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JEC Composites Innovation Awards Finalists Announced in Automotive Parts Category

Plastics Today

This year’s auto parts category features entries from Toyota, the University of Delaware, and Voith Composites.

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Latest, Greatest Innovations in Composites Technology

Plastics Today

The winners of the JEC Composites Innovation Awards take materials to new heights in aviation, automotive, and other applications.

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Innovative Robotic Solution For Precise Machining of Composites

Metrology

Carbon or glass fibre composite parts are becoming increasingly common in sectors such as aeronautics, automotive, construction and wind power due to their lightness and high strength. For example, in electric vehicles, these composites allow the car to be lighter in order to reduce consumption.

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Automotive Plastics Innovator Tom Russell Receives SPE Lifetime Achievement Award

Plastics Today

The founder of Allied Composites Technology fostered game-changing innovations in automotive plastics throughout a career that includes positions at General Electric Plastics and Ford Motor Co.

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Sustainable Flax Composites Enter Serial Automotive Production in Volvo EX30

Plastics Today

Bcomp’s ampliTex natural-fiber composites are being deployed in a mass-market car for the first time.

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All-composite leaf spring takes top SPE Automotive Innovation award

Plastics News

s 2022 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra reduces mass by up to 75 percent vs. an all-steel spring and up to 58 percent for a hybrid steel and composite part. The leaf spring on General Motors Co.'s

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Composites Innovator Installs Six-Axis Robotic Filament Winding Cell

Plastics Today

Additional investment in simulation software boosts Carbon ThreeSixty's composite manufacturing capabilities for automotive, aerospace, energy, and defense applications.