Fiberforge

{{Short description|Rocky Mountain Institute's for-profit spin-off, originally Hypercar Inc., closed in 2013}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Fiberforge

| former_name = Hypercar Inc.

| logo =

| type = Privately held company

| industry = Transport industry

| founded = {{Start date |1998}}

| founder =

| defunct = {{End date |2013|06}}

| 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

| owner =

| num_employees = 70

| num_employees_year = 2012

| website =

}}

Fiberforge was an American privately held company that used a proprietary process for making thermoplastic advanced composites{{cite journal | url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266353808000262 | doi=10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.01.019 | title=Film stacking impregnation model for a novel net shape thermoplastic composite preforming process | journal=Composites Science and Technology | date=June 2008 | volume=68 | issue=7 | pages=1822–1830 | last1=Jespersen | first1=S. T. | last2=Wakeman | first2=M. D. | last3=Michaud | first3=V. | last4=Cramer | first4=D. | last5=Månson | first5=J. -A. E. | url-access=subscription }}High Performance composites article, "[http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/tailored-carbon-fiber-blanks-set-to-move-into-steel-stamping-arena]", 1/1-2006 to make things more lightweight. Particular interest has been placed on decreasing weight of everyday means of transportation like cars and aircraftNetcomposites article, "{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20181001220531/https://netcomposites.com/news/2009/september/11/fiberforge-to-produce-bombardier-window-bezel/]}}", 7/1-2010 for better fuel efficiency and hence Environmental sustainability.Hybrid Cars now, "[http://www.hydrogencarsnow.com/hydrogen-powered-cars.htm]", 7/1-2010 Amory Lovins was its chairman emeritus.{{cite web|title=The authors|url=http://www.natcap.org/sitepages/pid10.php|website=Natural Capitalism|publisher=Rocky Mountain Institute|accessdate=27 October 2017}}

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 {{cite web |url=http://www.postindependent.com/news/6967761-113/fiberforge-company-fox-glenwood |title=Glenwood Springs-based Fiberforge hits 'end of the runway' {{!}} PostIndependent.com |website=www.postindependent.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618072509/http://www.postindependent.com/news/6967761-113/fiberforge-company-fox-glenwood |archive-date=2013-06-18}} It was later acquired by Dieffenbacher.{{cite web|title=Dieffenbacher Acquires Fiberforge Tape Layup Technology|url=http://www.dieffenbacher.de/en/company/public-relations/news/composites/dieffenbacher-acquires-fiberforge-tape-layup-technology.html|website=dieffenbacher.de|accessdate=27 October 2017}}