contents n°91 Companies & Business In brief 8 A glass fibre dedicated to the wind energy market, but not only A new-generation bonding paste for wind turbines blades Edito ......................................3 " Point of view: 9 growing perspectives ..................4 We work in close intelligence with industrially oriented research programmes. Formax opens new automotive production facility to acquire Magna's Composites operations " SGL Group starts production of thermoplastic-compatible carbon fibers Julie Pariset, technical section Manager European Confederation of Flax and Hemp (CELC) Agenda of Events ............... 12 Index .................................. 65 Applications 14 Railway Composites in heavy transport: A Russian composite hopper car In the world ........................ 66 - Distance the handle - Game of stool 9 10 Continental Structural Plastics 16 3D fabrics Non-crimp 3D fabrics for composite structures - Do not bukle under the pressure 15 FEATURE AUTOMOTIVE 25 32 34 43 36 Resin New generation of matrix resin: lower-weight components for the automotive industry Vinyl hybrid resins for automotive applications Design Mixing and matching materials provides automakers with a lighter future for the automotive industry 40 Sustainability 42 Process 45 3D printing 48 View CFRP All terrain - all composite: Silberform expedition vehicle superstructure Natural fibres "Tabwood": a local bio-composite 6 jec composites magazine / No91 August - September 2014 CFRP and eco-friendly technologies introduced to a future concept car Lightweight construction 2025 - where the journey will go Additive manufactured parts - now for use in even the most demanding applications t One component, one module, one body, one vision