Editorial
Rational exuberance for emerging markets
Advanced air mobility and hydrogen storage represent a huge opportunity for the composites industry. They will also be hugely challenging.
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Predicting and mitigating failure in composite parts
Understanding the complexity of composites manufacturing resides in studying the design challenges inherent to fabrication, as much as the physics aspect. To serve this effort, CW introduces a new column, “Predicting Failure.”
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Clogging the brain drain: Growing the composites workforce in a pandemic era
As Baby Boomers retire and high school and college graduates forestall their entry into the workforce, composites fabricators need to get creative to close the gap.
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What CW's analytics have to say about 2021 composites trends
A look back on the most-read CW stories in 2021 tells us much about what to expect in 2022.
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The outlook for carbon fiber supply and demand
The picture painted at Carbon Fiber 2021 concerning the current supply and demand for carbon fiber indicates an in-flux, rapidly changing environment across a majority of end markets.
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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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With CAMX, the composites industry takes a step back toward normal
The symbolism of CAMX is important for an industry and its members who are eager to reconnect on a personal and professional level.
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Ready or not, here come flying taxis and hydrogen
Composites are ripe for entry into a variety of markets, but advanced air mobility and hydrogen storage are poised to put unprecedented pressure on the supply chain.
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Composites in aircraft fuselage — now and in the future
What do some of the challenges of composites use on the 787 teach us about composites use on next-generation aircraft?
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Composites manufacturing is additive manufacturing
As the additive manufacturing space continues to expand, it might be the technology that catapults composites fabrication itself.
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