CONTENTS NEWS WORLDWIDE Companies Airbus to manufacture composite parts in China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Isomatex enters its industrial phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 BUSINESS Market survey Industrialization of the carbon composite industry . . . . . . . . . . . 24 FEATURE AUTOMATION Decision-making aids Controlling product costs as early as the concept design phase . . . 36 Trends Composite challenges to meet growing wind-industry needs . . 26 Advantages of natural-fibre applications using biohybrid composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Process Laser-assisted thermoplastic tape-laying systems . . . . . . . . . . 39 Shanghai FRP Institute: an original model . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Fibre placement Fibre placement robots and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Agenda of events . . . . . . 16-17 Companies Key customer strategy opens up new markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Recyclable and repairable thermosets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Robotics Robotics for composite materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Niche market: Drone A UAV made in Switzerland . . . 33 Equipment New kind of portable NDT device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Cutting & laser tool Cutting, kitting and assembly of composite materials . . . . . . . . . 48 Waterjet system Machining airframe composites with abrasive waterjet . . . . . . . . 54 Pultrusion Human Capital Training specialist . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Radius-PultrusionTM widens the borders of profile manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 6 jec composites magazine / No47 March-April 2009