You are invited to attend the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) scheduled for December 3-6, 2018 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The DMC Conference will be conducted simultaneously with the Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Conference. You will also be able to attend the concurrent DMSMS Conference at no additional expense, giving […]

Carbon Fiber 2018, presented by CompositesWorld, is the preeminent conference on carbon fiber and the expanding role of this material in the composites industry. The conference offers you cutting-edge information and access to industry experts in streamlining manufacturing costs, market outlooks and forecasting, and more. You will make invaluable contacts as you meet and network with […]

Please join the SAMPE Carolinas Chapter for their last event in 2018 - a technical session with presentations from Mafic and NEG about new fiber technologies, followed by a plant tour of Mafic's new basalt fiber plant. The day will conclude with an evening networking dinner at the Newgrass Brewery. Register Now! SAMPE Members receive […]

Team members Johnathan Goodsell with Purdue University and Dayakar Penumadu with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville will present on their project, Optimized Carbon Fiber Intermediate Development to Enable High Volume Manufacturing of Lightweight Automotive Composites. This presentation will discuss the modeling of fiber orientation of carbon fiber platelets sheet molding compounds and the fiber orientation […]

This FREE seminar will be hosted at the University of Tennessee Fibers & Composites Manufacturing Facility (FCMF). Taught by Andy Pokelwaldt, American Composites Manufacturers Association, the seminar will allow attendees access to hands-on learning with the basics of light resin transfer molding and vacuum infusion processes. Composites Coalition Composites Coalition differentiates Tennessee as an advantageous location […]

The Compression Molding workshop is a limited seating workshop hosted by CompositesWorld and IACMI. OEMs and composites fabricators have the opportunity to learn about existing technologies, specifically compression molding and HPRTM. OEMs and fabricators will also be able to deploy and use to this information to help expand composites penetration in automotive and other end markets. The workshop […]

In the halls of Congress and in agency offices in Washington, D.C. and around the country, the government touches our built environment every day.  Join your fellow ACMA members in Washington to meet Members of Congress and agency leadership to educate them on the valuable capabilities of composites in revitalizing the nation’s degrading infrastructure.  Don’t […]