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Can we achieve global standards for composites?

It is the relative lack of such standards that presents one of the highest hurdles to composites adoption, and also is incredibly difficult to address.

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Composite aircraft interiors market to exceed US$1.8 billion by 2023

According to Stratview Research, the aircraft cabin is one of the most discussed subjects in the airline industry today.

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High-performance composites in Israel

Four major manufacturers — diverse, yet with shared commitment — showcase global aerocomposites industry capacity and this region’s potential for future growth.

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Teamwork, collaboration, creative tension, innovation and the future

CW Editor Jeff Sloan shares insights into innovation and collaboration from a selection from his own summer reading list, The Innovators by Walter Isaacson.

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A complete paradigm shift in aircraft construction

With its new Torreswing automated system for mold-free, fastener-free composite fuselage and wing construction, MTorres aims to revolutionize aerostructure.

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Composites Index moves lower after setting all-time high

The GBI: Composites Fabricating Index for May registered 57.4, moving lower after having set an all-time record in April.

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Composites perform water rescue in high-speed rail tunnel

Channeling out the great quantities of water that flow into Spain’s Pajares railway tunnels in the Cantabria Mountain range required an award-winning composites innovation.

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Generative design and continuous 3D fiber deposition

Generative design replicates nature’s evolutionary approach by combining artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing to provide thousands of solutions to one engineering problem.

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Composites Pavilion at AIA 2018

New composite products for architecture/construction and student designs innovate how composites can be used.

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Episode 19: Tom Lemire, TFLemire Consulting

Tom Lemire is a composites industry consultant, which is the latest culmination of his career spanning back to 1969 with stints at Owens Corning, EDO Fiber Science, BASF, Toho and others.

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Slitting and kitting with Web Industries

CW Talks: The Composites Podcast catches up with Web Industrie’s Manish Patel and Ashley Graeber to talk tape slitting, kitting and cutting and more.

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New Products: June 2018

CW’s monthly roundup of new products for the composites industry – this month has seen innovations from Anaglyph, KraussMaffei, Hexagon and Hypertherm.

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prepeg and slit tape products
Composite raw materials
Alpha’s Premier ESR®
Quickly Make Molds, Tools and Fixtures