JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #35 - September 2007 - 12

2008 JEC SINGAPORE 2008 JEC SINGAPORE A first class composite event with a sophisticated content The JEC Group has established a business and information network in the field of composites all around the world, creating the necessary tools for your international communications. JEC Group’s Composites trade show in Paris has grown constantly in the last 10 years and is now leader in the world, widely supported by industrialists, national and international associations, universities & research centres, … Why an event in Asia Strong of its knowledge in events organisation, JEC Group has decided to share its expertise once again with the global composites Industry and launch a new yearly event in Asia to connect and inform global composites players: JEC Singapore, October 22-24, 2008. The composites markets in the Asia-Pacific area are booming and major industrialists have expressed the need for a business platform there to anticipate and take part in this rapid development. The composites market in Asia currently accounts for 36% of the global composites industry’s value (i.e. 19 billions euros in 2006). With a 2-digit yearly growth in this area, it will account for about half the global industry’s value in 10 years. For every composite application, we can observe that growth in Asia-Pacific is far higher than worldwide growth. Today, Asian actors in the field of composites grow quicker than other global players, with an average 20% yearly growth. Singapore is a strategic location for international conferences and trade shows Why an event in Singapore Singapore is the best place in Asia with its central location and this is the most dynamic destination for business events, located at a geographical vantage point. Its excellent legal, financial and physical AN INTERVIEW WITH infrastructures makes it a strategic springboard to Asian markets and beyond. Thanks to the help of the government and the way they succeed in managing the country, for the composites industry Singapore presents many assets: - It is now considered as a global hub for High Tech industries and Aerospace (MRO = Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul); - It is an important Educational platform; - It gets support of the governmental agencies on Sustainable Energies & Water Development; - Singapore is the MICE Market (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions) leader in the world; connecting with local industrialists and researchers. Two elements contribute to accelerate our globalization : a global representativity at the level of our Board with members from all continents and the multicultural JEC staff where we have now a large range of nationalities and technical background. My pleasure is also to emphasize the international cooperation we started a long time ago with distinguished associations, institutes and research centers. The result is a unique network of cooperation symbolizing what I call “collective intelligence”. The multiple interactions between all these actors should result in creating first-class composite events with sophisticated contents.” FRÉDÉRIQUE MUTEL JEC’S PRESIDENT AND CEO ur mission is to support the development of composites by fostering knowledge transfer and exchanges between the 550.000 composites professionals working around the world and their customers. We organise a crosspollination among the different segments so that all might benefit from the accumulated experience. Our abiding concern is putting the best information products at the disposal of the community. We build ambitious platforms revealing the technological and economic assets of composites applications. Surely it is one of O “ the reasons why our company strengthens its market position year after year. With this new offer located in Asia, we are providing industrialists with (1) tools to become more familiar with all the Asian markets and with (2) the services for The benefits of collective intelligence From left to right: Patrice Sinthon, Jec, Stephen Tsai, Stanford University, Tay Tong-Earn, National University of Singapore, Thierry Massard, CEA, Frédérique Mutel, JEC JEC Composites Magazine / No35 september 2007
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #35 - September 2007

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