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Fibreglass found a niche in the 1950s.(WHEELS)
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); Oct 31, 2008; 700+ Words ...of Vancouver, B.C., uses fibreglass for its replica Porsche 356...Kubelwagens. Although always a niche product, fibreglass continues in a variety of applications...Corvette is the patriarch of fibreglass cars, but Bill Tritt the father...
Comparing chess to canoes: Mid-Canada Fibreglass Ltd. uses its 40 years of kayak- and canoe-building experience to stay one step ahead of the competition.(NEWS)
Northern Ontario Business; Sep 1, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...is very popular," Shepherdson says. "They all have their niche." Both canoes and kayaks are hand-made with a combination of durable, lightweight materials, such as carbon, Kevlar (found in tires and bullet-proof vests) and fiberglass mat. "We...
Saab Sonett found its niche.(WHEELS)
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); May 9, 2008; 700+ Words ...mid-1950s Saab developed a small, fibreglass-bodied, 499-kg (1,100-lb...obliged with the 1966 Saab Sonett II, a fibreglass-bodied two-seater coupe again based...Sonett, like all Saabs, appealed to a niche audience that appreciated its unusual...
Designer carves fat-ski niche
The Press; Aug 12, 2008; ; 700+ Words ...not be a better fit. For here he has found space to work in a 100-year-old building...seasons in the northern hemisphere and found there was no secret to the way they were...Some are digitally created. 7: Lay out fibreglass, carbon, rubber strips and aluminium...
Diversification; Fibre Laminations makes products for other companies.(Business)
The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario); Feb 9, 2009; 700+ Words ...wanted it in wood, but found fibreglass more practical). They...in Indiana that are fibreglass. The feeling is the...We have to pick our niche and be really great...3992 Did you know? Fibreglass is material made from...
Argenta man operates 'World's Smallest Shipyard' in his basement.
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL); Oct 2, 2007; 700+ Words ...workshop reads: "Hartman's Fibreglass -- Home of the World's Smallest...since 1962. The spelling of "fibreglass" in his company name dates back...control airplanes. Then he found his niche. "I will continue this work...
Birds, fish and found objects - tiles of the unexpected
The Independent - London; Jul 13, 1996; ; 700+ Words ...stuck to fireplaces and niches. In the low-lying...colourful tiles from found objects: the double...cavorting birds, fish, found objects and abstract...people loathe them. I found them irresistible. Ceramic...It is a lightweight fibreglass and polystyrene compound...from your fireplace or ...
A yellow flag in the sunset.(Letter from Mauritius)
New Internationalist; Mar 1, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...to pass just to stay in the new niche they've found. But anyway ... When we went...dance sequence. That's another niche--the Government encouraging...a sizeable industry producing fibreglass boats that replace the old pirogues...
Aesthetics of faith: the church.(Arts & Culture)
Catholic New Times; Nov 17, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...confessionals was transformed into a niche for the storage and the display...it holds a narrow, molded fibreglass corpus of Jesus, pierced by...Wanner, dominates the right niche; a vigorous, full-bodied...of spiritual centering to be found in human creativity, this...
DYNASTY MOTORCAR COMPANY.
Alberta Report; Apr 30, 2001; 700+ Words ...created with Infusion Molded Fibreglass: total weight: 653kg, remarkable...heating and other factors found in a normal car. It's a...is key in reaching a market niche that demands a new type of...perfect for this particular niche." At peak, Dynasty will...
New plastics site soon has orders rolling in
The Press; Jan 15, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...how silly their searches might be. They found remarkably few problems." The site went...for them to understand all aspects of niche component manufacturing," he said...component suppliers. Christchurch-based fibreglass manufacturer Gracol Enterprises, which...
Let your troubles float away
The Northern Echo; Oct 22, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...business. "There's nothing like it up here. We've found a real niche in the market," he explains. "A lot of people...them come back regularly." The floatation tank is a fibreglass capsule containing ten inches of water and a quarter...
Paulo Aveleira, precocious yacht voyager.(Business Report)
The Star (South Africa); Jul 26, 2006; 700+ Words ...I build yachts with different types of fibreglass, called composite yachts. Pleasure yachts...is the capital required. Who is your niche market? Initially, I will focus on the...proved difficult, but I have recently found premises in Durban. Negotiations are...
The villain who was floored with laughter
The Press; Oct 23, 1996; ; 700+ Words ...to respect. You can display the acting ability of a fibreglass mannequin, the voice of Quasimodo, or the demeanour...who said I was perfectly cast. The second year, I found a niche in a dark, cobwebby hole marked ``criminal mastermind...
Cemeteries
Canadian Encyclopedia; ; 700+ Words ...s columbarium (ie, a structure with niches to hold urns or boxes containing ashes...people simply like to use vaults (made of fibreglass, concrete or steel) placed in the ground...sense of order and "rationality" also found in town and rural surveying schemes...
Out of the boardroom and onto the building site; Tony McDonough meets STEVEN RATCLIFFE, director of housing developer Charter Group.(Business)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England); Oct 19, 2005; 700+ Words ...put a squeeze on our margins. But our niche is to provide something that is the same...production director for plasterboard and fibreglass producer, moved the family to Cheshire...of-two, and his fellow directors, found themselves working up to 70 hours a week...
TRACKING THE TREND TOWARDS COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BLADES.
Advanced Composites Bulletin; Aug 1, 2001; ; 700+ Words ...personal airplanes, has been limited to niche applications. The main reason is the...Senior Engineer Mark Spoltman says "Fibreglass is not used for propellers because of...Disbrow says. Commercial carriers have found that the increased payload allowance provided...
Building boats is a buoyant business
Plymouth Evening Herald, The; Nov 28, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...Charles Broughton has found since starting up his...design director. But he found himself with an all...building boats. Charles found a gap in the market from...the Pilot 4, a 13ft fibreglass boat, from a workshop...nail on the head with a niche market that no one else...
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