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- Global glass-fibre production: tailoring better for needs ........................p16

- Boosting growth through training ..............p19 - Brazilian composites industry forecasts 8.2% revenue growth in 2011..p20 - Renewable energy, a concrete opportunity for technopolymers ..............p22 16

Market

glass fibre THÈME

Global glass-fibre production:
tailoring better for needs
The glass-fibre composite market has considerably picked up these past few months, and it can be said that the 2008/2009 crisis is well behind us. Production capacities have opened up again. A number of investment announcements have been made since the start of this year, and we should see the effects of these in 2012.

n the June 2010 No. 58 issue of JEC Composites Magazine, we already published a detailed article on the players in glass-fibre production worldwide (pp. 14-16). The article below provides an update on the situation.

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Glass types
jec composites magazine / No66 July - August 2011
The four main types of glass used in the industry are E, ECR, boron-free and highperformance glass fibre. Glass composition is one of the key parameters involved in higher-strength fibre, but not the only one. Filament collection, alignment, sizing formulations and sizing application are a few of the many production parameters that also play a key role in final strand properties. The general trend in glass composition is to lower the boron content, for several reasons: the mechanical and/or chemical properties of the fibres are improved, and the environmental impact is reduced including savings. Owens Corning invented a boron-free E-glass that is marketed under the name Advantex®. The only company with a license from Owens Corning to market its boron-free products under that name is 3B Fibreglass.

produced by different manufacturers. The same applies to applications. Yarn refers to strands under 300 tex with filaments 5-9 microns in diameter (Tex is a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibres and is defined as the mass in grams per 1000 metres). This is called “textile” yarn for weaving on fast air-jet or rapier looms, mainly for printed circuit board (PCB), electronic or flexible reinforcement (Teflon, PVC, silicon, or paper) applications. Roving refers to strands from 300-4000+ tex with filaments 10-24+ microns in diameter. The sizing must be chosen as a function of the type of processing and resin used. Roving is available in the form of direct roving, assembled roving, continuous filament mat and chopped strand. Roving is used in many processes, including weaving, pultrusion, filament winding and UD prepreg.

Global glass-fibre production capacity (yarn and roving)
Better use of the existing furnace facilities has led to an increase in global production capacity this year. The impact of these investments will not be felt before 2012, however. We classified the main yarn and roving producers in two tables, by geographical region of production. Only five of them appear in both tables, confirming that there is a certain specialization in production and applications.

Glass fibre: yarn versus roving
Yarn and glass-fibre roving still need to be differentiated, because they are usually


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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011

Cover
Edito
Point of view: Products for thermoplastic reinforcement
Contents
Agenda of Events
COMPANY & BUSINESS
- In Brief
- Aeronautics
APPLICATIONS
- Sports and leisure
- Civil engineering
MARKET
- Glass fibre
- Human Resources
- South America
- Sustainability
FEATURE AUTOMOTIVE
- Vessel
- Prepreg
- Software
- Thermoplastic
- Biocomposites
- High Performance
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
- Process
- Environment
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS
- CNC
- Multiaxial
- Thermoplastic
- Traceability
Index
In the world
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - In Brief
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Aeronautics
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Sports and leisure
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Civil engineering
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Glass fibre
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Human Resources
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Sustainability
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Vessel
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Software
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Thermoplastic
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Biocomposites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - High Performance
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Process
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Environment
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - CNC
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Multiaxial
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Thermoplastic
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - - Traceability
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - Index
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #66 - July/August 2011 - In the world
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