Editorial
What is the genesis of automated tape laying technology?
CW Editor-in-Chief Jeff Sloan seeks and finds the roots of automated tape-laying technology in the work done by close associates of legendary composites-industry pioneer Brandt Goldsworthy.
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Notes from JEC Europe 2015: Known knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns
The composites industry’s largest trade show, JEC Europe, was held March 10-12 in Paris. CW's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan offers his just-back-from-the-show assessment.
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Looking for Lindberghs
Every paradigm-shifting invention throughout human history has been met with skepticism. CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says the composites industry has need of those willing to attempt what most believe impossible.
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Can IACMI propel us out of adolescence, into adulthood?
On Jan. 9, the US Department of Energy (DoE) announced that it will add US$70 million to the US$189 million already committed to the University of Tennessee’s Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) for composites R&D. CW's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan asks, "What will come of this investment?"
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Welcome to ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ magazine
CW editor-in-chief introduces the inaugural issue (published online and in print) of ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ magazine, the new, combined publication that, beginning Jan. 1, 2015, replaces its predecessors, High-Performance Composites and Composites Technology.
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Goodbye CT, hello CW
Composites Technology magazine's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan waves a fond farewell to CT and its sister publication, High-Performance Composites, after 20 and 22 years, respectively, and introduces their replacement, ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ magazine.
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High-Performance Composites + Composites Technology = ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ
Starting January 2015, High-Performance Composites (HPC) and Composites Technology (CT) magazines will be merged to create one new monthly publication, called ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ (CW).
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The IBC and FRP
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan marks signs of progress toward the use of composites in high-rise architecture since the International Building Code was amended in 2009 to clearly define code-compliant uses of FRP.
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The best and brightest
HPC Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan asks: How does the composites industry “sell” to students the huge range of opportunities it has to offer?
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The Odd Couple
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan draws attention to the disappearing gap between the composites industry's once widely separated "aerospace-grade" and "industrial-grade" sectors.
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