contents n°98 Edito ......................................3 Companies & Business 8 In brief 9 Cluster Brittany: composites boosted by the sea breezes " Point of view: 10 SME business development ................4 It is essential to have a clear understanding of the market (...) to not only talk to the customer but also to the investors " Ben Halford, CHief exeCutive Surface Generation Agenda of Events ............... 14 VN Composites: from prototype to finished part 10 Applications 16 Sports & leisure Graphene-enhanced composites allow for world's fastest bicycle wheels Safety Index .................................. 57 17 In the world ........................ 58 - Lightweights your dreams - The wheel to live - Wild is the wind High-tech composite fire fighter helmet 18 Sports & leisure Ultralight composite scooter for sustainable urban mobility 17 FEATURE AUTOMOTIVE 23 Materials 32 Mass reduction for mass production High-tech composites for lightweight construction 25 Binder 34 Additive 36 44 CFRP Increasing use of carbon fibre in automotive 6 jec composites magazine / No98 July - August 2015 QSP Quilted Stratum Process: mass production of composite parts Managing heat for state-of-art composites 30 Hybrid polymer Bulk production of composites with hybrid polymers New binder for lightweight automotive composites 26 Epoxy 39 CRTP Hyundai's breakthrough front bumper crash beam