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A fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) (also Fibre-reinforced polymer) is a composite material comprising a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres. The fibers are usually fiberglass, carbon, or aramid, while the polymer is usually an epoxy, vinylester or polyester thermosetting plastic. FRPs are commonly used in the aerospace, automotive, marine, and construction industries.
Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre) is material made from extremely fine fibers
of glass. It is used as a reinforcing agent for many polymer products; the resulting composite
 
material, properly known as fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) or glass-reinforced plastic (GRP),
is called "fiberglass" in popular usage.

    Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with glass fibers, but mass manufacture          of fiberglass was only made possible with the advent of finer machine-tooling. In 1893,                 Edward Drummond Libbey exhibited a dress at the World's Columbian Exposition                   incorporating glass fibers with the diameter and texture of silk fibers. What is             commonly known as "fiberglass" today, however, was invented in 1938 by Russell       Games Slayter of Owens-Corning as a material to be used as insulation. It is marketed under                  the trade name Fiberglas, ® which has become a genericized trademark


                                  
  
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