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NEWS

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ln brief
Startup competition

Three finalists for the first
JEC Asia Startup competition

Construction

public transport

Research and development of sustainable, fire-resistant composites

Mobility
Hutchinson: more and more composites

NEWS in brief

www.porcher-ind.com

Announcement

First A350-1000 becomes airborne for its maiden flight
The first A350-1000 took off for its maiden flight at Blagnac in
Toulouse, France.
The crew in the cockpit on board this flight comprises:
Hugues van der Stichel, Experimental Test Pilot; Frank
Chapman, Experimental Test Pilot and Gérard Maisonneuve,
Test-Flight Engineer. Furthermore, monitoring all
the test parameters at the Flight-Test-Instrumentation (FTI) station
behind the cockpit are: Patrick du Ché, Head of Flight & Integration
Tests; Emanuele Costanzo, Head of A350 Development Flight Tests;
and Stéphane Vaux, Flight-Test Engineer.

Benefitting from the experience of the original A350-900 test campaign (accomplished in 2014), the A350-1000's development programme will be shorter. The overall campaign will culminate in the
type's certification followed by its entry into airline service scheduled
for the second half of 2017.

China s Ministry of industry accelerates
the upgrade of building materials
During the 12th five-year plan period
(2011-2015), the building materials
industry grew annually by 10% in
value. In this context of accelerated
development, the share of inorganic
non-metallic materials and composite
materials continued to expand, says the Ministry, which specifies that
the annual growth of composite materials exceeded 20% in value.
By 2020, in line with the market upgrade, the demand for traditional
materials, including cement, will stabilize or slightly decline, while
demand for ecological materials, inorganic non-metallic advanced
materials and composite materials is expected to continue its
progression. The Plan orders that by 2020, the proportion of ecological
materials used in the construction of new buildings should exceed 40%.
"Transformation, innovation, ecology, merger, opening" are the five
key words of the Plan. This transformation includes the resolution of
the recurring overproduction problems in the industry. By the end of
2020, the Plan will ban to draft any new flat glass and cement clinker
construction projects that would expand production capacity.
www.cnpowder.com

SGL Group is development partner
for high-performance fuel cells in the automotive sector
The company is a develop- an alternative to cars with solement partner in the joint de- ly battery-based electric propulvelopment project INSPIRE, sion.
that has been funded with a € SGL Group brings its long-es7 million award from Europe's tablished expertise as a compoFuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint nent developer to the project,
Undertaking (FCH JU) and will and is responsible for the develrun for three years.
opment of the gas diffusion layThe aim of INSPIRE is to devel- ers (GDL), which will be manuop a new generation of fuel cells factured based on carbon fibres.
with higher performance and The GDL allows a steady suplonger lifetime, which will play a ply of gas to the catalyst layers,
major role in the electromobility which are located on both sides
of the future. At the same time, of the ion exchange membrane
the commercialization of hydro- and which convert hydrogen
gen-powered vehicles is set to be and oxygen into electrical eneraccelerated, since they represent gy and water.

Project

Acquisition

Porcher Industries acquires Cordtech International
After being bought over ment company RDC15, owner
by the British investment of the company since the spring
fund, Warwick Capital in of 2016.
June, the French technical Formerly the French site of
textile and composites man- the American group Milliken,
ufacturer Porcher Industries Cordtech International is spe(1,950 employees. 2015 turn- cialized in the processing and
over: 305  M€) announc- treatment of industrial fibres for
es the purchase of Cordtech the car market. The company is
International from the invest- located in southern France.

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