JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #79 - March 2013 - 16

in brief
Janicki Industries receives
Nadcap composites certification
Janicki received Nadcap accreditation by passing a rigorous audit that
demonstrated its ongoing commitment to quality that satisfies customer
requirements and industry specifications. Nadcap is administered by the
not-for-profit Performance Review
Institute. PRI develops performance
standards and administers quality assurance, accreditation, and certification
programs.

Certification

Development

Boeing grows composite
manufacturing capability in Utah
Boeing announced the purchase of
a new building in Salt Lake County,
Utah. Employees at the new site,
located in West Jordan, will focus
on fabrication of composite horizontal
stabilizer components for the 787-9.

www.janicki.com

www.boeing.com

3A Composites further expands
its balsa plantations to guarantee
long-term availability of FSC certified
balsa
With its latest purchase of land, 3A Composites increases its balsa plantation base
by 20% and now owns almost 10.000
hectares in Ecuador.
This significant increase
in plantation
capacity,
combined
with investments in
machinery,
further
strengthens
3A Composites’ global leadership in the balsa core
materials business. The company’s global
customers will profit from the unique
guarantee that they will never run out of
FSC certified balsa.
www.corematerials.3AComposites.com

Announcement

The composite component fabrication
facility is expected to create approximately 100 new jobs. «Hiring will begin
immediately,» said Craig Trewet, director of Boeing Salt Lake. «We’ll begin by
hiring project managers and engineers
and will then be filling production positions over the next several quarters.»

Lectra appoints Rikako Shinonaga as Managing Director for
Japan
Lectra, a leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—textiles,
leather, industrial fabrics, and composite materials—is pleased to announce
the appointment of Rikako Shinonaga
as Managing Director for Japan.
Rikako Shinonaga reports directly to
Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO. Her appointment is part of Lectra’s strategy to
strengthen its presence in Japan.

The new organization will be effective
as of February 1, 2013, and will comprise two business units: Gurit Composite Materials and Gurit Composite
Systems and Engineering.
www.gurit.com

Metyx celebrates 10th year of
service
Metyx Composites, who celebrates
its 10th year serving the composites
industry and exhibiting at JEC Europe
in Paris, has become a major player in
the composites industry both in Turkey
and throughout the world.
The company has grown its core reinforcement business over the last decade
by delivering these high-performance
reinforcements in unidirectional,
biaxial, triaxial, and quadraxial types
made of E-glass, aramid, carbon, and
hybrids for use in high-profile projects
across the globe.

www.lectra.com

Gurit introduces new group
organisation
Gurit a leading global supplier of composite materials, engineering, tooling
parts and systems announces the introduction of a new group organization as
of February 1, 2013.
Lightweight, high performance composites are increasingly finding their
way into a growing array of industries.
Gurit is introducing a new organization, as a measure to improve future
growth both as supplier of a unique and
comprehensive range of composite materials and, progressively, as a systems
and engineering provider supplying
composite tooling equipment, engineering and select finished parts. Gurit
expects to grow its addressable composite market considerably by consistently
leveraging its technological expertise,
capabilities and industrial capacities in
the course of the next years.

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In the past three years, Metyx Composites invested in two insulated carbon
halls and a new, state-of-the-art MAX 5
carbon reinforcement production line,
in addition to other carbon weaving
and knitting machinery.
The company also invest in a new
Metyx Composites Tooling Centre
(MCTC) and Metyx Composites
Kitting Centre (MCKC) in Manisa,
Turkey. The initial investment in this
business unit totals 5.4 million euros in
machinery and equipment alone. The
company expects to continually embark
on innovative projects and solve composites challenges.
www.metyx.com

http://www.gurit.com http://www.janicki.com http://www.boeing.com http://www.lectra.com http://www.corematerials.3AComposites.com http://www.metyx.com

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