Zipcar fuels up for an IPO
June 1, 2010 8:40 AM PDT | by Caroline McCarthy for CNET.com Car-sharing service Zipcar announced Tuesday that it has filed for an initial public offering estimated at $75 million; the move is designed to pay off debt as the venture-backed Cambridge, Mass.-based company, which is not profitable, aims to expand its footprint in cities […]
Core for composites: Winds of change
Core materials suppliers lean into the bracing breeze of big-blade challenges raised by the burgeoning wind energy industry. Article From: Composites Technology June 2010, Jeff Sloan, Editor-in-Chief Posted on: 6/1/2010 The use of core material in composite applications is nothing new. Foam, balsa and honeycomb core have been mainstays of sandwich construction in boat hulls […]
Rockets and rhetoric in Chicago
Chicago isn’t a city known for its deep ties to the space industry, and the Memorial Day holiday weekend isn’t always the best time to attract people to a conference. Nonetheless, a few hundred people, ranging from industry professionals to long-time activists, journeyed to a hotel near O’Hare International Airport last weekend for the 2010 […]