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Fiberforge

Rocky Mountain Institute's for-profit spin-off, originally Hypercar Inc., closed in 2013

Field	Value
name	Fiberforge
former_name	Hypercar Inc.
type	Privately held company
industry	Transport industry
founded
defunct
fate	Liquidated
successor	Dieffenbacher
hq_location_city	Basalt, Colorado
hq_location_country	United States
area_served
key_people	Amory Lovins (Chairman)
products	Composites components, thermoplastic car components
num_employees	70
num_employees_year	2012
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Fiberforge was an American privately held company that used a proprietary process for making thermoplastic advanced composites to make things more lightweight. Particular interest has been placed on decreasing weight of everyday means of transportation like cars and aircraft for better fuel efficiency and hence Environmental sustainability. Amory Lovins was its chairman emeritus.

The company was started in 1998 and ceased operations in June 2013 due to financial problems and attempted to liquidate its assets for the benefit of creditors It was later acquired by Dieffenbacher.

History

1994: Rocky Mountain Institute founded the Hypercar Center to help prove its technical feasibility and commercial reality.
1998: Rocky Mountain Institute took this process a step further by launching a for-profit venture, Hypercar Inc.
2004: Hypercar Inc. changed its name to Fiberforge to better reflect the company's new goal of lowering the cost of high-volume advanced-composite structures/
2010: Office is established in Zug Switzerland.
2012: At the height of production, output with approximately 70 employees.
2013: Ceases operations due to financial problems. Acquired by Dieffenbacher.

References

(June 2008). "Film stacking impregnation model for a novel net shape thermoplastic composite preforming process". Composites Science and Technology.
High Performance composites article, "[http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/tailored-carbon-fiber-blanks-set-to-move-into-steel-stamping-arena]", 1/1-2006
Netcomposites article, "{{usurped
Hybrid Cars now, "[http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/hydrogen-powered-cars.htm]", 7/1-2010
"The authors". [[Rocky Mountain Institute]].
"Glenwood Springs-based Fiberforge hits 'end of the runway' {{!}} PostIndependent.com".
"Dieffenbacher Acquires Fiberforge Tape Layup Technology".
Science Channel's Eco-tech series, "[http://green.autoblog.com/2007/09/04/video-rmis-hypercar-a-100-mpg-suv-featuring-amory-lovins/]", 9/4-2007
Discovery channel video, "[http://vodpod.com/watch/1336898-addicted-to-oil-fiberforge] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-03-06 ", 7/1-2010)
RMI article, "[http://move.rmi.org/markets-in-motion/case-studies/automotive/fiberforge-.html] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-03-16 ", 7/1-2010)
The Aspen Times, "[http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20041117/NEWS/111170004]", 7/1-2010

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