Market 20 Research & Development Brazil 47 Brazilian composites industry reports 9% revenue growth in 2013 22 Multi-step infusion to optimize filling in the production of a large component 51 U.S. 23 WPC WPC and natural fibre composites: market and trends in Europe Process Twin-O-Sheet: producing functionalized hollow bodies in a shorter process chain US demand for FRP to rise 4.7% annually through 2017 23 Infusion Technology & Innovations 54 Automotive Flax/Acrodur® sandwich panel: an innovative ecomaterial for automotive applications 60 Tow placement Multi-Material-Head 63 53 Core materials Electromagnetic shielding properties in composites 59 Advertisers 3A Composites Back cover Almaco p.21 Ashland p.19 CNC Technics p.65 Harper p.17 JEC Group Inner cover, p.26, 45, 59, 65, Inner back cover McClean Anderson Netzsch 38 What the next step for composites? p.26 p.31 Procotex p.34 Selcom p.27 TEI p.63 Trootswijk p.28 No89 May 2014 / jec composites magazine 7