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TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Innovative Composites International Inc. (TSXV: IC) (OTCQX: ICIZF), ("ICI" or the "Company"), a producer of patented protected composite products targeting the multi-billion dollar housing and transportation markets, announced today that it will hold a conference call to discuss its 2011 year-end financial results on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The Company will report its financial results on Wednesday, January 18(th), 2012...

ORANGE CITY, Iowa, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quatro Composites(TM), a leader in design and fabrication of advanced composite structures, has been awarded a milestone contract to certify and produce Boeing 787 Dreamliner stowage bin fittings for the 787-9 model. "We are honored to be a part of this exciting new generation of aircraft," said Quatro Composites' President, Steve Roesner. "Boeing's strategy of converting metallic fittings to composite for its weight and cost benefits...

Wisconsin Oven designed and manufactured a gas fired batch oven to cure composite honeycomb material used in aircraft manufacturing. The curing oven has chamber dimensions of 12’0” wide x 28’0” long x 8’0” high and a maximum operating temperature of 500º F. The oven was designed with the capacity to heat the oven and 6,500 pound load of composite and steel fixtures from 70° to 400° F within one (1) hour and cool down to 150° F within 30 minutes. East Troy,...

Polygon Company is proud to announce the launch of a new brand initiative, "Innovation Beyond Metals™." Walkerton, Indiana (PRWEB) December 22, 2011 Polygon Company is proud to announce the launch of a new brand initiative, "Innovation Beyond Metals™." Polygon products have always been produced for the superior benefits provided to both OEMs and the end users of their products. The new brand message will focus on how Polygon's innovative engineered composite products bring...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) recently selected Steven Balogh, Vice-President of Mar-Bal, Inc., to join its volunteer Board of Directors. Balogh will serve a three-year term through July 2014. ACMA, the world's largest trade group representing the composites industry, represents 850 of approximately 3,000 composites manufacturers and suppliers to the industry. In the U.S. alone, the composites industry...

"Shrilk" could one day replace plastic in consumer products, be used to suture wounds, and serve as scaffolding for tissue regeneration Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a new material that replicates the exceptional strength, toughness, and versatility of one of nature's more extraordinary substances -- insect cuticle. Also low-cost, biodegradable, and biocompatible, the new material, called "Shrilk," could one day...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Starfire Systems, Inc. (www.starfiresystems.com), a leader in Polymer-to-Ceramic(TM) technology, announced today the signing of a license and supply agreement with Thorn Tree Technology's Turbine Rotors Division (www.turbinebrakerotors.com) for the development of a lightweight ceramic brake rotor. Thorn Tree's Turbine Rotors Division will introduce the newly developed ceramic brake rotor at the upcoming Performance Racing...

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The recently-completed 4th International Heraeus Symposium featured a presentation entitled, "Clinical Relevance and Measurement of the Shrinkage Stress Generation in Photopolymerizing Dental Composites." The presentation, by Jack L. Ferracane, PhD., Professor and Chair at Oregon Health & Science University, was one of 14 presentations given to an audience of 68 key opinion leaders at a two-day symposium sponsored by...

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The recently completed 4th International Heraeus Symposium featured a presentation entitled, "Clinical Relevance and Measurement of the Contraction Stress Generation in Photopolymerizing Dental Composites." The presentation, by Jack L. Ferracane, PhD., Professor and Chair at Oregon Health & Science University, was one of 14 presentations given to an audience of 68 key opinion leaders at a four-day symposium sponsored by Heraeus Kulzer,...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CMT) today announced that on November 9, 2011 the Board of Directors elected James L. Simonton as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Simonton has served as a director of Core since May 2010, and from 2000 through 2006 served as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Simonton replaces Malcolm (Mac) M. Prine as Chairman, who passed away on September 6, 2011. "We are very pleased that Jim has agreed...