Market 27 Technology & Innovations Europe 85 The European upturn continues 30 Meeting the challenges for lighter cars with innovative products Reinforcement Glass fabrics demand will grow 32 88 92 Research & Development Short natural fibres 98 Biocomposites 102 Adhesion between flax fibre and a biobased thermoset matrix Graphene Graphene-based high-performance composites via plasma functionalisation Study on short natural fibres for composites 82 Epoxy DFCM: a new step forward in composite mass production 95 78 CFRP Carbon composites: Material systems with improved mechanical behaviour for various industries Natural fibre Securing the supply of technical flax for the composite industry 28 Lightweighting Thermoset Reformable epoxy adhesive film Sizing «We are constantly developing new products» 78 Advertisers 34 3A Composites A&P Technology Aeroform Airtech Alzchem Ashland Aonix BASF Belotti CA Litzler Chemtrend CNC Technics Cytec Diab Dieffenbacher Duratek Eastman Emerald Materials Evonik Fimalin French Oil Harper Hexion Hilger IMG JEC Group Karl Mayer p.11 Back cover p.39 p.23 p.81 p.8 p.23 p.101 p.24 p.29, 31 p.40 p.105 p.45 p.18 p.103 p.85 p.10 p.53 p.61 p.105 p.57 p.77 p.26 p.29 p.100 p.17 p.39 p.104 Kroenert p.24 L&L Products p.34 Lantor p.30 LAP Laser p.87 Magnum Venus Products p.29 McClean Anderson p.42 Michelman p.34, 44 Mikrosam p.94 MTorres p.10 Muench Chemie p.61 Netzsch p.104 Nord composites p.15 Procotex p.21 Porcher Industries p.33 Saertex p.55 Santex p.70 Sappi p.12 Scott Bader Inside front cover Selcom p.59 Siemens p.39 Sulzer p.49 TEI Composites Inner back cover Thermwood p.105 Unique Textiles p.65 Victrex p.76 Web Industries p.97 Zünd No95 March 2015 / jec composites magazine 7