Though COMPOSITES 2010 is just getting underway, the halls are abuzz with a variety of industry professionals, each with their own agendas for maximizing their convention experience. »

Since 1960, the U.S. composites industry has had six downturns, but the one that continued last year was “very severe,” reported industry veteran and business analyst Ray MacNeil during a speech yesterday afternoon at COMPOSITES 2010. The good news: Composites companies have compelling reasons to be optimistic this year and beyond. The composites industry—along with... »

Tom Delay has a 2009 Pontiac G8. Like many car owners, an issue often pops up when his headlights turn on—a haze appears on the cold part (a polycarbonate pane) inside the headlamp. The issue, called "fogging," occurs when conventional internal mold release agents face migration and sublimation. »

Dust may seem innocuous, but it can cast an expensive cloud on manufacturing facilities.The accumulation of suspended, combustible sugar dust can spark an explosion, as it did in February 2008 at the Imperial Sugar Company in Port Wentworth, Ga., killing 13 people, injuring 40 others and causing a series of secondary explosions that spread... »

Most composites manufacturers, suppliers and distributors can rattle off the advantages of the material—it's stronger than steel, lighter than aluminum, more corrosion-resistant than both and so on. But John Busel believes the industry still struggles to define itself and answer a simple question posed by engineers and others in the marketplace: "Why composites?" »

Attendees began flocking to COMPOSITES 2010 this morning like an Elvis impersonator on a jumpsuit sale. Attendees from around the world, a few tired from either jet lag, a few rounds of slot machines or both, lined up to register at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. »