contents n°106 Companies & Business 8 Boeing opens $1 billion 777X Composite Wing Center Edito ..................................... 3 " Point of view: Europe .................................. 4 Moreover, despite the general European trends, Germany re- 10 cords continuous and above-average growth in composite production volume " DR. MICHAEL EFFING President, Composites Germany Agenda of Events ............... 12 Index .................................. 57 In the world ........................ 58 Hexcel appoints Thierry Merlot as President and opens a $10 million Innovation Centre in UK DowAksa opens a global composites center boosts Turkey's aerospace capabilities 9 Development Euro-Composites: 30 years of uninterrupted growth Applications 14 Thermoplastics New accoustic technologies reduce ambient noise to enhance driving comfort - Composites to protect your back 17 Automotive - Anti-bac composites wall A sun roof frame - Carbon fibre enhanced prosthesis entirely made of natural fibres 15 FEATURE AERONAUTICS 23 Aerostructures 33 Characterisation 37 Process Thermoplastics 40 CFRP Innovative composite products and structures 26 Experimental and numerical investigations : effects of defects in laminated L-angles 31 New aircraft spoiler concept using thermoplastic composites Development of a composite fan system 6 jec composites magazine / No106 July 2016 Manufacture of nominal-shape composite stiffeners using autoclave injection New technology for hybrid carbon-fibre fuselage 43 31 Aero-engines Semi-product The future of flight looks bright for PEEKhttp://http://