October 2014 Issue

October

October 2014

CAMX 2014: The inaugural show preview
Cover Story

CAMX 2014: The inaugural show preview

ACMA and SAMPE come together to offer a conference and exhibition of unprecedented scale and value to manufacturers from all segments of the composites industry.

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Features

Featured articles from the October 2014 issue of CompositesWorld

AIA 2014 Convention report
Sustainability

AIA 2014 Convention report

The ACMA helps American Institute of Architects launch Composites Pavilion at Chicago convention.

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Architectural composites: Rising to new challenges
Sustainability

Architectural composites: Rising to new challenges

In North America, Europe, the Middle East and Down Under, architects and engineers are finding composites are a good fit in groundbreaking applications.

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Bio-prepreg guitar: The look, feel, acoustic quality of wood
Biomaterials

Bio-prepreg guitar: The look, feel, acoustic quality of wood

When the El Capitan, a composite guitar from Blackbird Guitar (San Francisco, Calif.), made its debut this year with the look and sound of a vintage instrument.

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Printed circuit boards: A mobile market
Glass Fibers

Printed circuit boards: A mobile market

Glass fiber/epoxy prepregs have dominated the mammoth PCB market for decades. Will that continue in a time of great change?

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Pultruded window: Glass/polyurethane prototype wins award

Pultruded window: Glass/polyurethane prototype wins award

Deceuninck Group NV (Hooglede-Gits, Belgium), is at the forefront of composite window frame design and innovation, as evidenced by its recent award for a large, prototype window designed to open like a door.

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The IBC and FRP
Construction

The IBC and FRP

HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan marks signs of progress toward the use of composites in high-rise architecture since the International Building Code was amended in 2009 to clearly define code-compliant uses of FRP.

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Airtech International Inc.
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