The first Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer rebar and mesh has come off the production line at GFRP’s new manufacturing facility ...

Fiber reinforced polymer composite rebar market is drive by surge in global infrastructure development, increased investments in renewable energy projects. North America's commitment to innovation ...

A reinforcing bar, rebar is used to compensate for the relatively weak tensile strength of these popular building materials. There are two basic types of rebar: steel and fiberglass. Steel rebar is ...

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.

GFRP Tech (Johannesburg, South Africa), a manufacturer and supplier of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) products, has launched what is says is the first manufacturing facility of its kind in ...

It can accommodate up to #8 or #9 rebar, and while it has not been used on fiber reinforced rebar in the field, tests on this material have been successful according to the company. A truly ...

The carbon fiber is woven into a mesh, or as a composite material that mimics existing rebar structures. These two types of reinforcement can be combined in a composite to produce a concrete ...