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Fully Configurable CAD Models Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
CAD download availability includes both motorized and non-motorized linear rail systems with the flexibility to change/modify many features
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Boeing May Delay 747-8 Deliveries Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Boeing said on Wednesday that the first delivery of its new 747-8 may slip into early next year.
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
IMTS 2010 Countdown: Makino Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Makino will demonstrate its new products and machining technologies at IMTS 2010 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, September 13-18.
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Lockheed Martin Marietta Facility Kicks Off F-35 Lightning II Center Wing Assembly Production Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Officials at the Lockheed Martin facility here formally announced the start of F-35 Lightning II center wing production operations at the plant during a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday.
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Preserve fiberglass with proper maintenance Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:45:00 +0200
Preserve fiberglass with proper maintenance
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French Conference : Composites Materials and French Clusters in 2010 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0200
French Conference : Composites Materials and French Clusters in 2010
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AIA Commends Passage of 2010 Supplemental Appropriations Bill 2010-07-28-15:44:28+00:00
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Umeco Composites businesses show growth Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:25:00 GMT
Umeco plc, a provider of supply chain services and advanced composite materials to the aerospace and defence industries, reports revenue growth in its composites businesses for the 1 April-30 June 201
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Eurocopter signs contract with Airbus to manufacture A350 XWB doors in Donauw�rth Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:52:00 +0200
Eurocopter signs contract with Airbus to manufacture A350 XWB doors in Donauw�rth
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Seco Tools acquires company with focus on aircraft industry Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:39:00 +0200
Seco Tools acquires company with focus on aircraft industry
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Airbus delivers tenth A380 in 2010 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:34:00 +0200
Airbus delivers tenth A380 in 2010
JEC Composites
Goodrich and University of Dayton to develop production capabilities for advanced nanomaterial Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:31:00 +0200
Goodrich and University of Dayton to develop production capabilities for advanced nanomaterial
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Fokker to produce composite landing gear drag braces for F-35 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:15:00 GMT
Fokker Landing Gear has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Goodrich Corporation to produce polymer composite landing gear drag braces for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
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IMTS 2010: A Look Ahead Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Doug Woods, president of AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology, gives a sneak peek of what is to come at IMTS 2010.
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AgustaWestland unveils AW169 helicopter Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:25:00 GMT
AgustaWestland says that its new AW169 multi-purpose helicopter benefits from extensive use of composites.
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Green heat is often most cost-effective option: DoE Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:30:00 GMT
US Federal agencies purchased or produced 2.3 TWh of electricity from renewable sources in FY09, representing 4.2% of the Government’s electricity and surpassing the goal of 3% set by EPAct 2005.
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Strong commercial aerospace sales boost Hexcel's second quarter Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:24:00 GMT
Hexcel reports sales of US$305.1 million for the second quarter of 2010, up 10% on the 2009 quarter, led by strong sales to the commercial aerospace market.
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REpower Q1 result down 29% Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:27:00 GMT
Wind turbine manufacturer REpower says its result for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2010/2011 fell 29% to €204 million.
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BAE Systems introduces Taranis umanned aerial vehicle Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:33:51 -0400
The Taranis vehicle is a concept demonstrator that will test the possibility of developing the first autonomous, stealthy unmanned combat air vehicle.
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Aeroindustryjobs: Jobs of the week, July 27, 2010 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:29:14 -0400
Aerospace job opportunities from Aeroindustryjobs.com at 3M, Sun Country Airlines, HITCO Carbon Composites, Cole Warren & Long and Hexcel.
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Bombardier announces aggressive plan to bolster support in Asia-Pacific Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:24:00 +0200
Bombardier announces aggressive plan to bolster support in Asia-Pacific
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Kestrel Aircraft picks Maine for composite plane development, manufacturing Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:22:26 -0400
Cirrus Design founder Alan Klapmeier starts Kestrel, which will develop and certify the composites-intensive Kestrel JP10 turboprop, originally designed by Farnborough Aircraft.
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Ashland delivers a 'solid' 2010 third quarter Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:23:00 GMT
For its 2010 third quarter, Ashland reports preliminary results of US$2 362 million in sales and net income of $148 million.
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Solar-powered Zephyr UAS lands following record flight Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:28:24 -0400
The carbon fiber, solar-powered Zephyr — which weighs a little more than 50 kg — upon landing on July 23, spent more than 14 days in the air, breaking the record for unmanned, solar-powered flight.
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HITCO receives contract for non-autoclave composites manufacturing Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:12:58 -0400
HITCO will fabricate three large non-autoclave composite spars using prepreg composite materials supplied by Cytec Engineered Materials.
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Goodrich begins testing of C-130 carbon/carbon brakes Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:00:43 -0400
Goodrich's C-130 wheel and brake retrofit features DURACARB carbon/carbon brakes to provide lighter weight, longer life, better performance and lower cost of ownership compared to steel braking system
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GKN Aerospace wins contracts for composite flaps on A350 XWB Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:52:23 -0400
GKN has won two contracts for detailed composite parts for the inboard and outboard landing flaps of the Airbus A350 XWB. Production work will take place at GKN's Munich, Germany, facility.
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Energy Composites receives large order for composite tanks Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:17:26 -0400
Energy Composites will manufacture 76 large-diameter, filament-wound tanks ranging from 6 to 20 ft in diameter for a global mining company's nickel processing plant in Canada.
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Study shows strong interest in electric cars, charging stations Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:06:29 -0400
According to a market study from Eldib Engineering & Research, some 5 million charging stations will be in use globally by 2015.
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U.S. Senate subcommittee approves funds for deepwater wind program Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:58:53 -0400
The U.S. Senate subcommittee on Energy and Water approved $10 million to support University of Maine deepwater offshore wind energy research and development.
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1st Super Hornet Featuring HAL Gun Bay Door Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
On July 20, Boeing delivered to the U.S. Navy the first F/A-18 Super Hornet featuring a gun bay door manufactured by India-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
COMPOSITES Europe Forum programme announced Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:37:00 GMT
Product lifecycle management (PLM), adhesive technology, lightweight construction and biomaterials – just a few of the presentation topics at the COMPOSITES Forum taking place during COMPOSITES EUROPE
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Marine Current Turbines gets £250,000 for tidal turbine Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:21:00 GMT
A grant of £250,000 to develop a fully submerged SeaGen tidal turbine for deep water sites, has been awarded to Marine Current Turbines Ltd and its project partners Queen’s University Belfast, Mojo Ma
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UK wave and tidal power gets £7m Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:10:00 GMT
UK wave and tidal power research is receiving £7 million in support from the Technology Strategy Board.
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Solar aircraft lands after 14 days and 24 minutes Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GMT
QinetiQ’s Zephyr solar powered high-altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned air system (UAS) on Friday 23 July after 14 days and 24 minutes in the air.
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Last week's top 3 stories Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:42:00 GMT
The following stories were the most popular with visitors to the Reinforced Plastics website last week:
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Boeing to manufacture certain 787 interior parts in North Charleston, S.C. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:19:00 +0200
Boeing to manufacture certain 787 interior parts in North Charleston, S.C.
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Improving the fire behaviour of marine composites Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:25:00 GMT
A deterrence to adoption of composites in the maritime sector has been the issue of behaviour in fires. Researchers in Italy are investigating the beneficial flame retardancy achieved by adding zinc-b
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American Students Win International Rocket Contest Fly-Off 2010-07-23-16:39:29+00:00
Student rocketeers from France, the United Kingdom and the United States competed today in the Third Annual Transatlantic Rocketry Challenge. The four-member team from Penn Manor High School in Mi
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Volkswagen switches to polypropylene composite for air intake manifolds Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:41:00 GMT
Volkswagen (VW) and parts manufacturer MAHLE Filter Systems UK are using a glass fibre reinforced polypropylene (PP) composite from Borealis to produce air intake manifolds used on a variety of VW car
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SABIC delivers cutting-edge research program for King Abdulaziz University Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:14:00 +0200
SABIC delivers cutting-edge research program for King Abdulaziz University
JEC Composites
AIA Statement Urging Congress to Pass NASA Authorization Act of 2010 2010-07-22-20:39:06+00:00
AIA is extremely pleased that the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Science and Technology Committee have completed work on their respective versions of the NASA authorization bill.  These
Aerospace Industries Association
AIA Urges Senate to Ratify U.S.-UK Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty 2010-07-22-20:19:36+00:00
AIA welcomes President Obama's remarks urging ratification of the U.S.-UK Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty in a press conference with the British Prime Minister David Cameron this week.  As the p
Aerospace Industries Association
Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes International debut Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:07:00 +0200
Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes International debut
JEC Composites
Siemens to connect Nordsee-Ost offshore wind farm to grid Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:00:00 GMT
Siemens energy, together with Prysmian, is to connect Nordsee-Ost offshore wind farm to the mainland power grid for the transmission system operator Transpower in a deal worth €500 million
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Gamesa builds three Spanish wind farms Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:45:00 GMT
Gamesa will build three wind farms totalling 140.6 MW in the Castile-Leon region of Spain for Spanish wind power developer Esquilvent.
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School desks made from reinforced thermoplastic Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT
VS Vereinigte Spezialmöbelfabriken is using high strength structural parts made from Celstran long fibre reinforced polypropylene in its COMPASS school student’s desk.
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Creative Pultrusions supplies support for solar panels Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:53:00 GMT
Creative Pultrusions Inc has produced a pultruded structure to support solar panels on the roof of a restaurant in Delaware, USA.
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Ashland appoints Barracuda Advanced Composites as distributor in Brazil Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:00:00 GMT
Ashland Performance Materials has selected Barracuda Advanced Composites as its resin distributor for the infusion market in Brazil.
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US support cuts cost for electric vehicles Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:00 GMT
Funding support from the Recovery Act will lower the cost of batteries for electric cars from US$33,000 to US$10,000, predicts a report from the US Department of Energy (DoE).
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Aerospace CEOs Agree On Approach to Volcanic Ash and ATM Harmonization 2010-07-20-08:11:16+00:00
AIA and ASD reaffirm Trans-Atlantic industry cooperation in wide-ranging discussions. Farnborough, United Kingdom - Industry leaders from the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (
Aerospace Industries Association
PDS Industries Partners with Epicor Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Located in Irwin, PA, Precision Defense Services (PDS) is a manufacturer of high quality precision machined parts for both the military and commercial marketplaces.
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
IMTS 2010, September 13-18, 2010 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT
IMTS will take place at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, the week of September 13-18, 2010. More than 1,100 exhibiting companies will occupy 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space in order to showcas
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
AIA Welcomes Space Companies to its Ranks 2010-07-15-20:59:48+00:00
AIA welcomes six companies from the space sector to its ranks this year. The companies include Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Broad Reach Engineering, Integral Systems, Paragon Space Development Corporati
Aerospace Industries Association
Statement Urging Congress to Pass 2010 Supplemental Appropriations Bill 2010-07-12-16:05:39+00:00
It is extremely important that Congress complete passage of the 2010 Supplemental Appropriations Bill to avoid serious disruptions to ongoing military operations and adverse impacts in the private sec
Aerospace Industries Association
AIA Welcomes Administration’s New Export Control Proposals 2010-06-30-19:13:13+00:00
National Security Advisor General James L. Jones today announced several robust administration proposals for export control modernization. The Aerospace Industries Association welcomes these proposals
Aerospace Industries Association
Statement by AIA on WTO Subsidies Decision 2010-06-30-19:11:29+00:00
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) welcomes the final ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO) 316 Panel, which affirmed U.S. claims that subsidies provided to Airbus, particularly in the
Aerospace Industries Association
AIA Supports Issuance of National Space Policy 2010-06-29-14:13:32+00:00
AIA believes the new National Space Policy takes important steps needed to maintain our global leadership in space and ensure continued competitiveness and innovation. AIA has advocated for strengt
Aerospace Industries Association
AIA Supports Dialogue with Industry on Defense Acquisition Initiative 2010-06-28-20:19:58+00:00
Today, the aerospace and defense industry was briefed on a number of initiatives the Defense Department is proposing to achieve cost savings in the defense acquisition system while maintaining a &ldqu
Aerospace Industries Association
Toolholding Technology Ideal for Aerospace Manufacturers Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Since its release in early 2009, the CoroMill 316 EH milling system has been adopted by a large number of American aerospace manufacturers.
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Aerospace Celebration Expands 2010-06-04-20:28:44+00:00
Following the resounding success of the first-ever National Aerospace Day last year, the Aerospace Industries Association is expanding the activities this year during National Aerospace Week, Septembe
Aerospace Industries Association
Statement on Space-related Sections of Fiscal 2011 Defense Authorization Bill 2010-06-02-22:05:26+00:00
AIA is encouraged by several space-related provisions included in the Fiscal 2011 Defense Authorization Act passed recently by the House of Representatives. The increase in top-line funding for miss
Aerospace Industries Association
AIA Applauds Issuance of Final ADS-B Rule by FAA 2010-05-28-14:01:26+00:00
The Aerospace Industries Association applauds the release of the FAA’s final rule mandating ADS-B out equipage by 2020. Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipage makes use of G
Aerospace Industries Association
AIA Extends Membership Record in Second Quarter 2010-05-27-18:41:18+00:00
AIA enrolled a record 19 new Regular Members this year while retaining all of its existing members. This brings the association’s total regular membership to an all-time high of 120. Twelve new
Aerospace Industries Association
AIA Names Sigler Assistant Vice President for Civil Aviation 2010-05-18-21:05:35+00:00
AIA has appointed Todd D. Sigler as Assistant Vice President of Civil Aviation. Sigler joins AIA after working for Cirrus Aircraft in a variety of positions, most recently as vice president of Manufac
Aerospace Industries Association
Pennsylvania Student ‘Rocketeers’ Win National Championship at Team America Rocketry Challenge 2010-05-16-00:30:54+00:00
A team from Penn Manor High School in Millersville, Pa., took first place at the Eighth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) Saturday, earning the title of national champion. The four-me
Aerospace Industries Association
LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim launches CERTIA into virtual test rig modeling Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT
“LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim helped us to reduce the test rig development time by 25% and the availability rate of the physical testing platform increased by approximately 60%.”
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
AIA President Marion C. Blakey Welcomes Rebound In Business Aviation 2010-05-11-13:53:18+00:00
Signs of recovery in the business aviation industry are very gratifying as reported at last week’s 10th annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva. Upticks i
Aerospace Industries Association
Statement on Establishment of the Senate Aerospace Caucus 2010-05-06-19:25:49+00:00
The first-ever meeting of the Senate Aerospace Caucus today initiates an important forum for senators, their staff and representatives from the aerospace industry to discuss issues that impact the nat
Aerospace Industries Association
GKN Aerospace Reduces Manufacturing Engineering Time Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT
To meet the demands of its complex composite design and build programs, GKN Aerospace recognized the need to introduce more sophisticated methods and design tools.
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
AIA Names Tonner Assistant Vice President for Acquisition Policy 2010-04-26-19:25:10+00:00
Susan K. Tonner recently joined AIA as Assistant Vice President for Acquisition Policy. Previously she was the senior director for Federal Public Policy at TechAmerica. Tonner brings more than 30 y
Aerospace Industries Association
Aerospace & Defense Update: Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Operating Environment Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Grant Thornton expanded the scope of their annual report to not only cover merger and acquisition (M&A) activity within various subsectors of the aerospace and defense industry, but also to provide pe
Aerospace Manufacturing and Design
Executive Focus: Profit Maximization in Manufacturing Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:02:07 GMT
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