FEATURE ”AUTOMOTIVE” TREND - The European automotive industry will use more and more composites - Changing demands for composites in the automotive industry - Nanocomposites in automotive: research activities and business realities PROCESS - Highly efficient pressure-vessel manufacturing RAW MATERIAL - Thickener addition and the morphology of UPE/PVAc blends - Filled polymers with high thermal conductivity* - LFT concentrated pellets: performance at lower cost T h i s r u b r i c i s s p o n s o re d b y Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe No34 July-August 2007 / JEC Composites Magazinehttp://www.ivw.uni-kl.de