Editorial
Negating negatives
Composites Technology magazine's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan says the April issue's cover story on startup electric car makers is proof that there are serious carmakers willing to give composites more than a serious look.
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Time to leave the recession in the past?
One of the quirks of predicting and assessing the performance of an economic system is that we often don’t know with certainty what’s happening until after the fact.
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Shifting paradigms
CT editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan contends that now is the time for the North American auto industry to begin rethinking how it designs and builds cars.
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Supply and Demand
HPC’s editor-in-chief says its time to answer a perennial question raised at the annual Carbon Fiber Conference: "Has the time come again for the industry to more openly share data about carbon fiber supply and demand?
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The cost equation
Keynote speakers at CompositesWorld Expo 2009 delivered news both sobering and encouraging to those who are trying to predict what the future holds for composites in the postrecession manufacturing economy.
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Fine-tuning the F-35
The composites community looks to be a major partner for the life of the F-35.
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The new carmakers
A host of new carmakers is using composites to build vehicles designed specifically to help us be less oil-dependent.
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Gearing up for the new economic normal
In late July, as my family and I raced home from our vacation along Interstate 80 in northern Nevada, we found ourselves quickly overtaking a large flatbed tractor trailer. Strapped onto the bed and covered with a massive tarp was a very large … something, about 15 ft long and 8 ft in diameter.
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Counseling patience
HPC editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan cautions patience in the wake of the Air France 447 incident.
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Winds of change
It’s not hard, in this down economy, to get excited about the wind energy industry.
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