September 2004 Articles

 

Features:

Smart in a Hurry: The Story of Don Aker by Andrew Rusnak

Concrete Bridges Gain Strength with Mechanically Fastened, Pultruded FRP Strips
by Lawrence Bank, Antonio Nanni, Andrea Rizzo, Dushyant Arora, and David Borowicz

Green Composites
by David Lipiro

Wait 'Till it's Broken': Innovations in High Performance Composites Repair
by Linda Clements

Converting Open Mold Production to Low Volume Closed Molding
by Chris Lutz

Understanding Gel Coat Formulations
by Bob Lacovara

Who Gets Paid? How to Figure Out the Revised Federal Overtime Rules
by Jenn McCabe Gorman

Follow Auto Industry to China? Here's How.
by Matt Jackson

Columns

ACMA Up Front: "For the first time in its 25 year history, thanks to the debut of the Composites Growth Initiative, ACMA will now proactively carry its message forward via the selection of the Al Paul Lefton (APL) Company as its new public relations firm to handle market expansion efforts," Writes CF Publisher and ACMA Executive Director Missy Henriksen.

Regulatory Perspectives: On EPA, Styrene and cancer, Reliable accurate, and resourceful communication is key, notes ACMA's Senior Director of Government Affairs, John Schwietzer.

Communicate to Win: A comma in the wrong place of a sales contract cost Lockheed Martin $70 million, reports contributor and University of Mississippi Professor Jeanette martin on the universality of numbers and how to record them accurately.

Pulling Strings: CF Marketing and Circulation Coordinator Roxanne Fraver Interviews Shelter Works President, Tracy Switzer.