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age of 6 percent per year. "Composites
are used more and more often to lighten
structures, aircraft, and vehicles in general, thus improving energy efficiency,"
says Mutel. "Innovation is present in each
of the steps of the value chain." Producers of raw materials (polymers, as well
as carbon, glass and natural fibers) have
heavily invested in the research and development of new formulations. "Downstream, at the part manufacturing level,
the industry is also highly innovative."
The European segment of the 2013 JEC
Innovations Awards Competition will culminate in Paris with show-floor displays
of products designed and built by award
winners and runners up.
JEC's "Country of Honor" this year is
Turkey, in recognition of its composites
presence in the automotive and pipe/
tank manufacturing markets. According
to JEC figures, Turkey's composites manufacturers produce about 200,000 metric
tonnes (440.9 million lb) of composite
product per year, valued at €1 billion
($1.3 billion USD).
on day one. Likewise, on day two, one
session will focus only on automotive.
Early arrivers can take in the Welcome
Reception on March 10, in the Hotel Mercure Atrium (finger food and drinks from
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.). The event sessions
are fully catered on both days, and on
March 11, the annual conference dinner
will commence at 7:30 p.m. On March 12,
SAMPE Europe will provide complimentary shuttle bus service, four times each
hour, to and from the Expo gate. Further,
conference attendees will receive a free
CD of the conference proceedings. Additional copies of the CD may be purchased for €70.00 (approx. $91.00 USD).
For more information about JEC Europe
2012, contact the JEC Group; Tel.: + 33 1
58 36 15 01; Fax: + 33 1 58 36 15 15; Email: visitors@jeccomposites.com; Web site:
www.jeccomposites.com.
For more information about SAMPE Europe
2013 (SEICO 13), E-mail: sebo@sampeeurope.org; Web site: www.sampe-europe.org.
SAMPE Europe 2013
A short distance from the Paris Expo, the
European arm of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE Europe) will present its
34th International Conference. The two-day
event will feature two keynote addresses.
The first, geared to SAMPE's foundational
aerospace market, will be given by copresenters Nicholas Melillo and Andrew
Mallow from The Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
on the subject of "Rapid Prototyping as a
Tool for Technology Insertion." The other,
on day two, will feature a focus on the upand-coming automotive market. Dr. Armin
Plath, Volkswagen AG (Wolsburg, Germany) will discuss his paper titled "From
Small Scale to Volume Production — How
to Make Carbon Fiber Mainstream."
Overall, the conference has attracted,
in addition to the keynote presentations,
55 technical papers. Aerospace papers
are plentiful enough that the sector will
have its own, dedicated plenary session
Learn More
@
www.compositesworld.com
See expanded show coverage, including a
map of the JEC Europe 2013 show floor and a
list of exhibitors and their stand locations, at
http://short.compositesworld.com/RV5cZc2o.
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