quote:Originally posted by Mule: A lot of negative bull cookies from a lot of brand new June members. Don't take there comments to the bank or you will be broke !!!!
LOL. All these new members could be the same person. Could either be Sgt or maniladreamin...LMAO..
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mmaininvest and filipino style sound to me like maniladreamin...what a scam this guy is putting up. LMFAO
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Investors, be aware of maniladreamin and his multiple aliases. He is a scammer. He posts negative things about PLNI in an attempt to scare amateur investors into selling so the stock can plummet and he can buy in at very low prices and of course PLNI rises again in which he can dump the stock. My advice is to ignore him and swat him aside like a fly. LMAO.
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quote:Originally posted by RagsToRiches: Investors, be aware of maniladreamin and his multiple aliases. He is a scammer. He posts negative things about PLNI in an attempt to scare amateur investors into selling so the stock can plummet and he can buy in at very low prices and of course PLNI rises again in which he can dump the stock. My advice is to ignore him and swat him aside like a fly. LMAO.
Just another pumper trick trying to descredit anyone telling the truth. As if someone pointing out facts or giving their opinion on a message board could cause a stock to drop get real.
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actually, I am not any of the above. I am just new to this board. I think its funny that anytime anybody says anything negative about a stock, there all labeled a scammer with multiple aliases. You guys sound like liberals. Instead of refuting my statements with facts, you attact me personally with childish statements. If you have info, prove me wrong (show facts and links), but do not start calling me a scammer.
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You are correct that most composites are stronger than steel, but strength is only one piece of the pie. You must also take into account thermal and elastomic properties. Composites are very very brittle. For example, if you dropped carbon fiber, it would shatter. I work on aircraft, so I deal with composites all the time. We use them because they are light and strong. However, they do not bend which is a requirement of rebar.
Also, does anybody here know why they use rebar? It is to pre-stress the concrete by stretching the rebar and releasing it once the concrete has cured. The rebar wants to "spring back" but it can't because of the concete, thus the concrete is pre-stressed giving strength. You can not stretch composite material.
I took a look at the previous link and it is true that some plastic rebar exists, but only for special cases where steel would not work. Most of these are environmental and hazardious environments. Once again, the state specifications for these applications probably allow special rebar. These are not the environments we have been discussing.
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bang a hammer on a boat hull (or a saturn car panel) and see if it bends like steel. You will see very quickly that it will crack and shatter. Regarding Kevlar, ask yourself why it is patented and is the ONLY composite used for body armor. It is because kevlar is one of the only composites that does absorbe impacts. This is why the patent and a premium on price.
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Zoltek Wins Major Contract for Reinforcing Concrete With Carbon Fiber ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zoltek Companies, Inc. today reported that it has signed a multiyear supply agreement with TechFab, LLC that marks the start of commercial shipments of carbon fiber for an application of considerable potential: the use of carbon fibers as a reinforcing material that will add strength and provide dramatic weight savings in concrete components and structures that are far less bulky than conventional steel-reinforced structures.
Using Zoltek carbon fiber, TechFab, LLC of Anderson, South Carolina, has developed a patented carbon reinforcing grid (known as C-GRID (TM)) that can deliver up to seven times the tensile strength of steel reinforcement by weight. That allows designers and engineers to build streamlined structures from precast concrete that are just as strong as conventional steel reinforced sections, but weigh less than half as much with improved corrosion resistance, durability and insulation properties. In addition, the reduced weight contributes to lower shipping and erection costs, and possible substructure savings. New architectural, industrial and residential precast products incorporating C-GRID are now possible.
"This is a commercial application for carbon fibers with significant growth potential," noted Zsolt Rumy, Zoltek's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Zoltek has been our primary fiber supplier and advocate from day one," said John Carson, Director of Commercial Development and Program Leader for C-GRID technology at TechFab. "We are pleased to have them as our partner going forward in providing a better way to build with precast."
AltusGroup, a partnership of five of the nation's leading precast concrete producers (with combined revenues of more than $1 billion), has begun a nationwide marketing and sales campaign for CarbonCast (TM) concrete structures made using C-GRID reinforcement. CarbonCast components, which usually replace secondary steel reinforcement with C-GRID, are "lighter, stronger and more durable than conventional precast." The AltusGroup promises coast-to-coast availability, consistent quality and uniform design standards regardless of project location.
For further information contact:
Zsolt Rumy, CEO or Kevin Schott, CFO 3101 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO 63044 (314) 291-5110
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are based upon the current expectations of the Company. Because these forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, there are a number of factors that could cause the Company's plans, actions and actual results to differ materially. Among these factors are the Company's ability to: re-activate its formerly idle manufacturing facilities on a timely and cost-effective basis, to meet current order levels for carbon fibers; successfully add new capacity for the production of carbon fiber and precursor raw material; execute plans to exit its specialty products business and reduce costs; achieve profitable operations; raise new capital and increase its borrowing at acceptable costs; manage changes in customers' forecasted requirements for the Company's products; continue investing in application and market development; manufacture low-cost carbon fibers and profitably market them; and penetrate existing, identified and emerging markets. The timing and occurrence (or non-occurrence) of transactions and events that determine the future effect of these factors on the Company, as well as other factors, may be beyond the control of the Company. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
Zoltek is an applied technology and materials company. Zoltek's Carbon Fiber Business Unit is primarily focused on the manufacturing and application of carbon fibers used as reinforcement material in composites, oxidized acrylic fibers for heat/fire barrier applications and aircraft brakes, and composite design and engineering to support the Company's materials business. Zoltek's Hungarian-based Specialty Products Business Unit, which the Company is pursuing plans to exit, markets acrylic fibers, nylon products and industrial materials.
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quote:Originally posted by filipino style: I have decided to shop around for my investment in a stock. This one seems to have too much controversy. As the other poster has stated, I dont have any need to post here either since I am not an investor in this stock. Hopefully I will find a few stocks to invest in.
quote:Originally posted by mmainvest: I decided to sell all my shares of plni friday for multiple reasons.
2) The amount of BS floating around this stock. First of all, they do not sell plastic rebar but plastic rebar SUPPORTS. There can NEVER be plastic rebar. Plastic rebar, or anything other than steel, would have to be certified to be used in construction and this takes decades to accomplish. If you do not believe me, ask anybody in constuction. 3) The early topics concerning plni recieving governement contracts, which is not true. They will only recieve contracts from main contractors.
Because so many posts are discussing plastic rebar and government contracts, I relized that most of you really do not know much about their business, contruction, and contracting. Most of these posts are BS. If you just take time to think, you will relize this also.
I just wanted to point a few things out
**the use of carbon fibers as a reinforcing material that will add strength and provide dramatic weight savings in concrete components and structures that are far less bulky than conventional steel-reinforced structures
**from precast concrete that are just as strong as conventional steel reinforced sections, but weigh less than half as much with improved corrosion resistance, durability and insulation properties
OH BY THE WAY ...IT IS ALREADY BEING USED/SOLD/ACCEPTED.... SO WHERE'S YOUR DECADES NOW ???
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This is a great company. It is SEVERELY undervalued. It will run when we least expect it. Watch this week...
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Hey BeachBoyNC. Is this just another coincidence of when you come on board the confidence factor skyrockets!! Good job and great pick in PLNI
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anyone seen fatheroftwo lately? must be on vacation on over the weekend for father's day.
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this weekend, and happen to see some bridge work going on in PA, VA, and NC. Stopped at the site's to take a look at the rebar that was beig placed, and it was a plastic rebar installed in the reatainer, or barrier walls, with blue linx distribution tag.. The manufacturer wasn't stated, but my guess was plasticon manufactured rebar. So, what do you think about that. I liked it, although my wife thought I was crazy, because I got excited.
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can anybody give me the b/a right now? scottrade is showing .015x.0153, yet trades are going through at .0145 and .0144. Anybody else seeing that?
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posted June 20, 2005 12:20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OK, just got off the phone with Bill Howe; will share quick points then post results of e-mail correspondence later. good announcement planned for tomorrow re clarifications, re which he said, "I think you'll like what you see." there is no, repeat, *no* "plastic rebar anywhere in the world, yet." That is a developmental project only, in testing. reaffirmed general timeline for r/s as a post-OTCBB strategy for further movement to NASDAQ.
more as it comes, via e-mail...
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Any body know whats with all these trades ouitside of B&A like this...been going on for ever today...Whats up??
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Watch out folks...TBLUE is a group pick by MOMO and his den of theives...Careful if your getting e-mails on this stock
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clb... scottrade is messed up yet again! check pinksheets or plni website for r/t l2's
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Mule, plastic rebar *supports* main product.
The supports, or standups or standoffs, hold the grid of rebar up off the ground. traditional metal supports deteriorate via a coupla main reactions, leaving a void in the slab, which leads to "spalling" of the concrete. Bad.
Dielectric, plastic supports resist such degradation. Good.
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