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Orbital ATK plans $5 million expansion in Ohio
The company specialized in aerospace and defense technologies, announces it is expanding its Beavercreek, Ohio, facility by
40,000 square feet in 2017-2018 with a capital investment of approximately $5 million.

The planned expansion is a result of existing aerospace and defense work being transferred from the company's Clearfield, Utah,
facility and a recent award of an approximate $90 million contract
to supply high temperature composites for the U.S. military. The
175,000-square-foot facility currently has more than 100 employees
and produces advanced aerospace and defense composite structures.
Orbital ATK recently entered into a $75,000 grant agreement with

Appointment

www.gkn.com

Project

Hans Büthker joined
GKN when it acquired
Fokker in 2015, having worked in a variety
of roles in Fokker and its
former owners Arle and
Stork since 1997.

the Greene County Community Improvement Corporation to provide training funds for new hires in anticipation of work being added.
In exchange for the grant, Orbital ATK has pledged to add 57 jobs in
both engineering and technical professions with an estimated created
payroll of $3.5 million by December 2019.
This is the second grant made to Orbital ATK this year underwriting
training expenses and supporting increased business in the Daytonarea facility. The first grant was from the State of Ohio for $150,000
to support indirect training and on-boarding costs. Additionally,
Orbital ATK will receive a 50% waiver on incremental Ohio income
taxes for newly created positions valued at up to $500,000.
www.orbitalatk.com

Gurit transfers UK prepreg business to Gurit Spain by 2018
Zurich, Switzerland announced that it will transfer its UK
prepreg business to its Spanish prepreg production facility by
summer 2018.
Following the technology change from the use of pre-impregnated fibres (prepregs) to infusion technology for the production of wind blades in the global wind energy industry over
the past 10 years, Gurit faced non-utilisation in China and Canada
and underutilization of its prepreg production capacity in Europe
in recent years. In this context, the prepreg plants in China and
Canada were closed in earlier years. In Europe, the decline of the
wind energy prepreg market combined with the overall demand for
marine, industrial and automotive prepreg has now reached a level
which suggests consolidation in one well-utilised site.
The manufacturing of Formulated Products and the UK-based automotive components Technology Centre will remain unaffected
from the afore mentioned changes.
Gurit estimates that the restructuring and transfer cost will result
in one-off costs of approximately CHF 3.9 million of which CHF
3.1 million will be effective in the 2017 fiscal year and the remainder in 2018.
www.gurit.com

Announcement

GKN Aerospace names Hans Büthker as CEO
Hans Büthker is currently CEO of GKN
Aerospace's Fokker
business. He will
step up to the divisional role after it was
announced this month
that GKN Aerospace's
current CEO, Kevin
Cummings, will become
Chief Executive Officer
GKN in January.

World Market News

ACM announces discontinuous recycled carbon fiber
pro ect for automotive Class A surface finishes
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing
Innovation (IACMI) announces a project to develop processing
and material technologies to create Class A surface finishes for the
automotive industry via induction heating.
The project is led by BASF, with the project team including
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville.
The goal of this technical collaboration is to develop processing
and material technologies that provide automotive Class A surface
appearance and suitable mechanical properties for automotive
body panels by utilizing a thermoplastic resin matrix reinforced
with discontinuous recycled carbon fiber.
Project outcomes are expected to enable private industry to innovate the manufacture process through advancement of material
and process development in Class A surfaces.

Magna partners with Startus Insights to boost
innovation pipeline in Europe
As the auto industry transforms, Magna's commitment to innovation and collaboration with the startup ecosystem continues to gain momentum. In its latest activities, Magna has
partnered with StartUs Insights to help create more and deeper
connections with the startup community in Europe.
StartUs Insights is an innovation network that connects the
European startup community and makes it accessible to its partners. The company uses networking and intelligent algorithms to
closely monitor Europe for startup companies.
Working together with Magna, StartUs Insights will leverage its
growing data base containing over one hundred thousand startups, its extensive network in Europe and a variety of communications channels to scout potential technologies, assess the market
with performance metrics, and promote Magna to startups.

Partnership

Expansion

in partnership with

www.iacmi.org

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017

Cover
Edito
Opinion: Today, DAS Energy offers flexible, lightweight PV modules, designed and made in Austria
Contents
NEWS
In brief
Investments - Composite materials in the heart of the Augsburg science park
Agenda
BUSINESS
North America - Steady growth for North america
Pultrusion - EPTA report reveals vast opportunities for pultruded composites in residential housing
Strategy - China’s road to innovation: the German way
MANUFACTURING
Process - Fibre Patch Placement: expanding the scope of additive manufacturing
Automation - Flexibility in automated composites lamination
Fibre placement - Automated manufacturing of stiffened composite shells using dry fibre material
Industry 4.0 - lndustry 4.0 materials handling components and innovative LFT pellets
Feature Land transportation - A sector to conquer
Innovation - Composite innovations boost transport technologies
Body - Out-of-autoclave train body using a new curable prepreg
Floor - Enough to cover three soccer fields – Germany’s ICE train fleet’s composite floor
Market - Steady growth for the railway market
India - Modernization of Indian rolling stock - A welcome signal for composites
Mobility - lntegrated urban solutions are the core driver of user-oriented ad-hoc mobility
Materials - Composites hit a snag in railway
Truck - A large-volume, lightweight CFRP container
The future of inner-city freight is coming closer
SOLUTIONS
Medical - Composite wheelchair casters reduce weight and provide a smoother ride
Pressure vessel - Novel materials solution for high-pressure composite tanks for hydrogen storage
Aeronautics - Aircraft interior modules based on thermoplastic honeycomb
In the World
TECHNOLOGY
NDT - Health monitoring of CFRP using printed circuits
Software - Building a case for automated composite lay-up
Index
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Cover
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Edito
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Opinion: Today, DAS Energy offers flexible, lightweight PV modules, designed and made in Austria
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 5
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Contents
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 7
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - In brief
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 9
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Investments - Composite materials in the heart of the Augsburg science park
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 11
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 12
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 16
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Agenda
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 18
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - North America - Steady growth for North america
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Pultrusion - EPTA report reveals vast opportunities for pultruded composites in residential housing
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 21
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 22
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Strategy - China’s road to innovation: the German way
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 24
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 25
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Process - Fibre Patch Placement: expanding the scope of additive manufacturing
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 27
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Automation - Flexibility in automated composites lamination
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 29
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 30
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Fibre placement - Automated manufacturing of stiffened composite shells using dry fibre material
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 32
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 33
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 34
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Industry 4.0 - lndustry 4.0 materials handling components and innovative LFT pellets
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 36
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Innovation - Composite innovations boost transport technologies
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 38
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 39
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Body - Out-of-autoclave train body using a new curable prepreg
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Floor - Enough to cover three soccer fields – Germany’s ICE train fleet’s composite floor
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Market - Steady growth for the railway market
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 43
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - India - Modernization of Indian rolling stock - A welcome signal for composites
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 45
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 46
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 47
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Mobility - lntegrated urban solutions are the core driver of user-oriented ad-hoc mobility
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 49
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Materials - Composites hit a snag in railway
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 51
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Truck - A large-volume, lightweight CFRP container
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - The future of inner-city freight is coming closer
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 54
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Medical - Composite wheelchair casters reduce weight and provide a smoother ride
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 56
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Pressure vessel - Novel materials solution for high-pressure composite tanks for hydrogen storage
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Aeronautics - Aircraft interior modules based on thermoplastic honeycomb
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - In the World
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 60
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - NDT - Health monitoring of CFRP using printed circuits
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 62
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - 63
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #117 - November/December 2017 - Software - Building a case for automated composite lay-up
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