Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development

The center was an important resource in Utah for technical knowledge and capability in the areas of plastics, composite materials and metallurgy. The center assists existing start-up companies and also conceives, invents, develops and spins off into commercial enterprises new or enhanced products. The center has patented the following technologies:

• Cure and contamination sensing devices
• Damping of composites through unique orientation of fibers
• Improvement of fiber binding on thermoplastic composites
• Forming technique for large thermoplastic composites