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25 CompositesWorld.com NEWS N E W S N S N E W S E N W S W Composite Freestanding Masts ® North Coast Composites delivers the complete parts solution. For 35 years North Coast Tool & Mold has been an industry leader in the manufacture of molds for high performance composites. Y ISO9001-2000 AS9100B C o m p o s i t e s The Companies of North Coast North Coast Tool & Mold Corp. North Coast Composites, Inc. www.northcoastcomposites.com 216.398.8550 Clive Johnson, managing director of Magma Structures, says, "These rigs are amongst the most tech- nically challenging freestanding carbon composite structures to have been manufactured, due to their size, design load requirements and the marine environment in which they will be used. The skills developed and experience gained from building these rigs are already having a direct impact on projects we are devel- oping in other sectors, including bridges, stadia and buildings where the benefts of manufacturing in composites can be signifcant." Damon Roberts, technical advisor to the project, says, "The high- strength, fatigue-resistant nature of carbon has been the key in enabling us to develop and manufacture a freestanding structure much larger than anything currently built, includ- ing the current generation of wind turbine blades, and with much higher bending loads. The embedded fber- optic monitoring data is invaluable in giving us real-time data to optimize the sailing performance as well as verify the design concepts and give us load case data to minimize the maintenance." BIZ BRIEF Huber Engineered Materials (Atlanta, GA, US) reports that it has acquired the Safre nitrogen and phosphorus halogen- free fre retardant technology from Floridienne Group and Catena Additives. Huber's goal is to take the patented Safre technology, integrate it within its existing halogen-free portfolio of fame retardants and smoke suppressants, and rapidly develop a line of commercial products. The Safre technology addition marks the third acquisition over the past 5 years for Huber's growing Fire Retardant Additives business, following the 2012 purchase of the specialty hydrate fame retardant business from Almatis and the 2010 ac- quisition of the Kemgard fame retardant and smoke suppressant business from Sherwin-Williams.