If there's one factoid the average person knows about Corvettes, it's that those muscular molded panels are made of fiberglass. Well, they were, anyway. That factoid was only true up until around the ...

Since the early 1970s, when fuel crises forced automakers to find ways to reduce vehicle weight, sheet molding compound (SMC), a compression-molded blend of polyester or vinyl ester resins, chopped ...

In line with the tightening of fuel efficiency regulations and carbon dioxide emission controls, interest in vehicle weight reduction has been growing in the automotive market and carbon fiber ...

More than anything else, sustainable production means saving resources and using valuable raw materials as efficiently as possible. With its Fiberforge tape laying system and the fully automatic SMC ...

Automotive suppliers and others who manufacture composite parts can increase their production by as much as 7% with Dieffenbacher’s new, fully automated Fibercut cutting and stacking system featuring ...