IDAHO STARTUP’S COMPOSITE TECH ATTRACTING LOTS OF ATTENTION
Continuous Composites got its start with a stab wound.
When a strand of fiberglass punctured Ken Tyler’s skin, the North Idaho inventor started thinking about the strength of the lightweight material.
Tyler was working for a local boat manufacturer at the time, and he found himself brainstorming ways to fashion fiberglass composites without using molds.
The result was Continuous Composites, a 3-year-old startup company that its owners say could revolutionize manufacturing, dramatically lowering the costs for fiberglass, Kevlar and carbon fiber composites.
“It’s an amazing technology, and it’s going to change how things are built,”Tyler Alvarado, the company’s chief executive officer, told The Spokesman-Review .
A carbon fiber bicycle, he said, costs thousands
