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| Effective FEA for Performance Gains |
 High Modulus was commissioned by Isotop (France) to provide an engineering design solution for the carbon rudder quadrant of a 100ft high performance sailing boat, with the key objective of reducing weight. |
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| Indy Parks Dedicate Fibreglass Bridge |
 Indy Parks & Recreation dedicated the new fibreglass pedestrian bridge in Juan Solomon Park, with an event featuring an educational talk on its significance and a nature program led by Environmental Education staff. |
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| Gurit to Temporarily Adjust Workforce in Canadian Structural Foam Production |
| Gurit has introduced measures to temporarily adjust the workforce in its Canadian structural foam production. |
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| Composites+Polycon - Full Conference Program Now Available |
| The full conference program for Composites+Polycon ’09, to be held January 15-17 in Tampa, Fla., is now available from the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA). |
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| Oxford Performance Materials Received ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 Certification |
| Oxford Performance Materials (OPM) has received ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003 certification for its Enfield Connecticut facility. |
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| Gurit Signs Materials Supply Contract with Chinese Wind Energy Customer |
| Gurit has signed a supply agreement with BTW Boading Tianwei Group to supply prepreg and kitted foam materials for wind turbine blades in China. |
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| IDES & Firehole Launch Search Engine for Datasheets |
| IDES and Firehole Technologies have developed and launched a searchable database of composite material datasheets called Prospector:Composites. |
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| HDW Selects FiberSIM to Streamline Composites for Submarine Projects |
| Howaldtswerke-Deutsch Werft (HDW) has purchased FiberSIM software to design and manufacture parts for submarines made of advanced composite materials. |
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| SAMPE/IOM3 Annual Student Seminar 2008 |
 The UK and Ireland Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE), in collaboration with the British Composites Society, held their Annual Student Seminar on 24 November at IOM3 HQ in London. |
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| AGY Increases S-2 Glass Manufacturing Capacity by 20% |
| AGY has increased production capacity of its S-2 Glass fibre products by another twenty percent in response to continued demand for composite armour systems in US military vehicles. |
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| Hambleside Danelaw Reports Sharp Reduction in its Carbon Footprint |
 An independent assessment has found that the building products manufacturer, Hambleside Danelaw, slashed its carbon footprint by over 20% during 2007. |
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| OCV Gunsan, Korea Plant Closes |
| Following a strategic review of operations, OCV Reinforcements closed its manufacturing facility in Gunsan, Korea on Oct. 31. |
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| DSM and BUFA Announce Strategic Cooperation |
| DSM Composite Resins and BÜFA intend to start up a strategic cooperation in two joint venture agreements. |
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| Retrofit Composite System Provides Protection from Significant Blast Events |
| Berry Plastics Corporation has introduced X-FLEX Blast Protection System, designed specifically to absorb energy and mitigate debris hazards during a significant blast event. |
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| Monohull Shatters 24 Hour Record and Wins 1st Leg of Volvo Ocean Race |
 Ericsson Racing Team’s second race boat ‘Ericsson 4’, built using a range of ACG’s advanced carbon fibre products, succeeded in sailing 602 nautical miles in 24 hours, thereby breaking the previous record of 542 for a monohull. |
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| Insituform Awarded Rehabilitation Contract by City of Chicago |
 The City of Chicago has awarded Insituform a $2.8 million contract for sewer rehabilitation. |
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| SGL Carbon unit HITCO wins contract for Airbus A-380 |
 HITCO Carbon Composites has won a contract for the design and manufacture of the 7 Rib Truss structure for the Airbus A-380 airliner's vertical tail plane. |
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| Five investment hot spots in building materials industry |
| Industry insiders have pinpointed five hot spots of investment in the Chinese building materials industry. |
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| Boeing may halt sonic cruiser project |
 Boeing has shown it may abandon its sonic cruiser project by revealing it is offering airlines a slower, more fuel-efficient aircraft alongside the futuristic design, the Financial Times reported, citing Walt Gillette, programme manager for the sonic cruiser programme. |
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| New PMI foams designed for resin infusion processes |
| A recent research program to enable further cost savings in RTM technologies has created a core material tailored to suit all conventional resin infusion processes. |
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