CW Top Shops

CompositesWorld reveals 2024 Top Shops benchmarking survey results

CW recognizes the qualifying composites fabricators in its 2024 Top Shops program and highlights some of the survey's general findings.

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Watersports manufacturer diversifies into new markets, processes

CW Top Shops honoree Cobra International reflects on its growth over 45+ years, as well as current work expanding its automotive and UAV capabilities, increasing energy efficiency and new SMC production lines.

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Defense manufacturer reflects on growth, opportunity in complex composite structures

Long Island-based, four-time CW Top Shops honoree GSE Dynamics cites diversification in processes, digitalization, workforce training and more on its successes over 50+ years, and looks ahead to future growth.

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Industrial equipment manufacturer expands global footprint, reaches into new markets

India-based CW Top Shops honoree EPP Composites reflects on a recently successful vertical filament winding application and new pultruded FRP rebar capabilities, as well as future opportunities.

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Fiberglass conduit manufacturer grows into new products, infrastructure applications

Texas-based Champion Fiberglass, a five-time CW Top Shops honoree, expands its success in the fiberglass composite conduit market into new applications and products, looking toward future automation and sustainability initiatives.

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Ballistic protection panels manufacturer relies on automation for high throughput, efficiency

Maine-based CW Top Shops honoree Compotech Inc. recently doubled its manufacturing space and team to produce modular composite panels for defense applications via light resin transfer molding (LRTM).

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Alpha’s Premier ESR®
Keyland Polymer Webinar Coatings on Composite & AM
HEATCON Composite Systems
Release agents and process chemical specialties

Finnish boatbuilder balances history, innovation in fiberglass composites design

CW Top Shops honoree Sargo Oy shares its successes in upgrading operations from hand layup to infusion, employing low-waste manufacturing practices, research in large-format 3D printing for mold production and more.

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CW Top Shops 2023: Honoring global top-performing facilities

CW congratulates the 2023 CW Top Shops honorees and composites fabricators whose leaders cite team expansion, focus on Industry 4.0 and adaptation to emerging markets among this year’s top achievements.

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CW Top Shops 2022: Recognizing composites industry leaders

The highest-performing facilities from the 2022 CW Top Shops benchmarking survey share insights about business growth, overcoming labor shortages, sustainability best practices and more.

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Drive your manufacturing operations forward with CW Top Shops

Rarely do we imagine our survey participation makes any long-term impact. I’m here to tell you that is does.

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What makes a CW Top Shop?

With three years of surveys accumulated, the CW Top Shops data tell us much about the strengths of high-performing composites fabricators. 

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2021 CW Top Shops highlights strengths of top composites facilities

CW learned from some of this year’s designated Top Shops about what makes facilities stand out, from diverse capabilities to Industry 4.0 and sustainability.

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Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
Airtech
CIJECT machines and monitoring systems
Airtech International Inc.

Top Shops develops streamlined sourcing database

New online, interactive Top Shops Sourcing database connects buyers and suppliers of CNC machined parts, products and services.

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Registration opens for inaugural Top Shops Expo

Free exhibit hall and discounted educational passes available for new industrial manufacturing tradeshow, technical conference and sourcing fair.

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Gardner Business Media Announces Inaugural Top Shops Expo + Conference

New industrial event delivers data, sourcing and technology solutions for durable goods manufacturing businesses.

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2020 CW Top Shops recognizes top-performing facilities

CW's second annual Top Shops benchmarking survey helps composites fabricators put their operations into perspective and illuminates top-ranking facilities.

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CW's Top Shops puts operations in perspective

The inaugural CW Top Shops benchmarking survey is designed to help composites fabricators understand how efficient their manufacturing operations are. 

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CW Top Shops: Meaningful data for composites fabricators

The amount of data produced by manufacturing facilities is increasing exponentially. CW Top Shops' inaugural benchmarking  survey helps contextualize some of that data.

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IRIS Ai-enabled Camera
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NewStar Adhesives - Nautical Adhesives
Airtech International Inc.
Release agents and process chemical specialties
HEATCON Composite Systems
Release agents and process chemical specialties
Release agents and process chemical specialties