Editorial
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.
Jeff Sloan
Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology, CompositesWorld
There's a lot up in the air
Trade tensions and supply chain shifts — what the U.S.-China dispute means for aerospace and composites suppliers.
Read MoreA return to the Space Symposium: Charting the next frontier
Since 2019 the space sector has been on a rapid upward trajectory. This year’s Space Symposium delivered that same optimism, celebrating the community’s continued proliferation, even as political and financial uncertainty raise new questions.
Read MoreA reflection on industrial tourism
Composites industry insights gleaned from spending time on the road.
Read MoreWhat’s top of mind in composites?
As the composites industry gathers for its largest international trade show, CW’s editorial team shares the key trends and challenges they’re tracking — from aerospace innovations and recycling advancements to economic shifts and the future of eVTOL.
Read MoreExpanding your horizons at new industry events
This year CW is considering the strategic advantages of market-focused events for manufacturing professionals that step outside the norm of the team’s usual haunts.
Read MoreComposites trends of 2024: Innovating for a sustainable, high-rate future
CW's annual look back over the last year reviews the technologies, processes and sustainability initiatives still shaping the composites industry.
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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.
Jeff Sloan
Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology, CompositesWorld
CW reflects on 2024 and looks ahead to 2025
This year placed growing emphasis on sustainable materials and processes in composites manufacturing. What trends will be top of mind for the composites community in 2025?
Read MoreYour must-have composites industry guide for 2025
Welcome to CW’s annual SourceBook, your guide to suppliers of machinery, materials, software and other services for the composites industry.
Read MoreChanging future outcomes with the materials of the future
This past October was plagued with a series of unfortunate natural disasters that, amidst ongoing travel for CW, has provided a poignant reminder of composites’ importance in facing future events.
Read MoreMaking an effort to move industry forward
A reflection on the insights, connections and collaboration afforded by attending composite industry events like SPE ACCE and CAMX.
Read MoreCelebrating 10 years of CAMX
In the years since its establishment, CAMX has a lot to offer industry, merging industry segments and trends with a variety of networking and educational opportunities to provide a comprehensive platform that everyone can benefit from.
Read MoreRevisiting the OceanGate Titan disaster
A year has passed since the tragic loss of the Titan submersible that claimed the lives of five people. What lessons have been learned from the disaster?
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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?
Jeff Sloan
Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology, CompositesWorld
Achieving composites innovation through collaboration
Stephen Heinz, vice president of R&I for Syensqo delivered an inspirational keynote at SAMPE 2024, highlighting the significant role of composite materials in emerging technologies and encouraging broader collaboration within the manufacturing community.
Read MoreHow has CW changed in the last year?
Upon his one-year anniversary as editor-in-chief of CW, Scott Francis looks back at some of the brand’s changes and hints at where it might be heading next.
Read MoreLooking at composites through the lens of U.S. history
When you’re a tourist with a background in writing for manufacturing it’s impossible not to notice all of the ways in which composites have resulted in significant milestones in the U.S. — historically and in the present.
Read MoreA return to JEC World
CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis reflects on the ways in which the composites industry has changed and also stayed the same based on observations from this year’s JEC World.
Read MoreWho's ready for the Olympics?
With the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, this year’s JEC World is bound to be abuzz with talk of this year’s event — from the use of composites in sporting equipment to the roles they play in AAM.
Read MoreWhat’s new for 2024?
CompositesWorld discusses recent changes, upcoming events and strategies for the upcoming year.
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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.
Jeff Sloan
Brand Vice President, CompositesWorld & Plastics Technology, CompositesWorld
Looking back at 2023 to look forward
As 2024 begins, we look at trending topics and our most-read stories in 2023, plus highlight new content for the new year.
Read MoreReconnecting with the composites industry
CW reflects on this year’s CAMX, the current state of the composites industry and looks ahead to 2024.
Read MoreComposites and the call to space
CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis discusses the role of composites in recent and upcoming space missions.
Read MoreThoughts from the trade show floor
As the trade show season kicks off, CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis shares observations from industry events.
Read MoreBack in the composites saddle
The CompositesWorld team looks ahead to upcoming composites industry events and opportunities for the remainder of the year.
Read MoreCelebrating National Composites Week
August 21-25, 2023 is National Composites Week. This year’s theme is “Composites Are Now,” recognizing the ways composites are shaping the world today.
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