Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology

Mold Care Checklist

A checklist of important items to consider when prepping molds.

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Editorial

Making news accessible

CT Editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says the CT Staff is "letting CT do what it does best: Cover the news behind the breaking news."

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Editorial

Supply and demand, redux

HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says carbon fiber producers and users need to re-associate.

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Sustainability

Automotive: On the fence

When it comes to the debate about composites vs. metals in car manufacture, the post-recession automotive industry could as easily fall into old habits as tip over into new possibilities.

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Hi-Temp Resins

High-Performance Resins 2010 Highlights

Inaugural conference for the advanced resins research crowd updates formulators and processors on the latest developments.

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Pressure Vessels

Marine composites: A new dawn?

Boatbuilders fared worse than automakers during the recent recessionary storm. As the dark clouds dispel, there is some light on the horizon.

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Q&A: Chris Stanton

Small boatbuilders, among the most recession-stressed marine manufacturers, were the most vulnerable to demise during the economic downturn. CT asked Chris Stanton of American Sail Inc. (Charleston, S.C.), to describe the recession and its aftermath from his perspective.

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Pressure Vessels

Politics and subsidies

Composite Technology's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan considers the implications for the U.S. composites industry of political calls to end the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit for wind energy and other sustainable forms of energy production.

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Pressure Vessels

Facing the military drawdown

HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan comments on the impact that military drawdowns in the Middle East might have on the U.S. composites industry.

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Wind/Energy

Gauging the green demand

Composites Technology's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan suggests a green bottom-line proposition: if your customers demand products that allow them to minimize their effect on the environment, then it behooves you to develop such products.

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Editorial

Awaiting the next Black Swan

HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan posts a rare recommendation for a recent book about rare events that rarely meet our expectations.

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Wind/Energy

Wind economics by the numbers

The upsurge in wind-energy growth is surprising only to those who cannot look at the industry in its wider economic context.

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