Feature Transportation What share for composites in transportation? 38 Biocomposites How the science of genomics can revolutionize the automotive sector 41 Railway Innovative approach for non-flammable transparent FRP 43 Design Specialised dangerous goods tanks for the transport of highly corrosive chemicals 46 Tanks Composite tank container for multimodal transportation systems " Opinion n°107 48 Truck Thermoplastic composite firewall for the truck market 50 Public transportation Composite materials on board the Rio de Janeiro tramway News Context-aware actions and recommendations in real-time drive dramatic increase worker productivity 8 " Agility Fuel Systems and Hexagon Composites announce merger Siemens and Gamesa to merge Edito ............................................. 3 Opinion: internet of things .........................4 Advertisers .............................. 66 6 Generation change in the management of Saertex Aston Martin and Dow Automotive Systems form a technical partnership CONTENTS Index .........................................66 In brief A cross interview with Prof. Dr. Axel Herrmann Avner Ben-Bassat CEO , CTC GmbH Stade & CEO, Plataine jec composites magazine / No107 August - September 2016 10 Agenda 11 JEC Conferences 2017