contents n°83 Companies & Business 12 Toho Tenax strengthens operations in India and ASEAN Edito ......................................3 “ Point of view: looking to the future ....................4 There are times to “go it alone” and times to partner. “ ArnAud Genis Group President, Composite Solutions Business, Toray purchased a 20% stake in Plasan Carbon Composites Applications 14 Index .................................. 65 16 - Fatigue-free wood finishing - Always a perfect right angle 12 Sport & leisure Composite baseball bat technology 18 Defense The defence sector is seeking cost-effective alternatives In the world ........................ 82 -An exceptionally light and durable clamp Elevator The next big leap in high-rise building design Owens Corning Agenda of Events ............... 10 In brief 20 E.V. The first series production vehicle with a carbon fibre passenger cell 15 SpeCiAl JeC AMeriCAS 30 9th I.C.S. 34 Awards 40 Canada: country guest of honor Gain insight into the JEC 2013 I.C.S. JEC Americas Innovation Awards Programme PermLab 2, an integrated workstation to measure the in-plane permeability of engineering textiles NRC’s multi-partner project on thermoset polyester/cellulosic fibre biocomposites Barrday focuses on high performance materials and expansion Winnipeg is fast becoming a global composite manufacturing centre 6 jec composites magazine / No83 August - September 2013 29