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People in Composites: January 2023

Beyond Gravity, Wisconsin Oven, Exel Composites, Corebon, Strongwell, Hexcel, Norco Composites and many others in the industry have announced updates to company personnel.

Strongwell chairman celebrates 50 years of company leadership

John Tickle’s leadership at Strongwell is marked by years of support and involvement in the composites industry, the community and several organizations.

Strongwell releases new product line, signs nationwide representative agreements

Strongirt, now supported and serviced globally, is an all-fiberglass, pultruded FRP continuous insulation cladding attachment support system for the commercial construction industry.

Composite building systems startup launches funding round

Florida-based Galexa Homes supplies pre-engineered wall, floor and roof systems built with pultruded fiberglass composites, looks to expand and move toward robotic assembly.

People in Composites: July 2021

9T Labs, Cygnet Texkimp, Mahr, Michelman, TPI Composites, ChemQuest, Veelo Technologies, Strongwell and Exel Composites announce new hires in the composites manufacturing industry.

IACMI: Driving innovation in the advanced composites industry

Since its start in 2015, the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) has come a long way in its mission of advancing composites innovation. CTO Uday Vaidya reflects on the past five years.

Ballistic panels protect school

A composites manufacturer has developed military-grade pultruded panels that are being used to protect schools in case of violent intruders.

Strongwell and Litchtgitter sign European distribution agreement for pultruded fiberglass gratings

Lichtgitter to distribute Strongwell’s DURADEK and DURAGRID pultruded fiberglass gratings in Europe.

Strongwell receives ISO 9001:2015 certification

The company has updated its quality management systems certification for the design, manufacture, inspection and testing of fiber reinforced plastics.

Serving pultrusion customers in the digital age

Thanks to composites and robust engineering design, the life expectancy of two FRP footbridges in Scotland is expected to be more than 60 years.

Rail line landmark restoration via pultrusion

Composites’ corrosion resistance ensures preservation.

Pultrusions growing in construction: new EPTA report

There’s a new report out from EPTA (European Pultrusion Technology Assn., Frankfurt am Main, Germany) that discusses new trends for pultrusion in building and construction.

Superbeam: Steel and carbon fiber work together to revolutionize structural elements

New approach to CFRP-strengthened steel beams increases load capacity by >75%, enabling dramatic downsizing while maintaining traditional bolted and welded attachments.

Composites bridge the gap in an historic nature trail

Partially pre-assembled pultruded parts helicoptered in for quick, nature-sensitive assembly.

CAMX 2016 Show Report

The 3rd annual joint ACMA/SAMPE-sponsored trade event comes to Anaheim with an exhibition and conference program attractive to professionals across the composites world.

Pultrusions provide composite thermal break

Army hospital combats Alaskan cold with FRP shapes/fasteners.

How have composite bridges measured up?

The latest US highway bill includes a provision to assess performance of composite bridges built years ago, bridges that CW wrote about.

CAMX 2015: More green, more customization, more growth

CAMX, the second year, was in interesting event, marked by a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of innovation and many new products.

CFRP camera boom enables safe spill inspection

NONA Composites’ 32m REACH structure meets tight remediation schedule at DoE radioactive waste storage site.

ACMA COMPOSITES 2013 review

Once again, cautious optimism, an abundance of revealing research and a parade of notable new products are ACMA convention keystones.

Life Cycle Assessment: Are composites "green"?

Methods for calculating the impact composites have on the environment enable data-driven comparisons to traditional materials on a level playing field.

Antiballistics: The DARPA connection

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency' (DARPA) Armor Challenge taps into materials innovation at companies and by inventors who are not yet in the military procurement pipeline.

On the waterfront: Composite marine piles build on success

Composite sheet pile competes against heavy-gauge steel while composite round piles enhance their position in the market and target wider acceptance in structural applications.

Watching a half-century of progress in composites

Looking back on my experience in the composites industry, from my first job in 1961 as a free-lance secretary to Brandt Goldsworthy to my last job as a free-lance writer for Composites Technology and High Performance Composites, gives me an uncommon perspective.

Standing Up to Natural Disasters

Composites are answering the call for residential and commercial structures that can weather future "perfect storms."

Building Bridges to Bridge and Building Rehab Markets

Despite a lack of standardization and education in the civil construction sector, these innovators use carbon and steel fibers to reinforce the business case for composites.

Pultruded Composites Span Infrastructure Gaps

Pre-engineered deck and superstructure systems are finding their niche in many locations around the world.

Composite design selected for salmon tracking antenna

Tough and affordable ultrathick laminate the solution for fish counting application.

Composites on the Line

Electric utilities are ripe for conversion from wood power poles and cross-arms and steel-cored conductive cables to composite constructions, but most must still be persuaded.

Are Hybrid Designs the Future for Composite Bridge Decks?

Teaming composites with traditional materials may be the future direction for cost-effective infrastructure replacement.

All-Composite Platforms?

Gibson describes how a team representing the Centre for Composite Materials Engineering, MSP (formerly Maunsell Structural Plastics, Beckenham, Kent, U.K.) and Odebrecht Oil and Gas, a Brazilian-owned platform fabrication company, were tasked with redesigning the topside of BP’s small, minimum-facility Davy-Be

Composite Trusses For Large Structures?

Ebert Composites Corp. (Chula Vista, Calif., U.S.A.) is marketing a composite truss concept for large structures that has potential for offshore application. Since 1992, the company has focused on the development of large, all-composite lattice-type power transmission towers to replace galvanized steel towers.

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