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CT Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says the CT Staff is "letting CT do what it does best: Cover the news behind the breaking news."
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Supply and demand, redux
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says carbon fiber producers and users need to re-associate.
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Automotive: On the fence
When it comes to the debate about composites vs. metals in car manufacture, the post-recession automotive industry could as easily fall into old habits as tip over into new possibilities.
Read MoreHigh-Performance Resins 2010 Highlights
Inaugural conference for the advanced resins research crowd updates formulators and processors on the latest developments.
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Marine composites: A new dawn?
Boatbuilders fared worse than automakers during the recent recessionary storm. As the dark clouds dispel, there is some light on the horizon.
Read MoreQ&A: Chris Stanton
Small boatbuilders, among the most recession-stressed marine manufacturers, were the most vulnerable to demise during the economic downturn. CT asked Chris Stanton of American Sail Inc. (Charleston, S.C.), to describe the recession and its aftermath from his perspective.
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Politics and subsidies
Composite Technology's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan considers the implications for the U.S. composites industry of political calls to end the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit for wind energy and other sustainable forms of energy production.
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Facing the military drawdown
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan comments on the impact that military drawdowns in the Middle East might have on the U.S. composites industry.
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Gauging the green demand
Composites Technology's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan suggests a green bottom-line proposition: if your customers demand products that allow them to minimize their effect on the environment, then it behooves you to develop such products.
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Awaiting the next Black Swan
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan posts a rare recommendation for a recent book about rare events that rarely meet our expectations.
Read MoreWind economics by the numbers
The upsurge in wind-energy growth is surprising only to those who cannot look at the industry in its wider economic context.
Read MoreWind foam sources: PET, SAN & PVC
That polyethylene terephthalate (PET) foam is the core material of the future appears to be an open secret within the composites industry.
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