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Articles in October 2003 issue of Advanced Materials & Composites News

• Zoltek Reports Its First Million Pound Carbon Fibers Order.
• NASA Successfully Flies First Laser-Powered Aircraft.
• Advanced Glassfiber Yarns LLC Participates In First CFA Trade Show.
• Edge Structural Composites, Inc. Secures ICC/ICBO Evaluation Report #5836 and United States Patent.
• Powertrusion Appoints New CEO; Bolsters Financial Position.
• Dow Raises Price of Derakane Epoxy Vinyl Ester Resins Used in FRP Composites.
• FRP Education and Outreach on FRP Composites by ACI 440.
• CFA Government Matters on FRP Composites - CeN Highlights.
• ICEM Software Enables Lotus Engineering to Reduce Man-Hours in Designing Elise ll Sports Car.
• Reichhold Introduces DION XTREME Family of Urethane Hybrid Resins.
• New Derakane Poolmax Provides High Quality Resin for Pools and Spas, Cuts Osmotic Blistering.
• Iraqis Organize Infrastructure, Construction & Professional Services Delegation to Attend 2nd ReBuilding Iraq Conference, December 3-4, 2003.
• Bombardier Officially Presents the AGC Regional Express Train to the SNCF and Representatives of the French Regions.
• Report Out on Impact of Academic Research on Industrial Performance.
• BAE Systems Australia and U.S. UAV Leader AAI Corporation Form Team Shadow to Compete for Australian JP 129 Surveillance Program.
• Basalt Fiber Parent, Empyrean Communications, Signs Letter of Intent for Merger with Montana Company.
• Seventh International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPICM-7) Comes to University of Delaware.
• ACI 440 Liaison Reports Fall 2003.
• Composite Technology Engages EPRIsolutions for ACCC Electrical Conductor Tests.
• CertainTeed Selects Site for New Plant.
• Two of the Teams Competing for Economical Access to Space Near Launch.
• Callaway Golf Introduces New ERC Fusion Driver; Revolutionary Design Combines High-Performance Benefits of Titanium and CFRP Composites.
• Society of Plastics Engineers, Europe - Polymer Composites Division - First Euraycure Workshop, Congress Centre, Baden Baden, Germany, October 8-9, 2003.
• CTRM in New Partnership With Eurocopter, and Signs Other Deals.
• NEG Micon Constructs 4.2-MW Wind Turbine.
• Wind Power Needs Transmission Lines to Deliver Prairie Power.
• European Wind Energy Industry Boosts Wind Power Target.
• Outdoor Recreation Opportunities Abound in the U.S.
• ACMA Puts Focus on Composites Growth Initiative.
• CICE 2004 - The Second International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering - 8-10 December 2004 Adelaide, Australia - First Announcement and Call for Papers.
• DOE Workshop - Tooling Technology for Low Volume Vehicle Production.
• Hexcel Announces Cooperation and Development Agreement with Insensys at HusumWind 2003.
• Technology Flies High on Boeing 737 NG with Winglets.
• DOD Contracts of Possible Interest to Composites Manufacturers.
• Gravity-Powered, Fuel-Less Flight May Transform the Aviation Industry.
• Department of Energy Tooling Workshop UPDATE.
• Interplastic Corporation's Thermoset Resins Division Announces Price Increase.
• Boeing 7E7 Will Use Air Transport for Component Delivery.
• Foster-Miller Receives Five-year Contract to Develop Composite Components for F/A-18 E/F.
• Sogaplast Awarded for New Plastic Clutch Pedal.
• AMT's Carbon Fiber Brings Competitive Edge Via CFRP Composites to Norwegian Passenger Ferry - Update.
• Alcan Continues to Grow Composites with Acquisition of Uniwood/Fome-Cor.
• Dow Increases Prices for Acetone and Phenol.
• Investissement Quebec Guarantees C$125,000 Loan for Scientific Research & Experimental Development Tax Credits for Dermond Wind Turbine Development.
• REpower Unveils 5-MW Wind Turbine.
• New Rapra Report on FRP Composites Cure Monitoring.
• WESTEC 2004 - SME and Boeing Collaborate to Present 'New Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology' Conference, Including Composites.
• Boeing Establishes 7E7 Council; Latecoere Joins Airframe Technology Team.
• SAMPE Abstract Submittal Date Extended for 2004 Symposium.
• CALL for PAPERS - SAMPE 2004, Long Beach, CA, May 16-20, 2004.
• GenCorp's Aerojet Subsidiary Completes Acquisition of Atlantic Research Propulsion.
• USFCC Releases Testing Protocol for Composite Bipolar Plates; Presentation at Grove Fuel Cell Symposium.
• Four Navy New & Repair Infrastructure Contracts Awarded Should Offer FRP Composites Opportunities.
• AMT's Carbon Fibre Brings Competitive Edge Via CFRP Composites to Norwegian Passenger Ferry.
• Energy Storage Council Featured on National Public Radio, Welcomes New Members.
• Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. Announces Cost Projections Are Within Its Targeted Goals For 50 kW Commercial Units.
• Five Star Puts Resin System to the Test: CCP's OptiPLUS.
• Drew Industries' Better Bath Components/Kinro Composites Divisions Presented with 'The People's Choice Award'.
• Reichhold Introduces Polylite ABR Resin for Acrylic Bonding Applications.
• ACMA Awards 2003 Ace Award Winners.
• DuPont and National Renewable Energy Laboratory Launch Project to Develop World's First Integrated `Bio-Refinery'.
• Schwarzenegger Backs Renewable Energy, SMD.
• Composite Technology Reports Initial Successful Conductor Tests.
• Two-Turbine Project Announced For California, Several Projects in Asia by GE Wind Energy.
• Visteon Engineer Nicholas J. Gianaris Honored as ASM Fellow.
• Microwave Imaging Technology for Condition Assessment of FRP Composites.
• ATK Successfully Demonstrates ASAS(TM) 32-58V Rocket Motor for Demanding Missile Defense and Strategic Program Applications.
• Really FAST Sailing in UK.
• Recycler of the Year Award for M.C. Gill Corporation.
• Boeing Reports Third Quarter Deliveries.
• Fibraplex Moving CFRP Composites & Carbon Fiber Products Operations from California to Tennessee.
• ACMA Names Best Technical Paper Award Winners.
• Ford Takes on Ferrari and Lamborghini with New GT Supercar.
• Shelby and AC Strategic Alliance Again Make Automotive History.
• Boeing to End Production of 757.
• Hexcel Reports 2003 Third Quarter Financial Results.
• Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is Home to World's Most Powerful SGI Origin Supercomputer.
• Airbus Receives First Shipsets of CFRP Composites A380 Wing Components from CTRM.
• Curv Thermoplastics Offer Improvements in Impact and Abrasion Performance of Glass Fiber Thermoplastics by Localized Reinforcement.
• Automobile Industry Expects an Annual Growth of 10% for Continuous Strand-Reinforced Thermoplastics.