CONTENTS NEWS WORLDWIDE Companies New organisation unveiled at 3B . 8 Embraer to create composites facility in Portugal . . . . 8 SGL Group acquires 51% of Abeking & Rasmussen Rotec . . . . . . . 8 Vestas expands its presence in USA and UK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BUSINESS Market survey Asia-Pacific: focus on the automotive and aerospace industries . .16 FEATURE REINFORCEMENT Basalt fibre Advanced basalt fibre in high-tech applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Trends The SustainComp European project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Nanofibres Carbon nanofibres for low-cost engineered polymers . . . . . . . . . 25 MIKAEL ANKERFORS, COORDINATOR, SUBSTAINCOMP Fabrics Innovative self-adhesive non-crimp fabrics . . . . . . 27 JB Martin: top name in engineering fabrics . . . . . . . . . . .28 Innovative ultra lightweight spread-tow reinforcements . . . . 30 Niche market: Race bike Beat the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Fibre grids Textile-reinforced concrete with high-performance carbon fibre grids . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Airbus sells Laupheim site to Diehl and Thales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Hill & Smith purchases Creative Pultrusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Human capital The fastest man on no legs . . . . 20 Agenda of events . . . . . . . 10-11 Equipment Know-how before “can do” . . . . 12 Sandwich New sandwich pressure-tank trailer concept for powder goods . . . . . 36 Application Design and fabrication of a GFRP road plate: for intermittent use during road works . . . . . . . . 38 JEC Composites Magazine / No44 October 2008