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agenda NEWS

2018
January
North American
International Auto show
January 14-28
Detroit, MI, USA
www.naias.com

World Future Energy Summit
January 15-18
Abu Dhabi, UAE
www.worldfutureenergysummit.com

ICCMA 2018

January 19-20
Hyderabad, India
www.fibreglass-ap.com

FRP Unlimited

February 6-8
Munich, Germany
www.tuev-sued.de

CompIC MiddleEast

February 14-15
Dubai, UAE
www.mecompositesin.construction

Composite-Expo 2018

February 27- March 1
Moscow, Russia
www.composite-expo.com

March
World Pultrusion
Conference

Advanced Automotive
Plastics

January 24-25
Berlin, Germany
www.automotiveplastics.global-automotive-summit.com

Global Composites

January 31- February 1
Las Vegas, USA
www.globalcompositesconference.com

February
Singapore
Airshow 2018

February 6-11
Singapore, Singapore
www.singaporeairshow.com

Compotec

6th International Carbon
Composites Conference IC3
June 4-6
Arcachon, France
www.avantage-aquitaine.com

Composites Recycling
Conference
April 10-12
Knoxville, USA
www.acmanet.org

CFK Valley Convention 2018
June 12-13
Stade, Germany
www.cfk-valley.com

Aircraft Interiors Expo

April 10-12
Hamburg, Germany
www.aircraftinteriorsexpo.com

The 2nd Guangzhou composites & product exhibition

March 1-2
Vienna, Austria
www.pultruders.com

March 5
Paris, France
wwww.sampe-europe.org

April 10-12
Guangzhou, China
www.compositesexpo.com

Global Offshore Wind 2018

June 19-20
Manchester, UK
http://events.renewableuk.com/
gow18

High performance composite materials: from small
to large scale production
June 20-21
Nantes, France
www.sfip-plastic.org

Plastic Materials
in Plant Engineering
April 17-18
Munich, Germany
www.tuev-sued.de

ECCM18

June 24-28
Athens, Greece
www.eccm18.org

ILA Berlin Air Show
April 25-29
Berlin, Germany
www.ila-berlin.com

- Enhancing Athletic Performance
Thanks to Advanced Composite
Technologies
- Safety Issues: Lowering Injury
Risks
- Driving Innovation in
Manufacturing Processes

composites-for-performance-in-sports.events

June

April 4-7
Carrara, Italy
www.compotec.it

Summit Conference Paris
2018
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON COMPOSITES IN
SPORTS
CONFERENCE PROGRAM

April

May
AWEA Windpower
Paris, France
March 6-7-8, 2018

Join the largest composites show in the world
Automobil Industrie
Lightweight Design Summit 2018
March 13-14
Würzburg, Germany
www.leichtbau-gipfel.de

International Automobile
Recycling Congress IARC
2018
March 14-16
Vienna, Austria
http://www.icm.ch/iarc2018

11th European Thermoforming Conference
March 14-16
Rome, Italy
www.e-t-d.org

May 7-10
Chicago, IL, USA
www.windpowerexpo.org

SAMPE Long Beach 2018
May 21-24
Long Beach, CA, USA
www.nasampe.org

Techtextil
North America

May 22-24
Atlanta, GA, USA
www.techtextil-northamerica.
us.messefrankfurt.com

Hamburg International
Boat Show

SICOMP Conference:
Manufacturing & Design of
Composites

N°118 January - February 2018

Submit your abstract to

lagoutte@jeccomposites.com

Additive Manufacturing
Europe Amsterdam
June 26-28
Amsterdam, Netherlands
www.amshow-europe.com

May 25-27
Hamburg, Germany
www.hanseboot.de

May 28-29
Sweden, Luleå
www.swerea.se

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
- Composites: a First-Rate
Solution for Transportation
- Optimizing Structural and
Interior Design
- Improving Performance and
Efficiency
- Manufacturing: Lowering
Assembly Time and Costs

Compounding World Expo
2018
June 27-28
Messe Essen, Germany
www.compoundingworldexpo.com

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018

Cover
Edito
Opinion: Racing for innovation
Contents
NEWS
In brief
China - A world leader in advanced materials
Sustainability - Inauguration of the composites and recycling platform
Agenda
BUSINESS
Digitalization - Smart Factory: The Factory of the future
Report - The European GRP market in 2017
Biocomposites - Natural fibre-reinforced plastics: establishment and growth in niche markets
MANUFACTURING
Technology platform - ComposiTIC: a high-tech regional structure open to small and medium-sized businesses
CFP process - Zero-waste carbon composite material production
Feature Sports & Leisure - Composites boost performance !
RTM - Lighter stronger … faster: automating RTM pump press systems
3D printing - Additive manufacturing applications in sporting goods production
Additive manufacturing - The first 3D-printed golf driver head
Structal parts - Carbon swingarm for the Ducati 1299 Superleggera
Fast boat - FB Design beats world records with high-speed racing bo
Diver propulsion vehicules - The perfect carbon diving scooter for every purpose
Windfoil board - An innovative carbon-crimp fabric (NCF) for sports applications
Foils - SEAir, the future belongs to flying boats
Surfboard - The history and future of surfboard design
Prepreg - Multiaxial reinforcements for enchanced ski design and manufacture
SOLUTIONS
Building - New Ferrari Land FRP cladding meets Euroclass fire specification
Pavilion - With FocusOn, Italian architect takes sustainability to a new level
e-mobility - The first SeaBubbles prototype flies on the Seine in Paris
Aeronautics - Software helps optimize the structure of world’s largest all-composite aircraft
TECHNOLOGY
Biocomposites - Polypropylene/cotton stalk biocomposites with enhanced characteristics
Reinforcement - Tailored cylindrical warp-knitted fabric for insulation and reinforcement
Index
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Cover
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 2
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Edito
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Opinion: Racing for innovation
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 5
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Contents
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 7
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - In brief
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 9
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - China - A world leader in advanced materials
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 11
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Sustainability - Inauguration of the composites and recycling platform
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 13
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 14
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Agenda
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 16
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Digitalization - Smart Factory: The Factory of the future
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 18
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 19
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Report - The European GRP market in 2017
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 21
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 22
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Biocomposites - Natural fibre-reinforced plastics: establishment and growth in niche markets
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 24
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Technology platform - ComposiTIC: a high-tech regional structure open to small and medium-sized businesses
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 26
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 27
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - CFP process - Zero-waste carbon composite material production
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 29
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - RTM - Lighter stronger … faster: automating RTM pump press systems
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 31
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 3D printing - Additive manufacturing applications in sporting goods production
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 33
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Additive manufacturing - The first 3D-printed golf driver head
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Structal parts - Carbon swingarm for the Ducati 1299 Superleggera
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 36
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Fast boat - FB Design beats world records with high-speed racing bo
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Diver propulsion vehicules - The perfect carbon diving scooter for every purpose
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 39
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Windfoil board - An innovative carbon-crimp fabric (NCF) for sports applications
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 41
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Foils - SEAir, the future belongs to flying boats
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 43
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Surfboard - The history and future of surfboard design
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 45
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Prepreg - Multiaxial reinforcements for enchanced ski design and manufacture
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Building - New Ferrari Land FRP cladding meets Euroclass fire specification
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 48
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 49
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Pavilion - With FocusOn, Italian architect takes sustainability to a new level
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - e-mobility - The first SeaBubbles prototype flies on the Seine in Paris
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Aeronautics - Software helps optimize the structure of world’s largest all-composite aircraft
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Biocomposites - Polypropylene/cotton stalk biocomposites with enhanced characteristics
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 54
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 55
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - Reinforcement - Tailored cylindrical warp-knitted fabric for insulation and reinforcement
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #118 - January/February 2018 - 57
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