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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Doubling the length of a turbine blade can help quadruple the amount of electricity generated. Owens Corning; Phoenix Integration; PolyNEW, Inc.;

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. Lightweight And Modern Metals Manufacturing. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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