JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #44 - October 2008 - Special Asia - 59

Composite cutting solutions The composite industry involves many specific challenges, including the need to respond swiftly to customer demands and to stay at the cutting edge of innovation. Gerber software solutions for composites combine strength, flexibility and proven performance. From product design to material optimization, these solutions provide complete control over operations. A flexible environment makes it possible to adapt efficiently and make modifications quickly and easily at any stage of the process. With this technology, the user can update existing designs in minutes, convert 3-dimensional models into 2dimensional flat patterns, and accurately estimate production costs at the touch of a button. Increasing throughput, reducing costs and maintaining quality are some of the biggest challenges in production. The Gerber Technology suite of automation solutions is designed for speed and accuracy. Whether you’re producing boat hulls or bicycles, aerospace components or golf clubs, this powerful line of automation solutions dramatically improves turnaround times and significantly reduces material waste and labour costs. > Stand D21 www.gerbertechnology.com Paper manufacturer Established in 2006, Chengdu Longpont Composites Co., Ltd is a joint venture with a 40 million RMB registered capital located in the Chengdu Economic and Technological Developing Area. As a high-tech enterprise, Longpont is an exclusive manufacturer of aramid paper and holds many independent intellectual property rights. The company has its own patent for aramid fibre paper in China, the USA, France, Italy, and the UK. With some of the most advanced know-how, equipment and technology in the world, it can manufacture any kind of fibre under 8 mm, for example PPS fibre and carbon fibre. Longpont now has 2 production lines and can manufacture 400 metric tons of aramid fibre paper per year. In a few years, the company will have 5 production lines and will able to manufacture 1000 metric tons of aramid fibre paper. It is also ISO9001:2000 certified. Longpont’s aramid paper is made of white-coloured meta-aramid fibre (“1313” fibre) or yellow-coloured para-aramid fibre (“1414” fibre). Aramid paper combines superior performance characteristics such as high specific tensile strength, high temperature and fire resistance, toughness, fatigue resistance, abrasion resistance, antistatic behaviour, high dielectric strength, chemical compatibility and moisture resistance, low specific gravity, etc. These characteristics are particularly valuable in industries such as aviation, aerospace and military, which demand very high-quality materials. Aramid paper is used in many applications including electrical insulation (transformers, generator baths, magnetic coils, electromagnetic coils, etc.), airfoils, instrument boards (airplanes, naval vessels, vehicles, armoured military vehicles, etc.), fire-insulated cabins, missile wings, airplane luggage racks, luggage cabins, radar antennas, radomes, helicopter wings, etc. Aramid paper is also used to produce honeycomb panels for the construction of large airplanes in Europe and the USA. With progressively reducing production costs and constantly improving production techniques, aramid paper should be widely adopted as a production material in more and more applications for a growing range of customers. Longpont has established a close trade and cooperation relationship with Teijin Twaron BV to secure a stable para-aramid fibre supply in the long term. longpont.en.alibaba.com SMC/BMC moulding in Japan with the Japan Composite company. > Stand H10 www.hokuto-kogyo.co.jp FRP gratings/profiles manufacturer Established in 1992, Nantong Mincom Composite Materials Co., Ltd was the first company in China to design and manufacture a wide range of fibreglassreinforced plastic (FRP) gratings and other FRP products. The company holds the ISO 9001, ASTM E-84, D635 and ABS certifications, among others. After years of research and development, Mincom has become a comprehensive, modern producer of fibreglass-reinforced composite materials, with high Hokuto Industries Ltd is a Japanese plastic moulding company that specializes in SMC/BMC and thermoplastic materials. The company has 24 SMC presses from 300 to 3,500 tons and 15 thermoplastic injection presses from 25 to 850 tons. Hohuto is an OEM moulding company and also compounds SMC/BMC in co-operation production capacity and using advanced imported equipment and technology. Mincom® FRP products have passed many authoritative tests both home and abroad, testifying to world-class quality. They are widely used in key projects in China and abroad. > Stand E6 www.mincomgrating.com No44 October 2008 / Special JEC Composites Asia 59

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