Past, Present and Future
Seeing the C Series deal in context: Borderless bargaining in a global marketplace
On Oct. 16, Airbus SE (Toulouse, France) and Bombardier Inc. (Montreal, ON, Canada) jointly announced that they will become partners on the latter’s C Series aircraft program.
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Graphene and CNTs: Commercialization after the hype
Graphene and CNT applications within the advanced composites sector are still at a relatively early stage of the commercialization process, but as the availability of materials or dispersions of consistent quality has increased, a number of composite materials and components are starting to incorporate these nanomaterials.
Read MoreAdditive manufacturing and composites: An update
Additive manufacturing has only begun to tap the potential available in the composite industry.
Read MoreProcess automation: A model response to Trumponomics and Brexit?
Offshoring can’t go on forever and a significant trend toward reshoring is probably inevitable.
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Current state of the M&A and capital markets – sell, sell, SELL!!
Current market conditions suggest that 2017 should see sustained M&A activity, despite the 2016 reduction.
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Aerospace composites in “the more for less” era
The past decade was about innovation and new technology. The next will be about productivity.
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McDonnell Douglas composite cryotanks — a personal history
Composites industry veteran Bob Hartunian looks back on a bold effort in 1987 to develop a thermoplastic composite cryotank for hydrogen storage. It gets complicated.
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