Perspectives and Provocations

Pultrusion

Composite musings

How do we generate pull from consumers rather than depend on push through builders and contractors?

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Glass Fibers

Where are those promised composites technologies now?

Promising technologies of yesteryear: Where are they now? What can be learned from unfulfilled promise?

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The automotive industry’s “killer app”?

Automotive is king, and the killer automotive app will be the multi-material and all-carbon-fiber B-pillar.

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Weaving

Composites: Hiding in plain sight

We need a collective public relations campaign to create more awareness of composites’ benefits.

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Wind/Energy

In praise of technical service reps

Tech service representatives: without them, molding trials fail and manufacturing issues go unresolved.

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Automotive

IACMI – One insider’s perspective

A CW columnist, a composites industry consultant and the chief commercialization officer for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (Knoxville, TN, US), Dale Brosius asks, “What if we took a ‘big hat’ approach to reach faster, more cost-effective solutions?”

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Composites product design
NewStar Adhesives - Nautical Adhesives
MITO® Material Solutions
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Airtech
Release agents and process chemical specialties
HEATCON Composite Systems
Release agents and process chemical specialties
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