Editorial
SAMPE 2025: Innovation, circularity and connection drive composites forward
Collaboration, workforce development and an ongoing focus on scalability and sustainability took center stage at SAMPE 2025 in Indianapolis.
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There's a lot up in the air
Trade tensions and supply chain shifts — what the U.S.-China dispute means for aerospace and composites suppliers.
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A return to the Space Symposium: Charting the next frontier
Since 2019 the space sector has been on a rapid upward trajectory. This year’s Space Symposium delivered that same optimism, celebrating the community’s continued proliferation, even as political and financial uncertainty raise new questions.
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A reflection on industrial tourism
Composites industry insights gleaned from spending time on the road.
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What’s top of mind in composites?
As the composites industry gathers for its largest international trade show, CW’s editorial team shares the key trends and challenges they’re tracking — from aerospace innovations and recycling advancements to economic shifts and the future of eVTOL.
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Expanding your horizons at new industry events
This year CW is considering the strategic advantages of market-focused events for manufacturing professionals that step outside the norm of the team’s usual haunts.
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Composites trends of 2024: Innovating for a sustainable, high-rate future
CW's annual look back over the last year reviews the technologies, processes and sustainability initiatives still shaping the composites industry.
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CW reflects on 2024 and looks ahead to 2025
This year placed growing emphasis on sustainable materials and processes in composites manufacturing. What trends will be top of mind for the composites community in 2025?
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Your must-have composites industry guide for 2025
Welcome to CW’s annual SourceBook, your guide to suppliers of machinery, materials, software and other services for the composites industry.
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Changing future outcomes with the materials of the future
This past October was plagued with a series of unfortunate natural disasters that, amidst ongoing travel for CW, has provided a poignant reminder of composites’ importance in facing future events.
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