- 'Infrastructure' is theme of SPI Composites
conference.
Beckoning opportunities for composites in the civil-engineering or "infrastructure" field and in other construction areas are the focus of the 50th Annual SPI Composites Institute Conference and Expo, to be held Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Cincinnati. At least eight out of 18 conference sessions are devoted to such topics as ......
- Northeast Section discussed opportunities in wood
thermoplastic composites.
Attendees of this year's Northeast Section Spring Conference and Annual Meeting were presented with 2 days of demonstrations and discussion surrounding the current technology of wood thermoplastic composites. Thursday afternoon, May 13, featured an extensive tour of the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center (AEWC) on the campus of the University ......
- Nanocomposite foams unveiled at SPI processors' conference.
One of the industry's first uses of nanocomposite foams for strong, lightweight composites was introduced at April's 2007 Plastics Parts Innovation Conference of the SPI Alliance of Plastics Processors (APP) in Memphis, Tenn. (The APP was formerly SPI's Structural Plastics Div.) Other news highlights of the meeting included one of ......
- New equipment & processes for advanced
composites.
That there's life yet in thermoplastic advanced composites would seem evident from the presentations of new processing techniques for these materials at the recent 38th International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibit in Anaheim, Calif. Technical papers at the meeting addressed ways to reduce the high cost that has inhibited growth of ......
- Advanced composites.
Advanced Composites Faster and more economical processing through automation and computerization are key themes. So are proliferation of high-tech materials, composite toughening methods, and bonding techniques. Threatened cutbacks in military spending have not yet been reflected in any slackening of the energetic pace of R&D on advanced composite materials and ......
- Industry datebook.
Jul 10-14 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED ENGINEERED WOOD COMPOSITES University of Maine, Harborside Hotel and Marina, Bar Harbor, Maine (207-581-2123) 12-13 FOOD CONTACT LEGISLATION FOR GLOBAL MARKETS Pira International, Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, U.K. (+44-0-1372-802057) 13-16 8th ASIAN-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS RUBBER INDUSTRY EXHIBITION Applas Co. Ltd., Shanghai New International ......
- Industry datebook.
INDUSTRY Datebook Jun 18-19 NANOCOMPOSITES 2006 Executive Conference Management, Wyndham Hotel, Chicago (734-737-0507) 19-23 NPE 2006 Society of the Plastics Industry, McCormick Place, Chicago (202-974-5235) 27-29 MASTERBATCH 2006 Applied Market Information, Swissotel, Zurich, Switzerland (610-478-0800) Jul 5-6 1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAPID MANUFACTURING ImechE/Rapid Manufacturing Research Group et al, Holywell ......