New Stadium Roof Is a Big Hit

The Tampa Bay Rays lost their home base at Tropicana Field in October 2024 when Hurricane Milton’s 120 mph winds shredded the stadium’s domed roof. Thanks to a new, high-performance […]

DLR Developed Composite Shape-Shifting Aircraft Wings

The idea behind the morphAIR project from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is a wing structure that can change shape during flight, making an […]

Tariff Reimbursement Program Rolled Out

Following the February Supreme Court ruling, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has released the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) functionality in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), or […]

New Joining Technologies Being Developed for Thermoplastic Sandwich Components

To enable cost-effective assembly and repair of thermoplastic sandwich components in small- to medium-scale production, new joining technologies must be developed. The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems […]

GE Aerospace’s Carbon Fiber Composites Are Ready for the GE9X Engine

GE Aerospace led the adoption of carbon fiber polymer matrix composites in commercial jet engines since introducing the GE90 in 1995, the first engine to feature composite fan blades. Replacing […]

Successful FRP Concrete Beam Competition at ACI

March 29 was a great day for FRP rebar at the American Concrete Institute Spring Convention in Chicago where the bi-annual FRP Concrete Beam Competition is held to introduce civil engineering students to […]

Design of Composite Rotor Blades Improved with Simulation Software

Penn State’s Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE) is dedicated to advancing vertical lift technologies across areas such as aeromechanics, propulsion, acoustics, and flight dynamics. Penn State is a […]

Carbon Nanotube Fibers Used to Develop New Electric Heating Element

In research backed by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, Shell, The Carbon Hub, and others, a team at Rice University’s Smalley-Curl Institute demonstrated that wires and […]

Comments on Manufacturing Overcapacity Due April 15

ACMA members interested in commenting on an investigation into manufacturing overcapacity in 16 trading partners have until April 15 to file comments. The investigation is relating to structural excess capacity […]

Get Discovered: The ACMA Industry Directory is Back!

We’re excited to bring back the ACMA Industry Directory for another year, your go-to resource for connecting with key players across the composites industry. Featured in both the print and digital […]