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BUSlNESS market
Overview of the european Market for Glass
Fibre Reinforced Plastics (GRP) in 2020
The AVK recently published its annual market report for glass fibre reinforced
plastics (GRP). The total european GRP has fallen by 12.7% to 996,000 tonnes
in 2020. The report presents the market developments, trends, outlooks and
challenges.
Dr. Elmar Witten,
Managing Director
AVK
Volker Mathes,
Responsible for market information
AVK
A
fter six years of continuous growth, the
European production
volume of GRP stagnated
for the first time last year.
In 2020, the European GRP
market is now experiencing
the sharpest slump since the
economic and financial crisis
of 2008/2009. Production
volume has fallen by 12.7%
to 996,000 tonnes.
A market overshadowed
by the Corona pandemic
This massive decline is
mainly due to the coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2 pandemic,
which has been ongoing
since February of this year,
not least in Europe. Initially,
the transport sector was
among the hardest hit areas
of the economy, with the
automotive and aviation segments suffering most acutely.
In the meantime, however,
almost all application areas
have been affected by losses,
although to varying degrees.
In regional terms, southern
16
European countries and the
UK/Ireland have suffered
the greatest declines. Germany and the Eastern European
countries reviewed in this
report have been less severely affected, although their
volumes are also declining.
Glass fibre reinforced systems (GRP) remain by far
the dominant materials in
terms of quantity, regardless
of the development of other
market segments. GRP
accounts for well over 90%
of fibre reinforced plastics/
composites production.
As mentioned above, all
sectors of the economy are
affected by the Covid-19
pandemic. After assuming a
dramatic fall in GDP of 7.4
% for the EU as a whole and
7.7 % for the euro zone in
its spring forecast, the European Commission revised
these figures downwards
still further in its summer
forecast.
According to the latest
survey carried out in July,
the euro zone economy is
forecast to contract by 8.7
% this year and the EU as a
whole by 8.3 %. Significant
growth is forecast for the
coming year.
As was the case during the
economic and financial crisis, the declines in the GRP
sector will be worse than
those in the overall economy. The two main customers
for GRP products are the
transport and construction
sectors.
The transport sector, in
particular, was and remains
particularly badly affected by
the economic contraction.
The corona pandemic and
the measures associated
with it, including the initial
lockdown, must be seen as
the principal causes of the
current, rather exceptional
development.
However, it would be wrong
to see them as the sole and
exclusive reasons for the
weak market environment.
Last year, the markets were
already being affected by
growing political uncertainties both within the EU and
in international trade. Even
in the second half of 2019,
macroeconomic events and
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processes, e.g. Brexit, trade
conflicts, the protectionist
policies of various countries
and a slowdown in world
trade, were leading to greater
uncertainty and generally declining expectations regarding the future development
of the composites market.
Thus, the trend towards
cost-cutting and corporate restructuring, increasing stock
market uncertainty, declining
investment activity and an
unsettled overall economic
climate were already evident
last year.
Lack of visibility and continuing weakness in core
markets, such as cars and
commercial vehicles, were
also resulting in pessimistic
forecasts well before the
outbreak of the pandemic
- which has hit the markets
with a force that could
not have been anticipated.
Nevertheless, the structural
changes that were taking
place before the pandemic
should not be overlooked
when implementing countermeasures and preparing
for the future.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021
Cover
Edito
“Composite materials are ideally suited to produce such complex shaped parts”
Contents
NEWS
In brief
Governance
Agenda
BUSINESS
Startup - A standardised method to join metal and fibre-reinforced plastics
Strategy - Taking your innovation to market: commercialising new products in the composites sector
Market - Overview of the glass fibre-reinforcemed plastics market in Europe
MANUFACTURING
Natural fibres - Optimizing the machining of biocomposites
Lightweighting - Honeycomb cores for the automotive industry
Automation - Improving productivity and efficiency with automated kitting system
FEATURE MARINE - Always better?
Fabric - Beneteau optimizes the infusion process
Bonding - Design-for-disassembly of bonded composite foils
Additive manufacturing - A 3D-printed boat made with a continuous-fibreglass thermoset material
Environment - lnteresting approach to making global shipping more sustainable
E-boat - Yachting makes the move to hydrogen
Trends - Sports and composites: the magic of water sports
Filament winding - Composite lashing bar
Sustainability - RAMSSES: lightweighting ships for a cleaner environment
SOLUTIONS
Aerospace - Egyptian consortium develops first textile palm fibres and reinforcements
Renewable energy - Powering the future
Transportation - Infusing efficiency in the Indian raod fleet with composites
TECHNOLOGY
Graphitization - Heat treatment and change of material properties
Inside the lab - ICC: an open-research innovation platform for composites
Carbon - Developing carbon fibre wheels for peak performance
Index
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - “Composite materials are ideally suited to produce such complex shaped parts”
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Contents
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - In brief
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Governance
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Startup - A standardised method to join metal and fibre-reinforced plastics
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Agenda
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - 13
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Strategy - Taking your innovation to market: commercialising new products in the composites sector
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Market - Overview of the glass fibre-reinforcemed plastics market in Europe
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Natural fibres - Optimizing the machining of biocomposites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Lightweighting - Honeycomb cores for the automotive industry
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Automation - Improving productivity and efficiency with automated kitting system
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Fabric - Beneteau optimizes the infusion process
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Bonding - Design-for-disassembly of bonded composite foils
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Additive manufacturing - A 3D-printed boat made with a continuous-fibreglass thermoset material
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Environment - lnteresting approach to making global shipping more sustainable
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - E-boat - Yachting makes the move to hydrogen
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Trends - Sports and composites: the magic of water sports
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Filament winding - Composite lashing bar
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Sustainability - RAMSSES: lightweighting ships for a cleaner environment
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Aerospace - Egyptian consortium develops first textile palm fibres and reinforcements
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Renewable energy - Powering the future
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Transportation - Infusing efficiency in the Indian raod fleet with composites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Graphitization - Heat treatment and change of material properties
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Inside the lab - ICC: an open-research innovation platform for composites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #138 - January/February 2021 - Carbon - Developing carbon fibre wheels for peak performance
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