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• CARING PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL SEEKS COCKPIT DOOR APPROVAL.
• POLISH WIND POWER TO SEE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IF IT JOINS EU.
• FUEL-CELL CAR OFFERS ZERO EMISSIONS.
• US AND GERMANY TARGETED BY SPANISH WIND POWER FIRM GAMESA.
• ORNL ADDS THREE R&D 100 AWARDS TO DOE LAB-LEADING TOTAL.
• A Composite Product Enters the Mass Market.
• FIRST-EVER INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY CONFERENCE SET FOR NOV. 5-7 IN WASHINGTON, DC.
• YOU CHANG OFFERING UNIDIRECTIONAL CARBON/GLASS FIBER, PREPREG ,UD TAPE, MULTIAXIAL FABRICS.
• UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN SALES SHOW DOWNWARD TREND.
• EPTA 2002 EPTA held its 6th World Pultrusion Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, 4-5 April 2002 - "Learning from the Aluminium Industry and Your Own Colleagues - The Marketing of Aluminium in General." PART 1 of 3.
• BASALT FIBER COMPANY ADVISES PLANS.
• CFA AND ICPA ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR AFFILIATION.
• ABARIS TRAINING RESPONDS TO NEED FOR BOEING- AND AIRBUS-SPECIFIC COMPOSITE TRAINING AT QANTAS.
• U.S. PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INDUSTRY STILL SINKING.
• Alcoa Donates Materials, Engineering Expertise for Mars Habitation Station.
• THOMAS WARDELL NAMED VICE PRESIDENT FOR MANUFACTURING AT AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES.
• NORTHROP GRUMMAN TO ACQUIRE TRW FOR $60 PER SHARE IN STOCK $7.8 Billion Transaction Positions Northrop Grumman As Nation's 2nd Largest Defense Contractor.
• ENGINEERED PRESSURE SYSTEMS OFFERS HYDROTHERMAL QUARTZ GROWTH SYSTEMS.
• EPTA 2002 EPTA held its 6th World Pultrusion Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, 4-5 April 2002 - "Learning from the Aluminium Industry and Your Own Colleagues - The Marketing of Aluminium in General." PART 2 of 3 The Market Development Model
• BOEING SCANEAGLE UAV MAKES FIRST AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT.
• BOEING CONTRACTS FOR SCAN EAGLE UAV.
• CARGILL DOW TECHNOLOGY WINS PRESIDENTIAL GREEN CHEMISTRY CHALLENGE.
• PRATT & WHITNEY SELECTS CTI'S THERMAL QUALITY IMAGING TECHNOLOGY.
• Great Canoes Coming Out of Minnesota, But They are Not FRP.
• BOEING'S BWB MAY BE THE REAL THREAT TO AIRBUS.
• SOLECTRIA ESTABLISHES DIAPHORM COMPOSITES DIVISION, MILLER NAMED LEADER OF NEW GROUP.
• JOHNS MANVILLE DEVELOPS DIRECT ROVING LFTPLUS FOR THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS.
• EPTA 2002 EPTA held its 6th World Pultrusion Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, 4-5 April 2002 - "Learning from the Aluminium Industry and Your Own Colleagues - The Marketing of Aluminium in General." PART 3 of 3 Problems and Challenges of th
• BOEING DELIVERS 100TH 717-200 TWINJET.
• KAWASAKI HEAVY TO SUPPLY INNOVATIVE BLENDED WINGLETS.
• CARGOLIFTER CHANGES MANAGEMENT BOARD TO AID RECOVERY.
• SIKA AUTOMOTIVE INTRODUCES SIKADAMP 630 AND EXPANDS PRODUCT LINE WITH SIKAFOAM - PART 1 OF 2.
• Dow Corning Announces New CVD Products.
• BEST PRACTICES SERIES TO BE HELD AT COMPOSITES 2002 CONVENTION & TRADE SHOW.
• LIGHTWEIGHT ARMOR MADE OF SPACE-AGE MATERIALS PROVIDES UNPRECEDENTED BALLISTIC PROTECTION.
• POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER PIPE FORESEEN.
• MAJOR GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURER COMPLETES CONVERSION TO CARBON FIBER WAFER CARRIERS.
• ISBE - First Annual TISP Congress for Infrastructure Security in the Built Environment - November 5-7, 2002, Washington, DC.
• BUS FLEETS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
• OWENS CORNING'S NEW COMPOSITE SOLUTIONS WEBSITE OFFERS USERS A PERSONALIZED WEB EXPERIENCE.
• CFA STUDY DEVELOPS FIRE PROTECTION CRITERIA FOR UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN DRUM WAREHOUSE STORAGE.
• SIKA AUTOMOTIVE INTRODUCES SIKADAMP 630 AND EXPANDS PRODUCT LINE WITH SIKAFOAM - PART 1 OF 2.
• Lightweight Armor Provides Unprecedented Ballistic Protection.
• FRP CONDUIT FOR NAVY FACILITY.
• ASM HANDBOOKS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE.
• QUANTUM AWARDED CONTRACT TO DELIVER HYDROGEN FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM FOR WIND-GENERATED HYDROGEN REFUELING STATION.
• A Revolution in Pultrusion Technology?
• BP & CALIFORNIA SETTLE TANK UPGRADE DISPUTE.
• ROHM AND HAAS ENTERS ALLIANCE WITH CYCLICS CORP TO DEVELOP CYCLIC THERMOPLASTIC POWDER COATINGS.
• NEW COMPOSITE TESTING FACILITY LAUNCHED IN NEW ZEALAND.
• SOLVAY ADVANCED POLYMERS ANNOUNCES PRODUCTION CAPACITY TO BE INCREASED BY 30 PERCENT FOR TORLON.
• DuPont Zytel with Carbon Fiber Makes a Winner in ATV Wheels.
• DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY CONTRACTS FOR UGCAV.
• AUTOCARBON RECEIVES FIRST ORDERS FROM MORGAN MOTOR COMPANY Company to Manufacture and Supply Carbon Composite Products to be Used in the Production of Automobiles.
• LONG TERM COMPOSITES COOPERATION SOUGHT WORLDWIDE.
• Renault Avantime Has All-SMC Exterior Body.
• CONOCO AND AKER KVAERNER TO ESTABLISH DEEPWATER COMPOSITES AS.
• SONIC JET PERFORMANCE RECEIVES $832K ORDER FOR PURCHASE OF 16 SONIC JET BOATS.
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY RULE AFFECTS UPR IN CA.
• ARCO AGREES TO PAY CALIFORNIA $45.8 MILLION FOR UST VIOLATIONS.
• EVENT CALENDAR - NEW ITEMS - SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2002.
• F-22 HORIZONTAL STABILATOR DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS ADVANCES.
• BOEING REALIGNS DEFENSE, INTELLIGENCE AND SPACE BUSINESSES.
• UNMANNED COMBAT AIR VEHICLE HAS MEDIA DAY AT DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER.
• Potential Breakthrough for Municipal Water and Sewer Pipe Foreseen.
• EDGE STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES & D.S. BROWN CO ANNOUNCE DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP OF FIBERBOND STRENGTHENING SYSTEM.
• SPACEDEV ANNOUNCES TWO NEW STRATEGIC APPOINTMENTS Vice President of Product Development & Marketing and Vice President of Operations.
• FMJ CHEMBIO INTRODUCES QUICK ESCAPE MASK FOR BIOCHEM HAZARDS.
• ROYAL CROWN YACHTS ANNOUNCES NEW 53-FOOT CATAMARANS SERIES.
• JEC 2002 Highlights - 4th Report DSM Composite Resins' SMC.
• BOEING TARGETS 380 COMMERCIAL JETS FOR 2002 AND FEWER FOR 2003.
• FERRARI INTRODUCES NEW ENZO MODEL IN CFRP, PENDING OWNERSHIP CHANGE.
• BOEING DROPS IDEA OF SELLING AIRCRAFT PARTS PLANT TO WORKERS.
• GERMAN SUB BUILDER SHARE SOUGHT BY AMERICAN COMPANY, STEALTH SHIP A PART.
• Boeing Receives DARPA-Army UCAR Contract.
• REFURBISHED EQUIPMENT SALE BY ENTEC COMPOSITE MACHINES UNIT OF ZOLTEK.
• UCB DEVELOPS ELECTRON BEAM CURABLE ADHESIVES WITH ACSION.
• GE PLASTICS LAUNCHES LEXAN RESIN BRANDING.
• JAPAN PURSUES SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT.
• JEC 2002 Highlights - 4th Report OC Automotive.