Next-Gen Industries Invest in Next-Gen Facilities

Back in the day, there was a great future in plastics, as Mr. McGuire (Walter Brooke) told Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in “The Graduate.” Today, that line would likely substitute plastics with advanced materials. Composites, engineered polymers, hybrid materials and nanomaterials were unheard of in 1967 when the movie was released. Today, they’re at the center of product innovation in virtually every manufacturing sector, from aerospace to electric vehicles to renewable energy to medical devices.

For the aerospace industry, advanced materials such as titanium alloys and carbon-fiber composites provide lighter-weight, more durable materials for use in engine components, wings, fuselages, and other aircraft parts. They’ve been in use in aircraft and space-vehicle manufacturing for years.

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