Solutions 63 Aeronautics 66 Civil engineering 69 Sports 71 A demountable composite wing box for private planes Repair and replacement of concrete pipes with carbon composites Sustainable composite manufacturing kicks into high gear Medical lmproving lives with carbon composites Business 17 20 23 KPIs Up-to-date key performance indicators for the fibre-reinforced plastics market Opportunities Advanced plastics and composites break through the automotive sector Manufacturing 26 Surface 74 NDT 77 Assembly New machine system takes surface finishing to a new level 29 35 39 NDT in-line inspection using the NIDIT procedure 3D printing Additive manufacturing of highperformance composite structures Automotive Body in black versus body in white Ensuring the durability of adhesive-bonded assemblies Automotive Sheet moulding compression of prepreg sheets for a composite subframe EV China: driving the whole car supply chain, electric vehicles are in full swing Technology 42 Simulation High-quality sound-absorbing automotive carpets 44 Curing GRP composite manufacturing optimization: opportunities with UV curing N°119 March 2018 / jec composites magazine 7