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Europe News & Views Gary Turner European Section Editor gt@ttrc.de ITALY In 2012 SAMPE Italy supported the fifth edition of the COMPOTEC Exhibition in Marina di Carrara (Tuscany) together with the Seatec Exhibition, and endorsed some National conferences in order to support composites knowledge and expertise. SAMPE Italy also supported the second annual congress of ASSOCOMPOSITI, the Italian Association of Composite Industry, May 29-31. The conference was held in Turin and attracted over 150 participants and 30 speakers. The first two days, held at the Environment Park, offered a very significant meeting point between companies, academics, designers, researchers and experts in composite materials. The first day focused on composite materials in construction and design and hosted the first meeting of the Assocompositi Working Table for fiber-reinforced composites with inorganic matrix for the construction sector. The second day was dedicated to materials research and industrial applications, with a very special speech by Mr. Sagnella (Alenia) on the development and use of composites in aircraft. The gala dinner had brilliant guest speaker, Michael Robinson, designer of the Bertone Group, who focused on innovative composites for the automotive industry. The third day of the congress took place at the FIAT Research Centre in Orbassano and included a meeting with the Managing Director, Mr. Re Fiorentin. It included a broad overview of the activities of the Materials Centre offered by the Director, Mr. Serra. The visit was then concluded with a presentation of the activities of the Security Center where technicians explained the characteristics of crash tests. The second edition of Assocompositi National Conference fully confirmed its aim of bringing together the Italian business, technical and scientific communities, also thanks to the role of SAMPE Italy. SAMPE Italy and SAMPE Europe supported the 15th edition of ECCM (European Conference on Composite Materials) held in Venice on June 24-28. The conference was co-organised by the Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova and Veneto Nanotech, the Italian Cluster on Nanotechnology under the patronage of ESCM, the European Society for Composite Materials. A significant contribution to the success of the event was indeed the endorsement of more than 30 worldwide Scientific Societies; among these, SAMPE supported the event within the framework of a bilateral support agreement recently signed with ESCM. The topics of the contributions presented during ECCM15 ranged from materials characterization to final application, including manufacturing technologies, modeling and simulation, plus testing and design methods. The four plenary and eight keynote lectures offered the insights and perspectives of the world’s leading experts from academia and industry. Report from Rocco Rametta, SAMPE Italy Chapter President. UKRAINE SAMPE Ukraine SUTEC-2 Technical Conference SUTEC 2, the 2nd technical conference of SAMPE Ukraine was held on November 15, 2012 at the Ukrainian Research Institute of Aviation Technology (UkrRIAT), Kiev, Ukraine. The conferences theme was "Technical Modernization of Aircraft Manufacturing Production - The Key to Success in the Aviation Market". It was attended by representatives from various cities of the Ukraine. Participants, the total number of which amounts to more than 30, represented National Technical University of Zaporozhe, Institute for Problems of Materials, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Yuzhnoye Design Office, National Aviation University, Polytechnic Institute of Kiev, ANTONOV, Aviation Institute of Kharkov, State University of Sumy and UkrRIAT. The conference comprised three sections: Management Economics, Research Manufacturing Technologies and Simulation, and Composite Materials. 13 presentations were made. Some of the papers will be considered for nomination to be presented at the 34th international conference on composite materials SEICO 2013 to be held in Paris, March 2013. In addition, all the papers of SUTEC 2 will be published in the next issues of Technological Systems journal being published by UkrRIAT. 30 SAMPE Journal, Volume 49, No. 2, March/April 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SAMPE Journal - March/April 2013

SAMPE Journal - March/April 2013
Table of Contents
President’s Message
Technical Director’s Corner
Chemical Reactivation of Exterior Decorative Aerospace Topcoats
Materials & Products
Welcome SAMPE’s Newest Members
SAMPE Journal Editorial Calender
Corporate Partners
Experimental-Comparative Investigation of the Effects of Various Process Parameters on Drilling CFRP
SAMPE Proceedings
Perspectives
Europe News & Views
SAMPE Europe’s SEICO 2013, Paris, France
SAMPE Europe’s SETEC 13 Wuppertal, Germany
Machining and Drilling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) Composites
The SAMPE Foundation
Industry News
SAMPE 2013|Long Beach
SAMPE Tech 2013|Wichita, KS Call for Papers
Advertiser’s Index
Resource Center
SAMPE Membership Application
SAMPE Books & CD’s Order Form
Industry Events Calendar
Chapter Contacts

SAMPE Journal - March/April 2013