Our monthly webinar series “Innovation Insights” continued Monday, August 18, at 12:00 pm ET. IACMI CCO Jason Gibson moderated discussions with IACMI members featuring their latest news about products, services, technology, and innovations.
We heard from:
Tim Gaur
Senior Manager, Research and Technology
Airbus
The Future of Aerospace Manufacturing and the Role of Advanced Materials
This presentation will provide a short introduction into Airbus as a company and its activities in the U.S. It will also highlight some of the challenges the industry is facing when it comes to composite materials, and highlight new technologies that the aerospace industry seeks as it plans for future aircraft programs.
(Due to privacy issues, the Airbus presentation was removed from the recording.)
Nick Evans
Technical Director
Composites One / Aerovac
Co-presenting with:
Leticia Oliviera
Process Materials Specialist
Composites One / Aerovac
Customer-Driven Process Materials for Smart Composite Manufacturing
Representatives from Composites One / Aerovac will discuss key process materials they supply to the market and how they help enable smarter, more efficient composite manufacturing.
Greg Harrell
Workforce Coordinator
IACMI – METAL (Metallurgical Engineering and Trades Apprenticeship and Learning)
Cast. Forge. Create. — Bolstering America’s Metal Manufacturing Workforce
IACMI may be best known as the Manufacturing USA institute for advanced composites, but its team works across composites, metals, and advanced manufacturing technologies. The METAL workforce development program addresses critical gaps in the U.S. casting and forging workforce. Funded by the Department of Defense, METAL delivers hands-on training, online curriculum, career pathways and K-gray outreach, equipping thousands of learners to strengthen supply chains, reshore production, and advance America’s manufacturing competitiveness. Every person that participates in our programs is part of the larger effort to reindustrialize America as a skilled, trained worker.
