JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #74 - July 2012 - 9

Companies & Business

in brief
Cytec announces restart of carbon fiber expansion also expanding composites manufacturing in US Cytec Industries Inc.’s Board of Directors has approved restart of a carbon fiber manufacturing expansion project at the company’s Piedmont, South Carolina facility as well as commencement of a prepreg manufacturing expansion project at the company’s site in Greenville, Texas. Both projects support growing demand for Cytec’s composite materials in the aerospace industry.
www.cytec.com

Development

Ltd., has been established to examine the potential for using high-performance composites in mainstream automotive applications. Named ‘ACOMPLICE’ (Affordable COMPosites for LIghtweight Car StructurEs), the partnership will address the growing pressure on the mainstream automotive sector to manufacture lighter-weight; fuel-efficient vehicles which meet reduce CO2 emission targets. Elbit Systems awarded a contract to supply Boeing with structural components Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary Elbit Systems – Cyclone Ltd. was awarded an approximately $80 million contract for the supply of structural components to The Boeing Company. The contract will be performed over seven years.
www.elbitsystems.com

- In brief ........................ p9 Cytec announces restart of carbon fiber expansion also expanding composites manufacturing in US Umeco leads £1.5m partnership to develop capability for lower cost, lightweight composite vehicle structures Elbit Systems awarded a contract to supply Boeing with structural components Sinoma $34 million USD acquisition of Tianhe Blades Fabrice Bregier at the Airbus controls - 3B-the fibreglass company looks toward Asia ..p10
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DuPont expand its R&D center in Shanghai Recently in Shanghai, DuPont announced its expansion plan of DuPont Shanghai research and development center. DuPont first entered China can be traced back to 1863. Now, DuPont China business has accounted almost 10% in its US$38 billion global annual sales for US$3.3 billion. Moreover, its China business has kept a continued expansion. Recently in Shanghai, DuPont announced its expansion plan of DuPont Shanghai research and development center.
www.dupont.com

Contract Acquisition

Sinoma $34 million USD acquisition of Tianhe Blades Sinoma recently announced that it intends to invest $34 million USD to acquire Gold Wind Tianhe Blades to enhance their competitiveness.

Umeco leads £1.5m partnership to develop capability for lower cost, lightweight composite vehicle structures A consortium, led by Umeco and partnered by Aston Martin Lagonda, Delta Motorsport Ltd., ABB Robotics and Pentangle Engineering Services

The announcement shows that, Sinoma Blades intended acquire 100% stake of Gold Wind subsidiary Gold Wind Investment Holdings wholly owned Tianhe Blades Jiangsu Co., Ltd completely with cash. The final sale price will be the underlying asset assessed value of estimated $34 million USD with the transitional period PL.
www.sinoma.cn

Partnership

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Fabrice Bregier at the Airbus controls Following the appointment by the EADS Board of Directors, Fabrice Bregier, previously Airbus Chief Operating Officer, has taken over as Airbus President and CEO. He succeeds Tom Enders, who has now taken over as EADS CEO.
www.airbus.com

Nomination

JEC - 25 bd de l’Amiral Bruix -75116 Paris - France www.jeccomposites.com

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http://wwww.umeco.com http://www.cytec.com http://www.elbitsystems.com http://www.dupont.com http://www.jeccomposites.com http://www.sinoma.cn http://www.airbus.com

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