CONTENTS NEWS WORLDWIDE Companies Owens Corning & Vetrotex: situation after the acquisition 8 BUSINESS Trends Carbon fibre: sustained increase in production capacities 18 FEATURE AERONAUTICS Market A fast-changing market 34 Market survey: Asia Technology-linked business opportunities for composites in India 20 Mechemco: a strategy that is paying off 22 Development Compressing composite part development cycle and improving quality 36 Sale of Owens Corning plants in Belgium and Norway 8 Capacity expansion in Texas for Owens Corning 9 Gurit’s results and future prospects 9 New LM Glasfiber factory in Poland 9 Hexcel opens first carbon fibre plant in Spain 9 Teijin invests in carbon and aramid fibre 9 MR.PRADIP THAKKAR, CHAIRMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR MECHEMCO INDUSTRIES Permali Wallace: sustained development 25 Simulation An industrial solution to analyse delamination 39 LESCO Technology: riding the environmental wave 27 MR.HARRY DUAN, MANAGER DIRECTOR, LESCO TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL GROUP Micromechanics of failure: a new approach to modelling composite failure and life 42 An end-to-end simulation solution for autoclave manufacturing 44 Agenda of events 12-13 JEC Show Paris 2008 report .14 Niche market All-carbon micro-aerial vehicle 29 Human Capital Accomplishing the project objectives 32 JEC Composites Magazine / No41 June 2008