Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Molds/Tools

Composites speed concrete facade fabrication

The 45-story One South First building, on the 11-acre Domino Park campus in Brooklyn, N.Y., features a geometrically complex concrete facade made, in part, with composite molds fabricated using large-format additive manufacturing.

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Aerospace

Plant tour: Hexcel, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

The scale, precision, speed and quality of carbon fiber manufacture has evolved substantially since the material’s modern introduction in the late 1960s. Hexcel offers a glimpse of the state of the art today.

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Pressure Vessels

Composites suppliers, fabricators respond to coronavirus

Companies across the composites industry supply chain share how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their businesses, and how they are available to help.

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Aerospace

Solvay implements cost-cutting, efficiency plans

Effciency plans begun for Solvay’s composites business in 2019 are being accelerated to combat loss of business cause by the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Digital Demos

CW's Digital Demos, explained

In May 2020, CW is launching Digital Demos, a new on-demand product that provides composites industry suppliers a channel to introduce new products and technologies to the CW audience of designers and fabricators. This video briefly explains it.

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Trends

Airbus CEO outlines short- and long-term goals

Guillaume Faury says recovery of commercial passenger air travel is coming, and he wants to position Airbus to be ready to serve when that day arrives. 

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Aerospace

SpaceShipTwo completes New Mexico glide test

The VSS Unity’s successfully completed its first flight to test performance and handling characteristics, preparing for eventual commercial use. 

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Pressure Vessels

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.

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Aerospace

Boeing, Airbus announce Q1 2020 results

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically decreased air passenger travel, causing a dramatic decline in new aircraft orders and production. Boeing and Airbus are implementing efforts to reduce costs.

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Pressure Vessels

4M demonstrates large-diameter carbon fiber production

4M Carbon Fiber, working with textile-grade polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor producer Dralon GbmH, has used its plasma oxidation technology to manufacture large-diameter carbon fiber.

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Aerospace

Boeing terminates Embraer deal; Embraer objects

Boeing says Embraer failed to meet certain conditions required for the joint venture the two companies sought to create. Embraer says Boeing has manufactured false claims as a pretext to avoid the cost of its commitment to the deal.

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Carbon Fibers

Composites industry stalwart Chuck Segal dies at age 91

Segal built a long, impressive career in the composites industry and developed a strong specialization in the manufacture and application of carbon fiber in aerospace and automotive parts and structures. 

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