followed by electrical and electronics (with a large share for export). In America and Europe, transportation unsurprisingly remains the main application sector, accounting for about 30% of glass consumption. Matching supply and demand As usual, production capacity is greater than the demand. The same phenomenon can be seen for carbon fibre. We should bear in mind that we are referring to nominal capacities for the offer. n More information: www.jeccomposites.com Fig. 1: Estimated worldwide consumption of glass fibre per region and sector – in million metric tons and percentages respectively (publisher’s own data) No74 July 2012 / jec composites magazine 21http://www.jeccomposites.com http://www.intace.com http://www.jecmagazine.com