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Fiberforge

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Fiberforge was a privately held company, started in 1998. The company uses a proprietary process for making thermoplastic advanced composites[1][2] to make things more lightweight. Particular interest has been placed on decreasing weight of everyday means of transportation like cars and aircraft[3] for better fuel efficiency and hence Environmental sustainability.[4] Amory Lovins was its chairman emeritus.[5]

Fiberforge ceased operations in June 2013 due to financial problems and attempted to liquidate its assets for the benefit of creditors [6] It was later acquired by Dieffenbacher.[7]

History

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  • 1994: Rocky Mountain Institute founded the Hypercar[8] Center to help prove its technical feasibility and commercial reality.[9]
  • 1998: Rocky Mountain Institute took this process a step further by launching a for-profit venture, Hypercar Inc.
  • 2004: Hypercar Inc. changed its name[10] to Fiberforge to better reflect the company's new goal of lowering the cost of high-volume advanced-composite structures/[11]
  • 2010: Office is established in Zug Switzerland.
  • 2012: At the height of production, output with approximately 70 employees.
  • 2013: Ceases operations due to financial problems.[6] Acquired by Dieffenbacher.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jespersen, S. T.; Wakeman, M. D.; Michaud, V.; Cramer, D.; Månson, J. -A. E. (June 2008). "Film stacking impregnation model for a novel net shape thermoplastic composite preforming process". Composites Science and Technology. 68 (7): 1822–1830. doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.01.019.
  2. ^ High Performance composites article, "[1]", 1/1-2006
  3. ^ Netcomposites article, "[2]", 7/1-2010
  4. ^ Hybrid Cars now, "[3]", 7/1-2010
  5. ^ "The authors". Natural Capitalism. Rocky Mountain Institute. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Glenwood Springs-based Fiberforge hits 'end of the runway' | PostIndependent.com". www.postindependent.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-18.
  7. ^ a b "Dieffenbacher Acquires Fiberforge Tape Layup Technology". dieffenbacher.de. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  8. ^ Science Channel's Eco-tech series, "[4]", 9/4-2007
  9. ^ Discovery channel video, "[5] Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine", 7/1-2010
  10. ^ RMI article, "[6]", 7/1-2010
  11. ^ The Aspen Times, "[7]", 7/1-2010
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