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BUSINESS Human Capital Choosing the right opportunity Innovation means new ideas. But a good idea is not enough to do a business with… Composites offer excellent opportunities to match these trends: replacing traditional materials such as steel, concrete and wood with composite materials will result in lighter cars and therefore reduced CO2 emissions; using bio-based raw materials will make composites more sustainable than using resins derived from the scarce petrochemical raw materials and, finally, new resin technologies can make composites competitive with large volume materials such as steel and aluminium. The innovation challenge for the composite industry lies in creating lower-weight structures in an environmentally sustainable and economical feasible way. JCM: Is your current position in the composite industry the result of specific training, degrees, and/or experience? B. D.: I would say that having been a DSM employee for 21 years – 18 years of which have been in composites – and having filled a number of R&D and business management positions have really helped me in this job. But it takes more than just experience: converting innovative ideas into a market success very often requires a sound project management approach and building good specialist teams covering the different disciplines involved in the innovation process. The best innovation manager is more often an experienced project manager rather than a creative inventor. JCM: Have you got any advice to someone who wants to do the same job as you? B. D.: To anyone who is interested in becoming an innovation manager in the composite industry, I would advise 1) trying to get such a job because the opportunities for innovation are enormous and the reward can be very high. I believe it is important that innovation not only come from raw material suppliers, but also from the producers of composite parts, and 2) finding new applications for composites as there are plenty of them. As a good example, I would like to mention the carbon fibre reinforced 100% composite bridge (based on a DSM Atlac E-nova vinylester resin) designed and produced by Fibercore Europe. The Dutch company took up the challenge to prove that advanced composites can commercially compete with concrete, offering big advantages in terms of durability and environmental impact. More information: www.dsm.com INTERVIEW WITH MR. BEN DROGT, INNOVATION MANAGER, DSM COMPOSITE RESINS JEC Composites Magazine: What does your role as Innovation Manager involve? And what does innovation mean to you? BEN DROGT: In my company, innovation means finding and developing new products, new applications and new business models to create added value. Innovation is not a goal in itself. It is very often seen as the creative process of inventing new products or technologies. However, a real successful innovation is not necessarily the invention but its successful launch on the market. Very often, an innovative marketing strategy is as important as the innovativeness of the new product or application. To me, innovation means “triple-B”: Bringing Brilliant ideas to Business. Successful innovation covers all five steps of the innovation stage-gate process, from finding the idea (1), through to the technical and commercial feasibility study (2), the product and technology development (3), the scale up (4) and finally the product launch (5). All steps require different skills and disciplines from the organization. My role is to manage these steps in the innovation process and manage the innovation project portfolio within my company, as well as making sure that brilliant ideas will indeed bring business. There are many opportunities to create innovative new businesses in the composite industry. These opportunities are often driven by issues like global warming, product availability, the need for higher product performance, and costs. 100% composite bridge produced by Fibercore with DSM resin JCM: What is the most difficult task in your job? How do you handle it? B. D.: Maybe the most challenging aspect of my job is selecting the right opportunity among all the opportunities that composites offer. Considering that composites are the ideal material to meet societal trends such as the need for reduced CO2 emissions, product availability and cost effectiveness, they offer a very wide range of opportunities. To make the right choice, you can make in-depth, time-consuming analyses, but very often your “gut feeling” (based on years of experience in the composite market) can give the fast and right answer. JEC Composites Magazine / No40 May 2008
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008

Cover
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NEWS WORLDWIDE | Companies
Nippon Graphite Fiber increases production capacity
World’s largest ECR glass fibre plant
CPIC and Abahsain set up glass fibre joint venture
Airbus negotiations called off in Germany
A400M static testing
Agenda of events
Equipment: non destructive control
BUSINESS
Market survey: India
Trends | Two major sustainable development challenges: raw materials and energy
Niche market | Taking up the rapid manufacturing challenge
Human capital |Choosing the right opportunity
FEATURE | Wind energy : Market update
History : Not just another windmill story
Process : An experimental vertical-axis wind turbine system
Composite manufacturing process for wind energy
Materials technology for the wind energy market
Equipment : The perfect mixture
USERS’ PLATFORM
Composites in the world : Bamboo helmet
Very exclusive business cards
World’s First Integrated Wind Turbines
Solar energy and hydrogen powered plane
Successful partners : Art nesting in a composite bower
Applications : A Hybrid composite carbody for korean tilting train
KNOW-HOW : Environment
Coupling agent : Composite stone
Process
Bonding : INDAR
Special Asia
News
Application
Products from exhibitors
Participating companies
Singapore today
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - CPIC and Abahsain set up glass fibre joint venture
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - A400M static testing
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Equipment: non destructive control
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - BUSINESS
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Market survey: India
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Trends | Two major sustainable development challenges: raw materials and energy
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Niche market | Taking up the rapid manufacturing challenge
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Human capital |Choosing the right opportunity
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - FEATURE | Wind energy : Market update
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - History : Not just another windmill story
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Process : An experimental vertical-axis wind turbine system
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Composite manufacturing process for wind energy
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Materials technology for the wind energy market
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Equipment : The perfect mixture
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - USERS’ PLATFORM
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Very exclusive business cards
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Solar energy and hydrogen powered plane
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Successful partners : Art nesting in a composite bower
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Applications : A Hybrid composite carbody for korean tilting train
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - KNOW-HOW : Environment
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Coupling agent : Composite stone
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Process
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Bonding : INDAR
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Special Asia
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - News
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - III
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Application
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Products from exhibitors
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Participating companies
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - VII
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #40 - May 2008 - Singapore today
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