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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

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and hence

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was its

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. 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

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founded the Hypercar Center to help prove its technical feasibility and commercial reality. * 1998:

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/The Aspen Times,

, 7/1-2010 * 2010: Office is established in

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. * 2012: At the height of production, output with approximately 70 employees. * 2013: Ceases operations due to financial problems. Acquired by

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* * * * {{cite web , title=RMI {{! move - Hypercar , url=http://move.rmi.org/markets-in-motion/case-studies/automotive/hypercar.html , website=Rocky Mountain Institute , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105031112/http://move.rmi.org/markets-in-motion/case-studies/automotive/hypercar.html , archivedate=2012-01-05 , quote=After a century of engineering, cars are embarrassingly inefficient. Manufacturing companies based in Colorado

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