contents n°78 Companies & Business 9 BASF constructs new research building in Ludwigshafen Edito ......................................3 Ashland announces the beginning of gelcoat production in Brazil “ Point of view: bespoke solutions .4 UK’s first CPC autoclave upgrade for aerospace composites manufacturer We like customers with problems, with very demanding applications” “ Oliver Wessely, Managing Director, Formax In brief 9 UTC Aerospace Systems achieves AS9100 certification for advanced composites 11 Glass fibre Chongqing CPIC goes global Agenda of Events ................. 8 Index .................................. 57 In the world ........................ 58 Applications 13 Bridge Bridging from today to tomorrow - The Core axe - Roaring table 15 - Feel the ride Music instrument 13 Making music with carbon Feature wind energy 25 Market 32 Resin 34 Structure 38 World wind capacity has crossed 250 gigawatts 27 Prepreg in wind energy: removing the barriers Longer and lighter rotor blades - new adhesive and infusion systems 30 38 An innovative wind blade sparcap technology 6 jec composites magazine / No78 January - February 2013 Prepreg Natural fibre Can flax E-glass in small wind turbine blades? China Zhongfu Lianzhong: no lack of ambition