
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Rice Chemists Create and Grow Nanotube Seeds
Rice University chemists have revealed the first method for cutting carbon nanotubes into "seeds" and using those seeds to sprout new nanotubes, offering hope that seeded growth may one day produce large quantities of pure nanotubes.
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Somos NanoTool Composite Resin Now Commercially Available
DSM Somos has announced the commercialization of NanoTool, the third generation of Somos composites stereolithography (SL) materials.
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SAMPE Fall Technical Conference Review
SAMPE's Fall Technical Conference drew 800 attendees and boasted a sold out exhibit hall, where engineers, scientists, technologists and educators converged for four days of educational programming.
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Masterbatches and Compounds are Based on Developments of Nanotechnology
Electrovac has founded a new division, Electrovac Nanofibers, to produce and process carbon nanofibres.
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New Techniques Pave Way for Carbon Nanotubes in Electronic Devices
A team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has reported two new techniques, each following a different approach, for placing carbon nanotube patterns on metal surfaces of just about any shape and size.
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Composite NanoDevices in Imaging and Nano Radiation Therapy
Principles and mechanisms of nanotechnology will be examined by Dr Mohamed Khan of the NanoBiotechnology Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) during the 48th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO).
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Composite Substrates Could Boost Performance of RF Power Devices
Picogiga International has announced excellent initial material characterization results surrounding gallium nitride (GaN) on compound engineered substrates, which should enable a new range of reasonably-priced, high-performance radio-frequency (RF) applications.
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Boeing Awarded US Air Force Search and Rescue Contract
The Boeing HH-47 helicopter has been selected by the US Air Force as the winner of the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) program competition.
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EuCIA 3-Year Strategy Reaches First Milestone
EuCIA, the European Composite Manufacturers organisation, has been in operation for 2 years now as the successor of the GPRMC, and has changed direction into a more modern and service oriented organisation.
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Engineers Attend Crash Course in Composites
NIAR is currently conducting a series of classes for engineers with Bombardier Learjet, to serve as an introduction to composite materials.
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