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MARKET PLACE 3B is a new name and force in fibreglass reinforcements manufacturing. Thanks to our proprietary ® technologies Advantex and HiPer-texTM, we offer unrivalled levels of technical competence in fibreglass development and production as well as a total commitment to supporting our customers locally and internationally. Whatever your requirements for core materials are; mechanical strength, stiffness, toughness, formability and easy processing, or chemical and fire resistance COMPOSITES CORE MATERIALS offers the perfect solution with the widest selection of structural core materials for sandwich applications. Alcan Airex AG - Speciality Foams Address: Industrie Nord City: Sins Zip: CH-5643, Switzerland Tel: +41 41 789 66 59 Fax: +41 41 789 66 60 E-mail: contact@alcan.com Website: www.alcanairex.com www.corematerials.alcancomposites.com With ArmaFORM PET Armacell offers a core foam that meets the requirements of the composite market. 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Charlyrobot - Mécanuméric Group Address: 192 route de l'usine, BP 22 City: Cruseilles Zip: F 74350, France Tel: +33 (0)4 50 32 80 00 Fax: +33 (0) 4 50 44 00 41 E-mail: charlyrobot@charlyrobot.com Website: www.charlyrobot.com Sales Manager: Bruno Maniere Export sales Manager: Térence de Moliner Gerster TechTex – your partner for special requests in the area of high-tech narrow tapes. Textile Preforming with production technologies such as weaving, warpknitting, braiding and twisting. Besides reinforcing materials, Gerster TechTex offers also textile auxiliary materials for the vacuum infusion process. Gustav Gerster GmbH & Co. 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Market place Market place Market place Judith BLACKER, Advertising Manager LAP Laser Applications Reinhardt Krug, Sales Engineer Laser Projectors Address: Zeppelinstr. 23 City: Lueneburg, Germany Zip: 21337 Tel: +49 4131 95 11 95 Fax: +49 4131 95 11 96 E-mail: info@lap-laser.com Website: www.lap-laser.com Michael SPAHN, Sales Engineer Address: P O Box 20 300 Ross Ave City: Schofield Zip: WI 54476 Tel: +1 715 355 3006 Fax: +1 715 359 0600 E-mail: sales@mccleananderson.com One of the leading manufacturer & exporter of Fibreglass parts in India for Automobile, Aerospace and General engineering Industry in Wet layup, LRTM and Vacuum bagging. Mecolam Engineering Pvt. Ltd. Address: Off Begur Road, Bommanahalli City: Bangalore, Karnataka Country: India Tel: +91 8025732919 Fax: +91 8025732318 E-mail: mecolam@vsnl.com Website: www.mecolam.com Our glass- and staple-fiber blades are proven performers. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009
Cover
Index
Contents
- NEWS WORLDWIDE -
Companies - Innovation: the guiding principe at Hunstman
Companies - More V: operating on a practically boundless market
Companies - IDI Composites buys former Menzolit facilities
Companies - Colan Australia, threads worth their weight in gold!
Companies - DSM Composite Resins and Büfa: they finalize european joint venture agreements
Agenda of events
Equipment - Custom-coated carbide tools for improved adaptability and lower costs
- BUSINESS -
Market Survey - US demand for decking to reach 1.1 billion lineal metrs in 2013
Trends - Wood-plastic composites: markets, applications and performance costs
Human capital - A PhD student rewarded for his environmental concerns
- FEATURE -
Software - On the way to a high-tech process for high-performance applications
Process - The latest innovations to the LRTM molding process
Application - Large truck mid-roof to be manufactured in Brazil
Application - RTM part for Franch high-speed train
Production - An RTM production line with environmental credentials
Innovations - Plascore PP honeycomb infusion grade for Light RTM
Innovations - RTM compression press for manufacturing body panels
Innovations - Institut fuer Verbundwekstoffe GmbH
- USERS' PLATFORM -
Composites in the world - The Aston Martin One-77
Composites in the world - Cavalier pot
Composites in the world - Carbon fish sculptures
Composites in the world - Glass-fibre-reinforced body camera
Successful partners - An innovative reinforced profile for window frames
Application - MFG: boosting the growth of the wind energy market
Application - Blue Hawaiian Fiberglass Pool: leader in Florida
- KNOW-HOW -
Ductile prepregs - Formable aligned-fibre composite materials
Compound - High-modulus carbon fibres in super-structural compounds
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Index
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Contents
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Companies - Innovation: the guiding principe at Hunstman
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Companies - More V: operating on a practically boundless market
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Companies - IDI Composites buys former Menzolit facilities
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Companies - Colan Australia, threads worth their weight in gold!
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Companies - DSM Composite Resins and Büfa: they finalize european joint venture agreements
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Agenda of events
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Equipment - Custom-coated carbide tools for improved adaptability and lower costs
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - - BUSINESS -
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Market Survey - US demand for decking to reach 1.1 billion lineal metrs in 2013
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Trends - Wood-plastic composites: markets, applications and performance costs
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Human capital - A PhD student rewarded for his environmental concerns
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Asia Show
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - JCM
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - - FEATURE -
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Software - On the way to a high-tech process for high-performance applications
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Process - The latest innovations to the LRTM molding process
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Application - Large truck mid-roof to be manufactured in Brazil
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Application - RTM part for Franch high-speed train
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Production - An RTM production line with environmental credentials
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - 39
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Innovations - Institut fuer Verbundwekstoffe GmbH
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - - USERS' PLATFORM -
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Composites in the world - Cavalier pot
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Composites in the world - Glass-fibre-reinforced body camera
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Successful partners - An innovative reinforced profile for window frames
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Application - MFG: boosting the growth of the wind energy market
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Application - Blue Hawaiian Fiberglass Pool: leader in Florida
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - - KNOW-HOW -
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Ductile prepregs - Formable aligned-fibre composite materials
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #50 - July/August 2009 - Compound - High-modulus carbon fibres in super-structural compounds
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