January 2008
The Carbon Fiber Market:
Manufacturers Invest Heavily Through 2014
Small Tow VS. Large Tow...1
Carbon Fiber Plant Output...2
Carbon Fiber Demand...3
Industrial & Consumer Demand...4
The Big Picture...4
US Wind Energy Installations Grow 45% in 2007…5
Chevy Unleashes 2009 Z06 ZR1…8
Quick Takes…9
December 2007
CompositesWorld
Carbon Fibers 2007...1
Honda F1
Gearbox...2
Current CFRP Usage at GM...2
Sigmatex Growing With Advanced Woven Materials...3
Recycling Carbon Fiber...4
CF Price Sensitivity to
High Oil Prices...5
Mitsubishi Rayon Introduces P330 Carbon Fiber...6
Wind Point Acquires
Taylor-Wharton...8
Quick Takes...9
October-November 2007
Epsilon Composites Enters Roller
Market...1
Aldila’s Shaft Sales Drop
19% in 3Q...2
Sinoi Signs with Aerodyn to Manufacture Blades...3
SGL Group Acquires
Epo GmbH...4
Fibers Technology
Development at SAMPE Technical Conference...5
Quick Takes...8
September 2007
Toho Tenax America
Rockwood Plant Expansion...1
Hexcel Plans 70% Increase
in CF Capacity...2
Zoltek Buys Acrylic Fiber Plant...3
2007 SPE Automotive
Composites Conference...4
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Survey Shows
Strong Fuel Cells...7
Quick Takes...8
August 2007
CNG Pressure Vessel Outlook...1
Lincoln Composites
Opens New Facility...4
Fraunhofer Institute Develops Long-Lasting Mold
Release...5
Quickstep Gaining
Production Credibility...6
Quick Takes...7
July 2007
Prosthetics and Orthotics...1
Otto Bock
Healthcare...3
Ossur...4
Endolite...4
Freedom Innovations...5
Motion Control, Inc...5
SGL Bolstering Composites Business...6
Wind Energy Acquisitions & Expansions...6
CompositesWorld Carbon Fibers 2007...7
Quick Takes...8
June 2007
Composite Racquet Sports Demand
Rebounding...1
ING Renault F1 on FiberSIM...5
JCFMA Establishing CFRP Recycling Plant...7
Bell Canoe Looking
to Double Output...7
Quick Takes...9
May 2007
Warm Weather
Spoiling ‘07 Ski Market...1
TPR2 Bringing Improved
FST to Composites...5
Vestas Signs $300 Million CF Deal Amid Expansion...6
TPI Blade Ventures Gaining Momentum...6
Quick Takes...9
April 2007
Composite Manufacturing 2007...1
CF Market Expansion...6
Parker Hannifin Promoting CFRP Accumulators...7
NEC Develops CF/Bio-Plastic for Electronics...8
Quick Takes...9
March 2007
Wind Energy Outlook 2007 – Beating
Expectations...1
Goodyear Expands Usage of Fiber Reinforcements in
Products...10
Lignol to Supply Feedstock for Low-Cost CF...10
Quick Takes...11
February 2007
Aldila 2006 Shafts Down 4%...1
CFRP Developments in
Offshore O&G Continue...4
Integran Develops
Nanovar...6
Lawson-Hemphill Introduces New Fiber Testing
Equipment...7
Quick Takes...7
January 2008
The Carbon Fiber
Market: Manufacturers Invest Heavily through 2014
Small Tow vs. Large Tow...1
Carbon Fiber Plant Output...2
Carbon Fiber Demand...3
Aerospace - CF
Material of the Future...4
The Big Picture...4
Learjet 85 to Go All-Composite...5
Ranier and Isolair Fly CFRP K-MAX Tanks...6
SpaceShipTwo Design Revealed...8
Quick Takes...13
November/December 2007
Aviation Week’s 2007 A&D Programs...1
Next Generation
Aircraft Engines Are Coming...3
Unmanned Vehicle Strategies...6
Regional Aircraft Strategy Shifts...9
787 to “Power-On” in
Late January...11
Liberty Signs Deal to Build XL-2 In China...12
Quick Takes...13
October 2007
Boeing Announces Six Month Delay for
787...1
Toho Tenax America
Rockwood Plant Expansion...2
Hexcel Plans 70% Increase in CF Capacity...3
2007 NBAA Show
Coverage
Continued...3
SSBJs...4
Company News...6
Composite Market Outlook...7
Alenia Developing
Sky-Y MALE UAV...10
Quick Takes...11
September 2007
2007 NBAA Convention and Business
Aviation Outlook...1
Debate Settled –
VLJs Are For Real...2
Company News...3
Business Aviation Outlook...6
Nelcote Adds Prepreg Capacity...8
787 First Flight Slides
to Nov-Dec...9
Quick Takes...10
August 2007
General & Experimental Aviation
Outlook for Composite Aerostructures...1
UMECO Buys JD Lincoln...8
Graphene Oxide Paper Offer Composite Development
Potential...9
Quick Takes...10
July
2007
The Outlook for Military
Fighters and Trainers...1
CH-53K Team Taking Shape...6
SGL Growing
Aero/Defense Business...7
Van Horn Aviation Receives Certification for UH-1H
Tail...8
Quick Takes...9
June
2007
2007
Satellite & Launch Vehicle Outlook...1
Epic Aircraft Making Headwind...5
TPI Unveils Cab for
Army’s HEMTT A3...6
TPR2 Bringing Improved
FST to Composites...7
Quick Takes...8
May
2007
Outlook for Commercial and Military Jet Engines...1
Orbitial Sciences Eyes 4-5 MT Capacity Launch
Vehicle...5
Dreamliner Puzzle Coming Together...6
Navy Cancels LCS 3...8
CF Market Expansion...8
Quick Takes...10
April
2007
Composites Manufacturing 2007...1
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle...8
VSC Teams with Stratton Composite Solutions...9
Quick Takes...10
March
2007
FY08
U.S. Defense Budget...1
Bombardier Launches
CRJ1000...7
Nordam Mass Producing
CFRP Windows for 787...8
Urban Aeronautics Developing X-Hawk with Bell...9
Airbus May Cost EADS More Than Profits...10
Quick Takes...10
February
2007
Outlook for
Advanced Composites in Rotocraft...1
CMF56 Sets Records in 2006, Deliveries up 33%...5
Integran Develops
Nanovar...6
Quick Takes...7
