Editorial
The half-full glass
During a recession — and I’ve only known relatively mild downturns until now — an editor always heads off to a trade show with, at best, some hesitancy and, at worst, gloomy pessimism.
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A season of change
There’s been a lot of change in the last few months: change for the good, change for the worse, inevitable change, transitory change, small change, big change, “Change we can believe in.” Now, there's change at CT.
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Introducing the new HPC
If you’ve been involved in composites design and manufacturing for even a modest period of time, I’ll bet this has happened to you: You have an established composite product or structure that’s been in the market and performing well for a number of years.
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Infrastructure rallying cry
One of the buzz phrases surrounding President Obama's stimulus legislation is “infrastructure construction.” Composites professionals know that if we want a lasting solution to current civil infrastructure needs, 21st Century materials and technology must be used. We know that composites offer that option. But they — government officals, civil engineers and other decision-makers — don’t know.Who will tell them, if not us?
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Aircraft delays alter carbon fiber supply/demand balance
When Boeing announced in early December that it was officially pushing back the first flight and the first delivery of the 787 Dreamliner to second quarter 2009 and first quarter 2010, respectively, one of the first questions that circulated among our staff centered on the issue of carbon fiber supply.
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Bitter pill for the Big Three
It appears that the U.S. auto industry, or at least the automakers known as the Big Three — GM, Ford, Chrysler — is in the midst of choosing which bitter pill to swallow.
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An open letter to the U.S. President-elect
Dear Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain, By now you have celebrated your hard-fought victory and are busy preparing to take office in January 2009.
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On the road with CW
Late summer and early fall is a busy travel time for the writers and editors of CT.
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CW Forum launches
About once a month, I get into a low-grade argument with an elderly acquaintance, who likes to tell me what a complete flop the Internet is.
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The Internet is your friend
Like almost everyone else, we in the trade publishing business often wonder how we were able to do our jobs prior to the advent of the Internet. But when the World Wide Web first emerged as a viable entity, magazine publishers were wary and unsure of how to integrate the Internet into publishing.
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