{"title":"Financials rundown","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00254-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00254-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The ups and downs of the plastic composite financial markets from the last few months.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Pages 12-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134654721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Superyachts bring glamour to composite engineering challenges","authors":"Coen Meerbach","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00260-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00260-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the superyacht industry remaining buoyant, and shipyard order books full for several years, there are increasing opportunities for composite structures aboard these luxury craft, believes Netherlands composite engineering specialist Solico.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Pages 38-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87716734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Composites make their way to Mars – again","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00255-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00255-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As NASA's Mars 2020 mission continues to relay images and information to Earth, it relies on advanced composites to do its job. Its delivery spacecraft's protective aeroshell/heat shield, the Perseverance rover and its unique Ingenuity helicopter, all incorporated material supplied by US-based Toray Advanced Composites, through a partnership with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Lockheed Martin, and AeroVironment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Pages 16-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87138444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The long view","authors":"Begona Galindo, Rocío Ruiz, Guillermo Ulldemolins, Carolina Losada","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00258-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00258-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Specialists from Spanish plastics technology center AIMPLAS suggests engineers should look at using long fiber thermoplastics in industrial applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Pages 30-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85274057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foreword Plastics and people: making the connection","authors":"Paul Gunton (Editor)","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00240-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00240-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Page 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80425387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Race to the top","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00261-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0034-3617(21)00261-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Reinforced Plastics</em> spoke to <strong>Martin Meir</strong>, former elite triathlete and composite manufacturer, about the future of carbon fiber racing bikes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101069,"journal":{"name":"Reinforced Plastics","volume":"65 5","pages":"Pages 42-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88595742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}