
Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ & Plastics Technology
An open letter to the U.S. President-elect
Dear Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain, By now you have celebrated your hard-fought victory and are busy preparing to take office in January 2009.
Read MoreOn the road with CW
Late summer and early fall is a busy travel time for the writers and editors of CT.
Read MoreCW Forum launches
About once a month, I get into a low-grade argument with an elderly acquaintance, who likes to tell me what a complete flop the Internet is.
Read MoreATL and AFP: Signs of evolution in machine process control
Improved machine-control software, placement accuracy and design simulation have made automated fiber placement and tape laying machines truly production-worthy. The evolution, however, still continues.
Read MoreThe Internet is your friend
Like almost everyone else, we in the trade publishing business often wonder how we were able to do our jobs prior to the advent of the Internet. But when the World Wide Web first emerged as a viable entity, magazine publishers were wary and unsure of how to integrate the Internet into publishing.
Read MoreThere are no bad ideas
Whenever we, as an editorial staff, sit down to begin planning editorial features and other articles for the coming year, we get our ideas from a variety of sources.
Read MoreATL and AFP: Defining the megatrends in composite aerostructures
Automated tape laying and automated fiber placement technologies take a key enabling role in production of today’s — and tomorrow’s — composite-airframed commercial jets.
WatchEvidence of shift is everywhere
Back in February, in the good old days when a gallon of gas cost only $3.42, our family started contemplating a summertime road trip. We’ve done a few of these over the years and, like many Americans, consider a cross-country summertime drive a necessary cultural experience that helps enhance family unity. For the
Read MoreComposites Protect Pipe in Downhole Environment
Glass-reinforced epoxy provides a durable and affordable liner for alternative pipe used in enhanced oil recovery.
Read MoreYour chance to be heard
About this time each year, we in the magazine publishing business start thinking seriously about the next year. We think about the topics we might cover, the types of articles we might approach differently, technologies that we’ve not visited in a while and emerging technologies we’ve not visited at all, as well as
Read MoreFormula 1 team accelerates design-to-track speed
Race car builder automates manual chassis design phase with unique FEA-to-CAD utility.
Read MoreShooting trouble
I know it’s only April, but in the magazine business, we’re always looking ahead. About this time each year, I start thinking seriously about the next year. I think about the topics we might cover, the types of articles we might approach differently, technologies that we’ve not visited in a while and emerging
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