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country guest of honour: Japan
The Japanese market is perking up
The Japanese composites market is a bit puzzling. You can
find the most sophisticated products around, including carbon
fibre and ultra-high-tech applications in a number of fields
that meet the strictest of quality standards. But volumes have
shrunk by half over a period of fifteen years, even if the past
two years have shown a return to an upward trend.
T
he composites market in Japan
is perking up, and that is encouraging. While the volumes are
not yet back up to the highest levels
(479,500 metric tons in 1996), the
trend is positive when you look back
at the growth in 2010 (3.54%) and
2011 (2.32%). Volume has grown by
close to 15,000 metric tons (MT)
since 2009. It may not be much, but it
is going in the right direction.
A stable market structure
A look at the last full update on the
Japanese market that we put out in
2008 shows that it hasn’t changed
much, indicating that no new applications have emerged to upset the status
quo.
Stability is part of the current climate and any innovation is either
in reference application sectors like
construction, residential, sewage
disposal, marine, automotive/railcars, tanks & containers, industrial,
miscellaneous and others, or in niche
markets, involving marginal volumes.
The aerospace and defence sectors are
practically non-existent in Japan.
For the reference year 1996, the
sectors were ranked in order of the
volumes used as follows (most to
Railway, a strong sector of application
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least): residential, sewage disposal,
industrial, construction, a tie between
tanks & containers and miscellaneous,
then marine, automotive/railcars, and
other.
Fifteen years later in 2011, the ranking
had hardly changed. The three top
application sectors were residential,
sewage disposal and construction –
the first two maintaining their rank.
In 1996, the top three sectors represented 290,200 MT and 60.52% of
total volume. In 2011, the top three
represented 150,300 MT and 57.82%
of total volume, so the proportion for
them has remained stable.
2008-2011 market evolution in volume (kilotons)
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013
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Edito
Point of view GKN Aerospace: Making wing without winging it
Contents
Agenda of Events
COMPANY & BUSINESS In Brief
APPLICATIONS
Truck
Corrosion
Wind
MARKET
Carbon
Recycling
Human ressources
SPECIAL JEC ASIA 2013
Participating companies
Conferences
Awards
Life achievement
Country guest of honour: Japan
Environment
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
3D fabric
Cost prediction
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS
Automotive
NDT
Carbon
Adhesives
Index
In the world
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Agenda of Events
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - COMPANY & BUSINESS In Brief
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Truck
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Corrosion
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Carbon
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Recycling
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Participating companies
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Conferences
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Awards
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Life achievement
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Environment
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - 3D fabric
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Cost prediction
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Automotive
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Adhesives
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - Index
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #81 - May/June 2013 - In the world
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