Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ & Plastics Technology

Editorial

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.

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Editorial

On the road with CW

Late summer and early fall is a busy travel time for the writers and editors of CT.

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Editorial

CW 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.

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ATL 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.

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The 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.

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Aerospace

There 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.

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ATL/AFP

ATL 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.

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Wind/Energy

Evidence 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

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ATL/AFP

Composites Protect Pipe in Downhole Environment

Glass-reinforced epoxy provides a durable and affordable liner for alternative pipe used in enhanced oil recovery.

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Autoclave

Your 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

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Autoclave

Formula 1 team accelerates design-to-track speed

Race car builder automates manual chassis design phase with unique FEA-to-CAD utility.

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Editorial

Shooting 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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