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IACMI's Summer 2022 Members Meeting

 

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We are excited to announce that planning for the IACMI’s Summer 2022 Members Meeting is in full swing. The three-day event will be held in Salt Lake City June 28-30 at the Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel. 

 

“We are looking forward to convening IACMI members in Salt Lake City for a premier composites event,” said Dale Brosius, IACMI CCO and Executive Director of the IACMI Consortium Council. "Utah has a rich composites heritage and vibrant industry footprint."

 

Brosius said the June meeting will connect industry leaders from major OEMs, small to medium sized companies, national laboratories, government agencies and academic institutions. A powerful lineup of influential speakers, tours of local industry facilities and a not to be missed networking reception will highlight the event. IACMI’s Working Groups will also hold meetings in connection to the Members Meeting, focusing on market-driven themes and advanced technology.

 

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Hicham Ghossein elected to serve as IACMI

Consortium Council's SME Representative 2

 

We are pleased to announce Endeavor Composites CEO, President, and Founder Hicham Ghossein has been elected to serve a two-year term on the IACMI Consortium Council. Hicham replaces Norplex-Micarta Sales Director Dustin Davis as Small/Medium Enterprise (SME) Representative 2.

 

"I am honored to be joining the IACMI Council and look forward to representing my fellow SME members across the country and serving the great leadership that IACMI has in place,” Hicham said.

 

Elections were held throughout the month of January, giving IACMI Consortium Council members an opportunity to both nominate and ultimately vote for those representatives to serve on the IACMI Consortium Council.

 

"IACMI would like to thank all those who participated in this year's Consortium elections, as we appreciate your leadership and engagement within our IACMI peer community," said Dale Brosius, IACMI Executive Director. “We are grateful to Dustin Davis for his service to our Council and for the outstanding contributions he has made to IACMI, and we welcome Hicham Ghossein to represent our SME community.”

Technology advancements revealed at upcoming

Innovation Insights webinar

 

Our monthly webinar series "Innovation Insights" continues, as IACMI Chief Commercialization Officer Dale Brosius will moderate discussions on recent technology advancements that industry may not be fully aware of.

On Monday, February 14 at 12PM ET, join us for a one-hour series of presentations from IACMI members and partners, where they will provide background on new technology, products, and the key advantages provided, as well as application examples.

 

In our next episode you will hear from:

• Laurie Calligaris, President, Toray Performance Materials Corporation (PMC)
  • The Material Edge - Introduction to Toray PMC CRFT Materials

    • Toray PMC is a leading supplier for high-performance CFRT® composite materials to a range of industries including sporting goods, consumer electronics, and automotive industries. Our strengths lie in developing new, custom, and niche applications in close partnership with our customers. This presentation will cover an introduction to Toray PMC and give an insight in to some of our industry focus areas that leverage as well as go beyond our backward integration into Toray.

• Wolfgang Hinz, Head of Expert Sales Composites and Surfaces, Krauss-Maffei
  • Two Economical Composite Technologies for Low and High Production Volumes
    • LFI = Long Fiber Injection - A competitive solution for SMC applications, with future developments in carbon fiber being explored.
    • FiberForm - Thermoplastic/Thermoset lightweight parts for high volume applications with the possibility for CCM and various surface molding.
• Peter Hedger Jr., VP of Business Development, Composite Applications Group
  • Commercializing Composites in Unexploited Markets

    • Composite Applications Group has had tremendous success in helping OEMs new to composites realize and benefit from innovative lightweight solutions to gain competitive advantage. Large scale examples in the rail, transport and infrastructure market demonstrate how a compelling value proposition brings new life to old applications. Composite Applications Group has proven time and again that the path to success in composite technology adoption is attainable with the right collaborations and supply chain partners.

Join us during your lunch break for these engaging presentations. 

New regional collaboration in Texas

to create robust talent development strategy

 

IACMI staff traveled to Bryan/College Station, Texas in January to meet with Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station faculty and staff to discuss a regional collaboration to develop a robust talent development strategy aligned with industry's current needs as well as the future.

 

IACMI CEO John Hopkins, IACMI Project Director Erin Brophy, IACMI Workforce Director Joannie Harmon, and IACMI Workforce and Community Development Manager Tyler Blevins were in attendance alongside University of Tennessee, Knoxville Professor and ORNL Joint Faculty Dr. Tony Schmitz.

IACMI members, partners gain access to Spinning Carbide Line

 

IACMI - The Composites Institute has recently acquired spinning carbide line technology.

 

The equipment is configured for batch process melt spinning of high performance polymers such as preceramic polymers for production of Silicon Carbide fibers. 

 

Located at the Auxiliary Services Building along Stephenson Drive at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus, this technology can benefit multiple industries and applications including defense and hypersonics, high temperature, aerospace, UAVs, drones and high performance automotive.

 

IACMI members and partners interested in learning more are encouraged to contact IACMI CTO Dr. Uday Vaidya. 

Apply now for Spark Cleantech Accelerator!

 

Applications are now open for the University of Tennessee Research Park Spark Innovation Center's Cleantech Accelerator.

 

The goal of the accelerator is to support early stage cleantech businesses and drive commercialization of their technologies in Tennessee and throughout the Midwest.

 

Eligible companies should be able to demonstrate a positive impact to energy efficiency, generate renewable energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or increase recycling/upcycling and a circular economy.

SAMPE's Materials Innovation & Advanced Technology Leadership Forum focuses on global automation advances

 

IACMI - The Composites Institute would like to thank SAMPE North America for hosting its Materials Innovation & Advanced Technology Leadership Forum January 26-27.

 

IACMI CCO Dale Brosius had the distinct honor of serving as moderator for advancement discussions and presentations featuring:

• Rapid Large-Scale Structural Thermoplastic Parts, Michael Assadi & Todd "TJ" Chace
• NCC's Digital for Composites (D4C) - From Right First Time to Right Every Time, Enrique Garcia
• Aerospace Integral Structures by LRI Based in Automated Lamination of Fabrics with ADMP, Peio Olaskoaga

The events theme this year was "Towards Industrialization of Composites Manufacturing," as a transformation has begun in commercial aerospace and will require rapid acceleration as the urban air mobility market matures.

Dr. Karl Schulte to headline next

Global Composites Experts webinar

 

IACMI partner Purdue University's Composites Manufacturing & Simulation Center (CMSC) will be hosting another Global Composites Experts Webinar on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 11 AM ET. 

 

Join Dr. Karl Schulte, former head of the Institute of Polymer and Composites of the Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH) in Hamburg, Germany, will present on "Composite Materials - where we are and where to go (Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polymer Composites)."

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