CONTENTS NEWS WORLDWIDE Companies Gurit inaugurates production plant in China 8 Purchase of GE Plastics by Saudi Basic Industries Corporation 8 Amitech supplies FRP pipes to small hydroelectric plants in Brazil for US$ 750,000 8 Owens Corning Sells Huntingdon CFM Business to AGY 9 Bayer to open a new facility for carbon nanotubes 9 Class-A composite body panels in India 10 BUSINESS Market survey Entrepreneurial resolve leads to Carbon Composites, a non-profit organisation 18 EADS Augsburg, a historical site turned to the future 20 FEATURE TRANSPORTATION Market Composite solutions for the transportation market 30 AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. LONSINGER, VICE PRESIDENT AUGSBURG SITE & AEROSTRUCTURE PROGRAMS MILITARY AIR SYSTEMS SGL Group: a world leader 24 Application Passenger coaches: filament-wound composite undercarriage water tank 34 AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. REINHARD JANTA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, SITE MANAGER SGL GROUP Trends Volcanic-rock continuous fibre: a growing demand 26 MR. SHRIVASTAVA, GENERAL MANAGER, MARKETING AND PROJECTS, KINECO Agenda of events 12-13 Innovations HSG composites offer an alternative to lead in radiation shielding applications 14 New poly-urethane foam 15 CCP brings global vinyl ester technology to North American market place 15 Custom-engineered overwrap tubing equipment 15 New compounds deliver one-pellet solutions for enhanced effects 15 Dosing System for the Polyester Vacuum Infusion Process 16 Niche markets Piezo-composite materials: electrically inducing or detecting motion 28 Development of a composite pressure vessel 36 JEC Composites Magazine / No36 October - November 2007