manufacturing facility in South Africa is set to disrupt the local construction industry with a sustainable alternative to steel rebar and mesh that is not only 75% lighter but also stronger complying ...

[Brtv-z] has taken a more straightforward tack, by making glass-reinforced prints using painters fiberglass mesh tape. It’s a laborious technique that involves stopping the print to manually ...

Dosed at amounts equivalent to conventional reinforcement, these fibers are distributed three dimensionally throughout the concrete section. Can synthetic fibers compete “head-to-head” with steel?

On May 2, the ASTM announced that its composite materials committee (D30) had developed a “new standard specification for the latest generation of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)” rebar.

The new facility situated in Linbro Park, Gauteng, will manufacture GFRP Rebar, GFRP Mesh and GFRP Bends ... audited by a team of experts from the FRP Institute in the United States.

The first Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer rebar and mesh has come off the production ... Working in conjunction with Stellenbosch University, the FRP Institute in the United States and the GFRP ...