GE Aviation is expanding two of its ceramic matrix composite manufacturing plants in North Carolina, one in Asheville and one in West Jefferson. The company will invest an additional $105 million in the plants, which manufacture jet engine components.
Read MoreJoin former “MythBusters” host Adam Savage and “Innovation Nation” correspondent Alie Ward as they go inside GE Aviation’s testing facility in Peebles, Ohio, to see how the company’s jet engines are manufactured and tested.
Read MoreAbout 425 ceramic engineers, scientists, and students are in Toronto this week to attend the 9th International Conference on High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites (HTCMC) and the Global Forum on Advanced Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development (GFMAT). This truly international conference brings together attendees from 24 countries, and 58 students are here.
Read MoreNASA recently announced that it is spending $20 million to push supersonic jet travel back into commercial reality. The funding is going to a team led by Lockheed Martin for preliminary design work on a reimagined supersonic jet that could take to the skies by 2020.
Read MoreManufacturing employment predicted to drop, Alcoa teams up with GE Aviation, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for January 22, 2015.
Read MoreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is gearing up to develop standards to reduce emissions from airplanes, according to a recent NY Times article. But what will that mean for ceramic matrix composites?
Read MoreThis week’s 11th CMCEE conference attendees grapple with the ceramic materials aspects of energy and environmental technologies.
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