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IACMI
Composites, Lightweight Materials, Materials
More Than 40 IACMI – The Composites Institute Interns Drive Manufacturing Revolution

IACMI – The Composites Institute sponsored 42 students hosted at 17 member and partner locations across the United States. The IACMI Internship Program gives students the opportunity to advance the fourth manufacturing revolution with composites research and innovation, while addressing the growing need to support the advanced manufacturing...

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Composites, Innovation, Manufacturing, Materials
IACMI, DuPont, Fibrtec, and Purdue University Conclude Phase I of Innovative Thermoplastic Composite Manufacturing Research Technology Project

Manufacturing USA's The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), a 160+ member, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and U.S. Department of Energy driven consortium committed to increasing domestic production capacity and manufacturing jobs across the U.S. composites industry, announces the Phase I completion of a project...

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Composites, Innovation, Manufacturing, Materials
IACMI 9-Meter Wind Blade Prototype Nominated for the JEC Innovation Award in the Sustainability

The 9 meter demonstration blade made from the Elium® thermoplastic resin on the IACMI (Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation) site in the United States has been nominated for a JEC Innovation Award 2018 in the “Sustainable Development” category.


Wind blade cross-section

Arkema showcased at JEC 2018, from 6 to 8 March 2018, its...

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CompositesWorld
Composites
Robert C. Byrd Institute in Partnership with IACMI launches Composite Technician Apprenticeship program

The Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI, Huntington, W.Va., U.S.) has announced the creation of a new apprenticeship training program for composite technicians, that was recently approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Introduced by Lucinda Curry, workforce director at RCBI, at an Aug. 21 meeting of the Composites Coalition in Chattanooga, Tenn., U.S...

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IACMI Transportation
IACMI
Composites, Materials
Revolutionizing Transportation with Additive Manufacturing

IACMI (the composites institute) member, Local Motors, is applying the advantages of additive manufacturing to the large-scale needs of automotive manufacturing. Transforming an industry that has historically relied on mass production techniques, its work is matching the pace of technology discovery and responding to quickly changing customer needs...