The meaning of next-generation
When the past becomes the present and the present becomes the future, the future starts looking a lot like the past. Got that?
Jeff Sloan
Editor-in-Chief, CompositesWorld
Corvette, yesterday and today
The Corvette has changed much in 67 years, but its appeal is enduring.
CAMX 2020 Preview
Transformed into a virtual event, the latest CAMX 2020 preview describes some of the opportunities that will be available for visitors and exhibitors.
Thinking machines
Algorithm-based artificial intelligence, once only imagined, is here. It can do a lot of good.
When — not if — to pivot
In the business and manufacturing world that CW operates in, we have heard one particular coronavirus vocabulary word very frequently: pivot.
What will the composites industry's post-pandemic future look like?
We already have the tools needed to help us craft our future, even if we do not know yet how and where those tools might be deployed.
The black swan events hitting the composites industry
From the Boeing 787 to COVID-19: When the out-of-the-ordinary becomes ordinary — and affects the manufacturing supply chain.
Composites durability and an asymmetrical pandemic
Highly engineered, long-life products, like those made with composites, even if thrown off stride by a recession, have a built-in time horizon that extends beyond the timescale of the pandemic.
Jeff Sloan
Editor-in-Chief, CompositesWorld
I have seen the future and it is coming
The last 20 years were good to composites. What does the next 20 years have in store?
To boldly go . . .
Space travel is a challenge, even if filmmakers like to make us think otherwise.
The R&D we don't see
Shedding light on unrecognized composites manufacturing innovation.
How much is that composite wing in the window?
With Spirit AeroSystems buying Bombardier’s Belfast operations, the future of composites fabrication for large commercial aerostructures starts to come into focus.
CW Top Shops: Meaningful data for composites fabricators
The amount of data produced by manufacturing facilities is increasing exponentially. CW Top Shops' inaugural benchmarking survey helps contextualize some of that data.
What will the aerocomposites industry look like after the 787 and A350?
CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan considers the future of the aerospace composites industry as production of the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 appear ready to wind down in the next few years.
Picking up the pieces
The multi-generational appeal and utility of LEGOs.
Jeff Sloan
Editor-in-Chief, CompositesWorld
Looking ahead to CAMX 2019
Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan looks ahead to CAMX 2019, the largest composites trade event in the largest composites market.
National Composites Week is born
National Composites Week will be held Aug. 26-30, celebrating the ways that composite materials and composites manufacturing contribute to today’s manufacturing landscape.
Bigger, better, faster, more
Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan considers the implications of propitious aircraft OEM announcements for the aerocomposites supply chain.
A flight plan for next-gen manufacturing
If the commercial aviation industry effectively doubles in the next 20 years, as projected by the two largest aerospace manufacturing companies in the world, how can aerospace manufacturers and suppliers possibly keep up?
A hand for the next generation
CW Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan advocates educating the next generation on all levels of future career opportunities — especially in composites.
Next-generation aerospace: shaping the supply chain landscape
The global commercial aerospace industry is at a unique time.
Home building with composites
There’s a house being built next door. It could be using more composites.
Jeff Sloan
Editor-in-Chief, CompositesWorld
Space: The next frontier and battleground
CW Editor-in-Chief Jeff Sloan reflects on the goals outlined leaders for space travel at the 35th Space Symposium – exploration, commercial travel and military defense among them – and the role of composites in the vehicles under development to reach them.
JEC 2019 at first glance
CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan reflects on first impressions from JEC World 2019, from aerospace industry insights to automotive composite technologies.
An ode to the A380
Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the contributions that the A380 made to the composites manufacturing industry following the recent announcement of its discontinuation.
Index moves higher on new orders rebound
The Composites Business Index moved higher in February 2019, rebounding from January’s low.
Would you like carbon fiber with that car?
The challenge for composites use to grow in the automotive industry is making the advantages of autocomposites appealing not only to OEMs, but to car consumers.
A change in the wind
Long-time CW staff depart, new faces emerge.