contents n°103 Edito ............................................. 3 Point of view: Lamborghini ................................. 4 Companies & Business 10 Cytec opens an application centre dedicated to materials and technologies for high volume applications ChemChina to acquire KraussMaffei Group for €925 million Hexcel acquires remaining interest in Formax UK joint venture Plastic Omnium to acquire Faurecia's Exterior Systems business for €665 million 8 " I have always been fascinated by the extreme image 13 Acquisition "We will become active in the M&A of the brand market again" " Luciano De oto Head of BIW primary structures Engineering and Advanced Composite Research Center Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. Agenda of Events .................... 14 Index ....................................... 106 Advertisers .............................106 Applications 17 Sports & leisure Carbon fibre-reinforced hockey stick 19 Sustainable construction Individual fibre-reinforced polymer houses 17 SPECIAL JEC WORLD 2016 29 Conferences 13th lnternational JEC Conferences: Knowledge and networking 38 End-users JEC World's new Planets: discover the best composite solutions 64 57 Basalt Continuous basalt fibre: production development and new products 59 Engineering Working to reduce weight, waste and cycle times 40 Automotive « We involve customers directly in the new product development process » 60 Performing Holistic development of highquality composite parts based on automated preforming 43 Awards JEC Innovation Awards Program 2016 64 Strategy For greater efficiency in lightweight construction 6 jec composites magazine / No103 March 2016