CONTENTS NEWS WORLDWIDE Companies Ashland buys SmartTrac technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Gurit signs major contract in China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Vestas inaugurates Asia R&D centre in Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . 8 BUSINESS Market survey Market developments in woodplastic composites . . . . . . . . . . . 26 FEATURE NATURAL FIBRES Overview A review of biocomposite development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Resources The availability of vegetable fibre resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Niche market: Light aircraft 10 40 70 250 Recycling Advertisers & Index . . . . . . 10 NRC Aerospace: a structure at the heart of the Canadian aerospace industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Striking a balance between cost and properties: reuse of paper byproducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Market Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Agenda of events . . . . . . 16-17 Equipment High-temperature composite moulds produced by infusion . . 18 Full composite body gyroplane . . 28 Trends Subcontracting: increasing complexity and interdependence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Additives Jazz up your WPC: additives improve WPC mechanically and visually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 PCM Molds and Patterns Inc . . 20 Innovations Prepregs for aerospace applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Airframe development . . . . . . . . 24 Human Capital Human resources manager . . . 30 4 jec composites magazine / No46 January-February 2009