Compression Molding

Reinforced phenolics: Still disruptive after all these years
Fiber-reinforced phenolics could be a key enabler of a coming automotive industry disruption.

Worlds colliding — literally
CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan announces CompositesWorld’s Composites Overmolding conference, scheduled for June 13-14, in Novi, MI, US.

Process automation: A model response to Trumponomics and Brexit?
Offshoring can’t go on forever and a significant trend toward reshoring is probably inevitable .....

The story planning journey
Automotive materials and process innovation in the driver’s seat.

Autocomposites and the myth of $5/lb carbon fiber
The $5/lb line in the sand comes with a similar challenge that, ultimately, will determine the fate of carbon fiber in automotive: Manufacturability.

Teijin acquires CSP: A safer growth choice?
Teijin’s presence in Auburn Hills is clearly another step into vertical integration of the supply chain.

The ends will be justified by the means
CW Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan recalls the one question he's consistently fielded throughout his quarter century in magazine editing and publishing: “Don’t you worry about running out of things to write about?” Here's his an...

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.

Business and busy-ness
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan returns for JEC Europe 2014 in Paris with observations about several intriguing composites industry trends.

Carbon fiber food tray arm: Better and cheaper
CW Conferences director Scott Stephenson summarizes the substance of a presentation at the High Performance Resins 2011 conference (Seot. 27-28) by Mohammad Moniruzzaman (SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass.), who detailed the development o...