Advanced Materials & Composites News

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Articles in April 2004 issue of Advanced Materials & Composites News

• 3D Systems Announces Installation of SLS Systems for the Renault F1 Team.
• New Composite Building Reinforcement Techniques Developed by Eureka Project Comrehab.
• Dynetek Working with Texaco Ovonic to Deliver Composite Storage Vessels for Hydrogen.
• 7th World Pultrusion Conference Proceedings Available.
• Hexcel Reports 1st Quarter 2004 Profit, Sales Improvements.
• Market Forecast for High Performance Reinforcements in Advanced Composites to 2007.
• Golf in China Pushes Titanium Demand.
• SAMPE Rolling toward 60th Anniversary.
• RP Asia 2004 Conference & Exhibition Addresses the Rapidly Expanding Asian Reinforced Plastics Industry.
• Defense Contract Awards Involve CFRP Composite Structures.
• Hydrogen and Natural Gas Fuel Storage for the Japanese Auto Market.
• Boeing Selects Abaqus to Commercialize Design Technology involving Composite Structures.
• CCP Markets New MACT Compliant OptiPLUS Tooling Resins.
• Proceedings of the Sixth Annual BCC Conference Nanoparticles 2003 Available.
• Engine Alliance Completes Initial Tests of First GP7000 Engine.
• Albany International Reports First-Quarter 2004 Earnings, Techniweave One of Best Contributors.
• Rabintex Launches Knightex - New Ultra-Light Bullet-proof Panel.
• Core Molding Restates Results, Files Year-End Report.
• Avista Will Purchase Up to 35 Megawatts of Renewable Energy Per Year from PPM Energy.
• 3-Year PTC Advancing as Part of Senate Corporate Tax Bill.
• Cytec Unit Receives Innovation Award at JEC Show.
• Nano Technology for the Do-It-Yourself Market.
• X-45A CFRP Composite Robot Plane Bombs on Target.
• Composite Tank Maker Quantum Participates in Governor Schwarzenegger's Hydrogen Highway Executive Order Event.
• Envirokare Grants U.S. Patent on Thermoplastic Flowforming Technology.
• DSM to Increase Resin Prices Due to Raw Materials Pricing Patterns.
• Advanced Composites Technology Brings Major Savings to One of World's Largest Ore Mines.
• Ebo Systems' Processes Assure Longer Offshore Life Cycles.
• China Pultrusion Industry Fact-finding Mission 2004.
• Fibreforce Scoops Awards at EPTA - 7th World Pultrusion Conference in Amsterdam for Bridge over the River Boyne, GRP Composite Enclosure EPTA Winner - Best Design & Winner - Most Novel Application.
• Dassault Systemes, Rand Worldwide Form Joint Venture.
• Atom-scale Images Will Help Materials Researchers Develop Strong, Heat Resistant Advanced Ceramics.
• Boeing Launches 7E7 Dreamliner Half Made of Carbon fiber Composites, with Record Firm Order for 50 from Japan's ANA.
• SAMPE 2004 Luncheon Speaker Change Made by NASA to Highlight Latest Mars Landers and Future Mars Exploration.
• Hexcel Reports 1st Quarter 2004 Profit, Sales Improvements.
• Reichhold Names Gaither President & CEO, and Frey COO.
• Revolutionary Kalwall Plus Composite Skylights Combine Outstanding Light Transmission and Insulation.
• BCC Conference Focuses on Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials.
• GE Advanced Materials to Exhibit Newest Product Innovations at This Week's Transport & VIP Interiors Expo.
• Flight Tests of Honda Experimental Business Jet Underway, has CFRP Fuselage.
• Resolution Performance Products LLC Announces Surcharge for Steel Drums.
• NanoMarkets Releases New White Paper on the Nanotechnology Industry.
• ICCE-11 in August 2004.
• Sailrocket Launched for Sailing Speed Record.
• NASA Patented High-Strength Aluminum Alloy Makes Outboard Motors Quieter and Cleaner.
• Beijing Dragon Grating Promotes FRP Composites Supply Capabilities.
• Resolution Performance Products LLC Announces Epoxy Resin and Other Product Price Increases Effective May 1 '04 in the Americas.
• ATK Receives $38 Million Contracts for Tactical Tank Ammunition.
• FAA Licenses Privately Built Manned Suborbital Rocket.
• Saint-Gobain - Final Financial Results for 2003.
• Teal Group Forecasts 40,989 Turbofans Worth $160 Billion to be Built Between 2004 and 2013.
• New High Efficiency Wind Turbine Undergoes Field Trials.
• Boeing Completes 7E7 Dreamliner Production Team.
• Janseneering Acquires 5-Axis CNC Mill for Large Composites Tooling.
• Callaway Golf Announces Record First Quarter Sales; Reiterates 2004 Guidance for Sales and Earnings.
• Navy Conserves the Nation's Resources With Innovative Environmental and Energy Efficiency Efforts.
• Workshop on FRP Composites in Concrete Construction Slated October 22-23.
• RocTool Introduces the Cage System, an Innovative Generic Process for the Fabrication of Composite Materials.
• MP3 Meeting - Air Force Space & Missile Systems Center, May 4-5 at The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA; Bldg. A-1.
• Composite Technology Appoints Director of Marketing.
• Kevlar Contributes to Record-setting Flight.
• SpaceShipOne Runs 2nd Test Flight.
• CPS Introduces Revolutionary Metal-Matrix Composite.
• New Molecule Heralds Breakthrough in Electronic Plastics.
• SAMPE President Clark W. Johnson Receives Prestigious NSBE Award.
• Diab launches Renicell - The High Static Strength Core for Demanding Laminates.
• Dr. Thaddeus H. Sandford Selected by SAMPE for Honored George Lubin Memorial Award.
• University of Delaware Purchases FiberSIM Software.
• Students Build Paper Composite Snowboards with Reichhold Resins.
• Xamax Veil Approved by Dow Chemical for Corrosion Resistant FDA Applications.
• Danish Government Plans $750 million in Additional Offshore Wind Farms.
• Mercedes-Benz's new V12 Engine Produces 604 HP.
• AMERICA'S CUPDATE.
• Durability, Long Life are Most Important Characteristics of a Bridge.
• PlastiComp to Open Technical Development Center in Minnesota.
• Composite Technology Appoints Chief Financial Officer.
• Owens Corning Launches New OC SE 1200 Type 30 Single End Roving for Wind Energy & Marine Applications.
• MDA and ACMA Exhibit FRP Composites Bridge Components at FHWA Media Event in DC.
• SME 2004 Annual Meeting Announced. June in Cincinnnati.
• FormWorks Boosts Training with Concrete Countertop Institute.