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Industry News BTG Composites Inc., an advanced composites and FRP consultancy with over 45 years experience in numerous composites technologies, announced the new revision and update to its web site at www.BTGComposites.com. Dr. Scott W. Beckwith, BTG Composites president noted that the company has been supporting the international composites industry in a number of market segments ranging from high performance aerospace technologies to traditional composites used in the infrastructure and commercial markets as well. Dr. Beckwith noted that BTG Composites has a strong background over the years in providing not only training and educational support but also process development and failure analysis support in a variety of technologies. BTG has been particularly active in providing technical advice and services within the areas of product liability, litigation, patent infringement, trade secret lawsuits and advanced materials/structural failures. The new web site provides an excellent overview of the technology support areas that BTG Composites Inc. serves within our M&P community. GE Aviation and Emirates have signed a 12-year OnPointSM solutions agreement for the Emirates fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft. The agreement will include maintenance and inventory support services of various avionics, electrical power and mechanical products for the Boeing 777 aircraft. Emirates and GE have established a strong relationship and cooperation. As one of the world’s fastest growing international airlines, the company operates GE90-powered 777-300ERs/-200LRs and represents the largest B777 fleet worldwide. This contract is the first Systems OnPoint solutions agreement with Emirates and will cover Emirates’ current fleet and firm orders for a total fleet of 135 Boeing 777 aircraft – the largest fleet in the world. OnPoint solutions are flexible, long-term commitments designed to meet customers’ unique service needs. Backed by GE’s world-class support, these solutions help lower cost-of-ownership and maximize assets for GE customers. For more information, visit: http://www.emirates.com/. Siemens has expanded its industrial software portfolio with the acquisition of Vistagy, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, a leading supplier of specialized engineering software and services with emphasis on designing and manufacturing structures made of advanced composite materials. An agreement to this effect was signed in early November. This acquisition allows Industry Automation, a Division of the Siemens Industry Sector, to continue to enhance its position as the world’s leading supplier of industrial software. The parties agreed not to disclose the terms of the acquisition. The transaction is subject to customary approvals, and is expected to close before the end of 2011. Companies that use composite materials like carbon fiber components in their products are faced with the task of further reducing costs and time-to-market in order to sharpen the competitive edge composites offer. With their unique combination of low weight, high strength, and durability, composite structures are already used extensively in the aerospace industry and for rotor blades of wind power turbines. Composite materials will continue to experience more 38 widespread use – primarily in the automotive and marine industries – as the complexity and time required for developing and producing composite structures is reduced. This is precisely the aim Siemens is pursuing by adding industryspecific engineering software to its industrial software portfolio for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Already today, Siemens is among the technology leaders for the automation of production lines for carbon fiber components. With the acquisition of Vistagy, Siemens will become the only company worldwide to support the whole value creation for carbon fiber components with its software tools – from product definition and development to manufacturing and service. For more information, visit: http://www.automation.siemens.com/ mcms/automation/en/Pages/automation-technology.aspx Euroresins Europe Holding GmbH & Co. kG (Oldenburg, Germany) and United Initiators GmbH & Co. kG (Pullach, Munich) are pleased to announce that the existing partnership for the distribution of organic peroxides for cold cure application in Europe will be expanded. The partnership, under which Euroresins currently distributes the CUROX® product range in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Switzerland and the Baltic states will be extended to include Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland and Turkey. Euroresins will be sole representative of the United CUROX® product range in said territory. “Our extended partnership with United Initiators fits perfectly with the strategy of Euroresins”, says Steef Bouwmeester – Managing Director of Euroresins. “United Initiators offers a very complete, phthalate free product range which fits excellent with our resins, gelcoats and bonding pastes range. This allows us to formulate sustainable solutions for our customers. I am excited about having United Initiators as our partner in Europe.” For more information, visit: http://www.united-initiators.com./ Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of solutions for advanced process control, has announced the acquisition of Nanda Technologies, GmbH (“Nanda”) of Munich, Germany. Nanda has developed a high-throughput, high-sensitivity defect inspection technology for semiconductor manufacturing. With this acquisition, Nanometrics adds a highly differentiated and leading-edge macro defect inspection technology to its portfolio of industry-leading metrology solutions. Nanda’s proprietary SPARK technology is unique in the semiconductor industry in that it captures full-wafer surface inspection images – at high-volume production speeds – allowing customers to achieve precise wafer inspection and 100% device sampling for today’s most advanced technology nodes. The SPARK platform supports a wide range of surface materials and topographies, and is expected to address a $300 to $400 million served market opportunity that is incremental to the metrology segments currently served by Nanometrics’ optical process control products. For more information, visit: www.nanometrics.com. SAMPE Journal, Volume 48, No. 1, January/February 2012 http://www.BTGComposites.com http://www.automation.siemens.com/mcms/automation/en/Pages/automation-technology.aspx http://www.automation.siemens.com/mcms/automation/en/Pages/automation-technology.aspx http://www.united-initiators.com./ http://www.emirates.com/ http://www.nanometrics.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - January/February 2012

SAMPE Journal - January/February 2012
Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
In-Process Fiber Orientation Measurement and Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Prevention for Complex Preform or Prepreg Lay-ups
The World of the Future: What is SAMPE’s Material Contribution?
Corporate Partners
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SEICO 2012, Paris
SAMPE Tech 2012 Call for Papers
SAMPE Books & CD’s Order Form
SAMPE Proceedings
New Processes for Large Scale Automotive Production of Composite Applications
The SAMPE Foundation
Materials & Products
SAMPE LinkedIn Communities
SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
SAMPE 2012|Baltimore
SAMPE 2012 Exhibition
Industry News
SAMPE Asia 2012|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SAMPE Tech 2011 Ft. Worth Review
Upcoming SAMPE Events
12th Japan International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition – JISSE-12
SAMPE China Review
Advertiser’s Index
Resource Center
Membership Application
Industry Events Calendar
Chapter Meetings Dates and Contacts

SAMPE Journal - January/February 2012