contents n°97 Companies & Business 8 In brief Messier-Bugatti-Dowty opens a new wheel and brake repair facility in the US Edito ......................................3 Cytec opens kitting facility in France " Point of view: Excellence as a motto ..................4 GKN Aerospace becomes Centre of Excellence for GE Aviation CF6 fan blade repair Our business model is farly a typical, compared to those of our competitors Dong Energy takes over US offshore wind development project " 9 8 Equipment An innovative filament winding machine manufacturer Nicolas oraNce head of strategy aNd developmeNt rahul BaNdaru, & rohit BaNdaru directors, cNc techNics pvt. ltd Daher Group Agenda of Events ............... 12 Index .................................. 73 In the world ........................ 74 Applications 14 Marine Nomad of the Seas: world showcase for biocomposites - Well-balanced line and function - Hear the sound of nature - Natural fibre can play blue grass 16 Watch Submersible watch made from a new carbon-fibre composite 14 SPECIAL JEC AMERICAS 23 Conferences 26 Awards 32 Brazil, country guest of honor Brazilian composites sector revenue remained stable in 2014 34 51 39 Thermoplastic automated fibre placement: current fields of application and future prospects 45 6 jec composites magazine / No97 May - June 2015 Oil & Gas / overview Composites in oil and gas: growth in new and existing applications Natural fibres European flax/linen & hemp fibres: advanced natural materials for the composite industry For a new generation of composite products Manufacturing 48 Oil & Gas / manufacturing NOV Fiber Glass Systems, a key player in the oil & gas industry