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

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IACMI is dedicated to overcoming these barriers by developing low-cost, high-production, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling processes for composites applications. In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy.

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

Green Car Congress

The winning consortium, led by EWI and headquartered in the Detroit-area includes the following members: 34 Companies: ABS; AEM; ALCOA Technology; Boeing; Comau; Easom Automation; EWI; Fabrisonic; Flash Bainite Steel; GE; Honda North American Services; Huys; Infinium; Inc.; ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics.