Composites Manufacturing Historical Industry Profiles

Bill Seeman: Lifetime Innovator
August 2006

Riding the Edge of the Decision Making Process: Incoming ACMA President Bill Kreysler and the Precarious Existence of the Composites Custom Molder
July 2005

Smart in a Hurry: The Story of Don Aker
September 2004

M.C. Gill: The Producer
May 2003

Wood, Wind, Glue, Ice, Speed: The Opportunities of Meade Gougeon
July 2002

Inventing Frank Ives: Venus Founder and Equipment Guru
September 2001

Fun in the Son: The Story of Hobie Alter
Part 2
June 2001

Fun in the Son: The Story of Hobie Alter
Part 1
May 2001

"Make me whole Dai Uy." A Search for the Man in North End's Wes Hoch
Part 2
June 2000

"Make me whole Dai Uy." A Search for the Man in North End's Wes Hoch
Part 1
May 2000

Edgar Morris: Nice Guys Finish First!
November/December 1999

The Slow Burn of Lowell Miles: How a Man from Oregon Stoked a Fire Code for the Composites Industry
September 1999

Tough as Glass: Testing Everett Pearson
Part 2
April 1999

Tough as Glass: Testing Everett Pearson
Part 1
March 1999

Fate, Fortuity, and MFG's Robert Morrison
April 1998

The Imaginative Edge: Searching Composites In California: A meeting with Brandt Goldworthy, Burt Rutan, and the Specter of Creativity
Part 3
November/December 1998

The Imaginative Edge: Searching Composites In California: A meeting with Brandt Goldworthy, Burt Rutan, and the Specter of Creativity
Part 2
October 1998

The Imaginative Edge: Searching Composites In California: A meeting with Brandt Goldworthy, Burt Rutan, and the Specter of Creativity
Part 1
September 1998

The Application of Jacques Kohn
November/December 1997

Pulling Strings

Interviews with High-Ranking Composite Industry Professionals

2006

October 2006
Richard Bernstein
President
L-3 BAI Aerosystems

September 2006
Michael L. Skinner
Business Development Manager
Fiberforge

August 2006
Mark Brost
Vice President and GeneralManager
North American Composites

July 2006
Steve Hassett
President
Custom Composite Technologies

June 2006
Darrell Devries
General Manager
Marine Plastics

May 2006
Patrick Whyte
President & CEO
Comtek Advanced Structures

April 2006
Bob Bourdeau
President and Owner
Eastern Boats

March 2006
David L. Jansen
President
Janseneering, LLC

February 2006
Cindy Xu
Marketing & Sales Manager
Nantong Beautiful & Strong Composite Material Company Ltd.

January 2006
Larry Vitatoe
President
Vitatoe Industries

2005

November/December 2005
Reba Horton
Vice-President
Pinnacle Composites

October 2005
Kevin Hughes
Chief Financial Officer (CEO Elect)
Nero Plastics, Inc

September 2005
Steve McKenzie
President, Composites Group
Meridian Automotive Systems

August 2005
Ray Nippes
Vice President Sales & Marketing
Bixby International Corporation

July 2005
Gabrielle Gallegos
Co-Owner/CEO
Gorton Merrick

June 2005
Tony Hebert
General Manager
Royal Fiberglass Pools, Inc.

May 2005
Andrew Moss
Chief Executive
UMECO Composites, Parent Company of Richmond Aircraft Products

April 2005
Tim Young, CCT Marine
CABO Yachts, Inc.

March 2005
Robert Spaans
Pultrusion Technical Manager
Comfort Line

February 2005
Bill Sawyer
President
Sawyer Industrial Plastics, Inc.

2004

October 2004
John W. Hawley
Co-Founder
Enfusion Technologies, Inc.

August 2004
Jeff Horvath
Owner
WESCO Fountains

July 2004
Peter Guethlein
President
Deltronix Enterprises

June 2004
Joe Johnson
CEO & President
Integrated Composites/ACC Marine

May 2004
Louis Haak
President
Waco Boom Company

March 2004
Paul Gacka
President
Haysite Reinforced Plastics

February 2004
Michael Jacobs
President
Jacobs Manufacturing Corporation

2003

November/December 2003
Stewart Dahlberg, CCT
Owner
Creative Car Craft Company

October 2003
Bob Miller
Vice President and General Manager
Diaphorm

September 2003
Rick Watkins
President
Fibrex Corporation

August 2003
John Kellogg
President
Premier Fiberglass Co., Inc.

July 2003
Francis Hu
President
Performance Composites, Inc.

June 2003
Robert Black
Plastic Research Corporation

May 2003
Jim Lape
Lape Industrial
Fiberglass, Inc.

April 2003
George Sparr
President
Aerospace Composite

March 2003
John Rowen
Executive Vice President
Avtec Industries, Inc.

February 2003
Kerry N. Hitt
President
Advanced Composite Products, Inc.