SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013 - (Page 60)
iNdustry news
Two long-time SAMPE members were honored by the CITY OF
LOS ANGELES during the Irene Epstein Memorial Scholarship
Awards Dinner on May 29. Dr. Leslie J. Cohen, Sr. Vice President
of HITCO (far right), National Director for the SAMPE Los Angeles
Chapter, received a Citation from the City of Los Angeles for
his continued outstanding financial support of the scholarship
program, now in its 17th year. George Epstein (holding citation)
was completely surprised when he was called to the stage
to receive a special award, presented by City Council District
Deputy, Joan Pelico, in recognition of his efforts “to make the
City of Los Angeles a better place in which to live.”
BTG Composites Inc.
Over 45 years Advanced Composites
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Phone: +1 801-262-8307
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Email: swbeckwith@aol.com
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Dr. Howard Katzman (at left), Sr. Scientist of The Aerospace
Corp., chairs the Scholarship Awards program for the Los Angeles Chapter of SAMPE. Four seniors from Fairfax High School
received scholarships to attend college to study engineering,
science, or medicine. Two of the students are foreign-born and
faced the challenge of learning English while excelling in their
studies and extracurricular activities. Six other students received
book awards to help pay for their college textbooks.
FRENCH OIL MILL MACHINERY COMPANY has enhanced
their manufacturing capabilities with the purchase and start
up of a new CNC Lathe. The automated, high-powered turning
center features updated programming that creates internal
operating efficiencies in French’s process, allowing them to pass
on reduced part costs to their customers. The lathe’s advanced
technology yields higher quality parts with improved cutting
accuracy and superior part surface finishes. The larger, 80”
machine bed increases the overall size of French’s turning and
manufacturing capability. French Oil Mill Machinery Company
is a family-owned company that custom designs, manufactures
and supports hydraulic presses for molding rubber and composite materials, rubber mixers, screw presses for synthetic
rubber processing and for the separation of liquids from solids,
and oilseed equipment used to extract vegetable oil from seeds
and nuts, and to produce biofuels. For over 113 years, French
has partnered with their stakeholders, in over 80 countries
worldwide, to provide products with superior value and superior
service that improve customers’ productivity and reduce their
overall production costs. French’s 225,000 square foot corporate
office & manufacturing facility is located in Piqua, OH.
For more information, visit: www.frenchoil.com.
GRACO INC., is expanding its multi-lingual website capabilities
at www.graco.com to include significant new functionality for
an additional 10 key languages in its Asia Pacific and Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. The languages include
Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, German, Italian,
Polish, Russian, Swedish, and Turkish. Spanish, French, and
Portuguese translations for all graco.com content have been
available since 2012. In addition, navigation pages for numerous
additional languages including Arabic, Latvian, and Lithuanian
are now available to help point end-users to Graco’s portfolio
of products.
The new international capabilities include personalization features that tailor viewable web content to the specific interest of
the user. This functionality makes relevant content and product
features much easier to find, while offering a more dynamic
platform with new visuals and global brand consistency. The
personalization features can be disabled by viewers if they do
not want all of the website’s functionality.
ACP COMPOSITES, INC., a leading manufacturer of high quality composite solutions, expands their machining capabilities
with the addition of a second CNC Router to deliver precise,
accurate machined components for the medical, aerospace
and defense industries.
SAMPE Journal, Volume 49, No. 5, September/October 2013
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http://www.graco.com
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013
SAMPE Journal - September/October 2013
Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
Manufacturing Overview of a 2.4 Meter (7.9 Foot) Composite Cryotank
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
SAMPE Proceedings
Corporate Partners
SAMPE On-Site Training Seminars
CAMX–The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 13 Wuppertal, Germany
Tech Tidbits
Thermoplastic Composites Technologies for Manufacturing Nose Fuselage Structures
Materials & Products
SAMPE Tech 2013|Wichita, KS
Perspectives
High Temperature RTM370 Polyimide Composites Fabricated by RTM: Characterization and Impact Testing
The SAMPE Foundation
SAMPE Tech 2014|Call for Papers
Industry News
Advertiser’s Index
SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
Resource Center
Membership Application
SAMPE Proceedings Order Form
Industry Events Calendar
Chapter Contacts
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