JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #72 - April/May 2012 - 3

The irresistible rise of composites
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While the 2012 JEC Europe show was marked by record attendance, the Show also stood out by the large number of initiatives involving the use of composite materials and in particular carbon fiber reinforced composites in the automotive industry.

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not taking any great risk when we say this should be a lasting trend. Sales forecasts for the two leading manufacturers are good, excellent even, both in terms of global regions and market segments. By 2030, Boeing estimates that the number of new passenger and cargo aircraft will be 33,500 and Airbus 27,860. Beyond these figures The signs are unequivocal and clearly and the difference which is the result of difprove that this is not just a fad or a desire ferent market approaches, growth in traffic by some forward-looking eccentric scien- is strong, stronger than global growth over tists or visionary industrialists. Remember the period. There are no concerns from a few years back when just some very high that point of view. Indeed, air traffic has profile sports applications, in particular been continually growing since 1970 and formula 1, were to be seen in the show and has never suffered from the various energy, elsewhere. Then sports applications were financial and state crises that occurred found in the luxury sector in very powerful since then… except at the turn of the sports cars. Now applications are in the century with a slight drop in passenger top of the range segment. This means that numbers. So this has been an exceptional composite materials are gradually gaining period. ground and taking over. Of course there are several reasons for this, not all of them Another lesson from these market related to composites. However we will forecasts is that the Asia-Pacific region is only mention one here which directly the driver for traffic – both passenger and concerns us but which is not as rational freight – and of course the demand for new as one might expect. This is the extraordi- aircraft is much higher than in the other nary potential of composites. We all know regions of the globe. Everyone agrees to the qualities and properties of composite this! To meet this strong demand, the two materials – lightness, resistance, rigidity, industry leaders are progressively defatigue resistance, absence of corrosion… ploying their production capacities across - but who can say what tomorrow will be the region. And after them come their like? In other words, everybody knows that suppliers of all sizes and in all sectors. Of in the future highly innovative solutions course this movement concerns compoare going to change everything and that it sites, see our pages on this subject. is wise to be on the right side of this trend. This is as inevitable as was the massive JEC had to accompany this strong moveintroduction of composite materials in the ment and is looking forward to seeing you aviation industry. on the 26, 27 and 28 June next to celebrate the fifth birthday of JEC Asia, the meeting The aviation sector is doing very well as are point for all composite players in the the composites that go with it. And we are region.

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