FEATURE ”Automotive” THERMOPLASTICS - Greener solutions for new vehicles with reduced environment impact - Automotive thermoplastic composites: Global recession, technology responses NANOTUBES - New crossover alternative energy vehicle 28 30 33 36 38 40 E-LFT PROCESS - Composite body structure HIGH-TEMPERATURE - User-friendly composites that take the heat COATING - High-performance coatings for tribologically-organized pistons SOFTWARE - Renault F1 team cuts development time for composite diffuser by 50% PROCESS - High quality composites body panels for the Aston Martin DBS Volante R e s i n s p a r e x c e l le n c e No53 November - December 2009 / jec composites magazinehttp://www.crayvalley.com