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Boeing executive discusses ins and outs of 787


May 8, 2013 4:13 pm ET

LONG BEACH, CALIF. — A senior Boeing Co. executive discussed aerospace material developments and touched on the 787 battery problem during his May 7 keynote address at SAMPE 2013 in Long Beach.

Facing competition from Europe, US composites groups partner on 2014 trade show


May 6, 2013 9:29 pm ET

LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- A partnership between two U.S.-based polymer-matrix-composite groups will sponsor a 2014 Orlando trade show seeking to neutralize inroads of competitor JEC Americas.

Boeing's plastic plane prepped and ready to return


April 4, 2013 2:15 pm ET

CHICAGO — The Boeing 787 Dreamliner – the so-called plastic plane because of its composites hull – could be back in the air very soon.

Flax weaves its way into cars and aircraft


March 28, 2013 1:28 pm ET

LEUVEN, BELGIUM — The drive to use green materials has led PSA Peugeot Citroën and Boeing Co. to explore applications for flax-based biocomposites.

California molder C&G Plastics completing renovation project


March 21, 2013 1:21 pm ET

SYLMAR, CALIF. — Custom injection molder C&G Plastics Inc. is nearing completion of a $200,000 project renovating its 14,000-square-foot facility in Sylmar.

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Unit Industries diversifies by buying EMS Sandburg


March 1, 2013 3:04 pm ET

FULLERTON, CALIF. -- In diversifying toward turnkey capability, Unit Industries Group Inc. of Fullerton acquired three entities operating as EMS Sandberg Industries.

Man charged with slapping a toddler on an airplane -- the plastics angle


February 18, 2013 1:15 pm ET

One of the biggest stories of the weekend, about a man who allegedly slapped a 2-year-old on a flight from Minneapolis to Atlanta and called the child a racial slur, unfortunately has a plastics angle.The suspect, Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, was an executive with the composites manufacturing arm of AGC Aerospace and Defense,...

Dreamliners and Volts share batteries, but safety regimes differ


January 28, 2013 12:40 pm ET

CHICAGO -- As Boeing Co. and federal regulators wrestle with the safety issues plaguing the launch of the Dreamliner 787 and its lithium-ion batteries, there are parallels with the experience of the auto industry but far more differences -- due largely to the divergent approaches of government safety regulators.

Report: Hearings likely on 787 Dreamliner malfunctions


January 23, 2013 12:09 pm ET

CHICAGO -- Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, who is in charge of regulating the national aviation system, said he would likely hold hearings about the problems that led to the grounding of Boeing Co.'s Dreamliner, The Hill reports.

Air safety officials probe 787 battery maker


January 21, 2013 1:45 pm ET

KYOTO, JAPAN -- U.S. and Japanese aviation safety officials are investigating the company which makes the batteries for Boeing's troubled Dreamliner aircraft, the global fleet of which has been grounded following a series of safety scares.

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