contents Companies & Business 9 Edito ......................................3 n°74 Joseph Bevilaqua, President Epoxy, Phenolic and Coating Resins Division Momentive In brief Cytec announces restart of carbon fiber expansion also expanding composites manufacturing in US DuPont expand its R1D center in Shanghai Elbit Systems awarded a contract to supply Boeing with structural components Umeco $34 million USD acquisition of Tianhe Blades Point of view: Closer to the shop floor ...........4 Momentive Specialty Chemicals has always put significant emphasis in evolving customers directly in the new product development process Agenda of Events ................. 8 Index .................................. 57 In the world ........................ 58 - ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the professional ultrabook - The Carbon Light - The Aliante bookshelf Feature automotive 24 27 6 jec composites magazine / No74 July 2012 “ 12 “ 10 Glass fibre 3B- the fibreglass company looks toward Asia applications 13 Pipes & tanks Spoolable pipe system for the oil & gas industry 14 Building From fibre to façade 13 Braiding Braiding a convertible windscreen frame with concave sections 37 RTM 26 30 Lightening D-LFT High-performance chemistries put automotive manufacturers in the driving seat Continuous fibres in lightweight cars Improving impact performance in DLFT composites with UD-glass tapes 40 RIM Lighter than water 34 Sustainability Recycled and flax-reinforced composites for the Lola-Drayson prototype BioMobile.ch: incorporating «green» reinforcements into an automotive body frame