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ATK first module to NASA made completely from composites

MBJ Staff — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:12:11 +0000

IUKA — Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has delivered a technological first to NASA — a full-scale, crew module structure made of composite materials. The Composite Crew Module (CCM) is a unique capsule design that has the potential to reduce the overall weight of future manned launch vehicles. Full-scale structural testing will be performed at NASA’s Langley [...]

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Polymer Institute-MEP.ms partnership touts results

MBJ Staff — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:01:09 +0000

HATTIESBURG and JACKSON — According to the Mississippi Polymer Institute and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Mississippi (MEP.ms), their new partnership is already paying dividends for manufacturing companies in this state. MEP.ms announced recently that during the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, the Mississippi Polymer Institute provided technical assistance to [...]

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Hybrid Plastics technology used in pioneering procedure

MBJ Staff — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:05:34 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Medical history was made in recently with the world’s first synthetic organ transplant, according to Hattiesburg-based Hybrid Plastics. A terminally ill cancer patient received a new lease on life with the transplant of a synthetic trachea made from a POSS nanocomposite polymer. The composite made from POSS and PCU (Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane & [...]

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Mexican conglomerate to buy Coast plant

Associated Press — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:14:08 +0000

BAY ST. LOUIS — DAK Americas LLC has agreed to buy Wellman Inc.’s PET plastics plant in Bay St. Louis for $185 million. DAK Americas is a unit of Mexican conglomerate Alfa SAB. The company announced the deal June 16, according to the Mississippi Press. The purchase amount includes a cash payment and assumption of [...]

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Polymer manufacturer bringing plant, jobs

Associated Press — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:25:27 +0000

PHILADELPHIA — AlphaGen Materials, a manufacturer of polymer ceramic coatings, will locate a plant in Philadelphia. The announcement was made Dec. 22. The plant will be located in a 235,000-square-foot facility formerly occupied by U.S. Motors. The plant represents a $10-million investment and will create 200 new jobs. The Mississippi Development Authority helped city officials [...]

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GE, Southern Miss to collaborate

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:14:52 +0000

BATESVILLE AND HATTIESBURG — Gov. Haley Barbour and officials from GE Aviation have announced a unique research collaboration with the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for technology and advanced material development in the company’s Composites Operation in Batesville. GE’s partnership with the USM School of Polymers and High Performance Materials is focused on the development [...]

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