Our monthly webinar series “Innovation Insights” continued Monday, January 12 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:
Tricia Smith
President
RTM North
From Tooling to Throughput: Innovation in RTM and Infusion Efficiency
RTM North is a Canadian-based leader in mold-making consumables and tooling solutions for the composites industry, supporting advanced manufacturing processes such as Light RTM and Vacuum Infusion. Combining decades of hands-on experience with a strong focus on innovation, RTM North works closely with manufacturers to develop new parts and tooling approaches that drive process efficiencies, improve part quality, and enhance production repeatability.
Charles Tur
Light RTM & Infusion Specialist
Magnum Venus Products (MVP)
Innovations to Improve Closed Mold Performance for High-Efficiency Manufacturing
Advanced closed mold technologies can dramatically influence cycle time, part quality, labor, and overall efficiency. This presentation highlights practical innovations such as a re-usable, airtight sealing technique, collapsible resin channels, and more tools to optimize your overall production with MVP equipment.
Scott Lewit
President
Structural Composites
Presenting with:
Joni Richards
Project Manager & Director of Technology Transfer
Structural Composites
From SBIR to Shoreline: Scaling Defense-Derived Composite Innovation for Critical Infrastructure
This presentation highlights how Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) technologies developed under U.S. Navy programs and synthetic engineering methods advanced through a SOCOM project are being transitioned into large-scale civil infrastructure applications. Scott Lewit and Joni Richards will discuss how digitally driven design, simulation-led manufacturing, and SBIR-proven composite processes are reducing risk, accelerating scale-up, and enabling resilient, next-generation infrastructure. The session offers a practical look at moving defense innovations beyond the lab and into real-world deployment.