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Boeing Joint Ventures
03/18/98 More information on two recent Boeing Joint Venture announcements.

Composite Bridge
12/02/97 Ashland Chemical will supplied the resins for a new all-composite bridge built in Butler County, Ohio.

Amtech Profile
11/04/97 Amtech, a manufacturer of fiberglass parts, is growing by shying away from small contracts. This strategy has been very successful.

Boeing Suppliers
10/30/97 Boeing suppliers, including many composites firms, expect to see a slowdown in business as a result of Boeing's bottlenecks.

Owens Corning Appoints Chief Restructuring Officer
11/20/00 Owens Corning has appointed Maura Abeln Smith to the newly created post of Chief Restructuring Officer.

ATP Lunn Industries Awarded Supplier Status
11/20/00 ATP's Lunn Industries division has been awarded qualified supplier status on Northrop Grumman's F-5 and T-38 supplier team.

Owens Corning Inspects for Waste
11/20/00 Owens Corning will investigate waste sites at its Granville, Ohio research facility for environmental hazards.

Bayer Profits Restrained by Raw Material Prices
11/20/00 Bayer AG reported a 24 percent increase in third quarter profits, helped by sales of medicines. Gains were held back by higher raw material prices in the chemicals and polymers businesses.

Owens Cornings Reports Lower Earnings
11/15/00 Owens Corning reported flat sales and a large drop in earnings for the third quarter. Sales of composites were up 13 percent.

Solutia Raises Prices of Resins
11/15/00 Solutia has announced a four to six percent price increase for all grades of Resimene and Maprenal resins.

Plastics Market Omnexus Appoints New Vice President
11/15/00 Online plastics market Omnexus has appointed David Jukes as senior vice president for global sales, marketing and supplier relations.

NDT Systems Becomes Independent
11/15/00 Two executive of NDT Systems, a manufacturer of ultrasonic inspection equipment, have acquired the company from Curlin Medical Products, its parent company.

Intellitec Receives Biological Protection Contract
11/09/00 ATP's Intellitec division was awarded a contract for the production of nine Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Joint Biological Point Detection Systems (JBPBS).

Zoltek Sells SP Systems
11/09/00 Citing weak profit contributions, Zoltek has sold SP Systems back to the original owners. The two companies plan to continue a strategic relationship.

Trex Revenues and Income Increases
11/09/00 Trex announced higher third quarter revenues and income. The company has continued to expand its capacity and distribution channels.

Alliant Reports Increased Sales and Earnings
11/03/00 Alliant Techsystems reported an increase in sales and earnings for the first half of FY 2001. In the Aerospace segment, increased composite structures sales offset decreased propulsion sales.

Alliant Announces Stock Split
11/03/00 Alliant Techsystems has announced a 3-for-2 stock split.

Cytec Board Approves Stock Repurchase
11/03/00 The Cytec Industries Board of Directors has approved a new US $100 million stock buyback.

Cytec Sells Paper Chemicals Business
11/01/00 As part of its plan to divest itself of non-core businesses, Cytec has completed the sale of its paper chemicals sizing and strength business to Bayer Corporation.

Scaled to Build Wind Tunnel Blades
10/27/00 Scaled Technology Works has been awarded a contract from Boeing to build nearly 200 composite wind tunnel blades.

Revenues Double at Composite Solutions Subsidiary
10/27/00 Anchor Reinforcements, a subsidiary of Composite Solutions, has recently signed contracts which will doubles its year 2000 revenues.

Prime Industrial to Invest in Composite Solutions
10/27/00 Prime Industrial will invest US $2 million into Composite Solutions. Prime will launch and run operations in Asia using CSI's technologies.

Cytec Raises Water Soluble Polymer Prices
10/27/00 In what is perhaps an indication that raw material costs are affecting polymer prices, Cytec increased prices on several materials in its water soluble polymer and mineral businesses.

Ashland Reports Strong Earnings
10/27/00 Despite rising raw material costs and extraordinary charges, Ashland reported increases in income and earnings. Income from composites distribution increased 21%.

Simula to Produce Armor Inserts
10/27/00 Simula has been awarded a contract to produce inserts for soft body armor vests. The parts are made from a ceramic composite developed by M-Cubed Technologies.

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