George Marsh

Vinyl ester – the midway boat building resin

Resins for building reinforced plastic boats have become a largely bipolar affair. Polyester remains the general, affordable medium for ‘commodity’ boat building while epoxy, usually carbon...

Quick stepping to fast fluid curing

A composites processing technique developed by an Australian company is now being showcased at facilities in Europe, the USA and Australia. George Marsh takes a look at the Quickstep closed moulding...

Duelling with composites

Airbus and Boeing, the world's leading planemakers, are engaged in a long-term duel, and currently a major weapon of choice is composites. George Marsh investigates.

GKN Aerospace extends composites boundaries

George Marsh visited GKN Aerospace's composites centre on the Isle of Wight, UK.