CONTENTS NEWS WORLDWIDE Companies Celanese increases PPS production ............................8 BUSINESS Market survey Para-aramid fibres for composite applications: niche market ......... 16 FEATURE OCTOBER 12-13-14, 2010 Conferences and Forums Composites for a sustainable growth in Asia ............................. 26 Airborne attracts growth capital ....8 Umeco extends commercial relationship with Rolls-Royce .........8 IDI Composites International announces installation of automated BMC production line .......................8 Boeing to increase its composite production capacity in Tianjin .........8 Toho Tenax steps up its carbonfibre business in Asia ................8 AN INTERVIVIEW WITH JEAN MARC GUEUGNEAUD HEAD OF ENGINEERING DPT. TIME Trend TIME : innovation in bicycle products ...................... 19 Participating companies ... 28 Niche Market Gurit inaugurates new Red Maple tooling production site....8 An effective way to store energy .. 22 JEC Asia Innovation Awards Programme 2010 ................. 30 Innovations JEC Asia Innovations report 2010 ................................. 37 Agenda of events .................. 12 Raw materials: Matrix resin Improving the compression strength of composites ............... 14 Singapore Goodrich celebrates 15 years of successful operation in Singapore ..... 42 6 jec composites magazine / No60 October 2010