Advanced composites: The cap is at the crossroads

A recent flurry of announcements from major automakers suggests a rapidly m aturing seriousness about putting advanced technologies (hybrid drivesystem s, fuel cells, aluminum bodies, etc.) into near-term vehicles, For the adva nced composites industry the window of major automotive opportunity seems t o have arrived, only to find the industry unready to grasp it, The best way to protect existing markets and create major new ones is to emulate not th e metals industries' products, but their coherent and aggressive creation o f automaking solutions.