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George Hansen has always been fascinated with science.  Perhaps it began in first grade when his mom gave him a book on plate tectonics or maybe when his dad taught him about the table of nuclides when he was 10.  Whenever it began, George’s love of learning and experimentation has led him down a path of scientific entrepreneurship. In 1984, George was working as an engineer for a Fortune 500 company when he decided to.... Read More

CEO Randy Philpot steers Advanced Composites to booming growth in markets ranging from aerospace to kayaking. Engineering Technology, Inc. (Entec) started Advanced Composites in-house as a means of demonstrating the former company's filament-winding equipment for customers. Philpot came aboard in 1984 when the division was an afterthought, with three employees, and he started driving innovation and year-after-year growth. By the early 1990s, the division had nearly 15 employees and was a competitor of Entec's customers,.... Read More

In the late 1980's, the world of composites saw a steady increase in the use of pre-preg filaments in manufacturing.  However, there was a problem.  At the time, the filament winding machines were simply not able to handle the unique characteristics of this new material.  With this problem to solve, a small Utah company named Composite Solutions set out to fix this and create a new filament winding machine.  They soon succeeded at this by.... Read More