Industry Trend & Report
Boeing forecasts strong growth in China’s aviation market despite near-term challenges
 Boeing expects China’s airlines to acquire 8,600 new airplanes valued at US$1.4 trillion and commercial aviation services valued at US$1.7 trillion over the next 20 years, reflecting an expected robust recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. Boeing shared its annual China market forecast as part of the 2020 Commercial Market...
[2020-12-23]Source:Boeing
China: driving the whole car supply chain, electric vehicles are in full swing
Beijing forecasts that China will be able to produce two million electric and hybrid vehicles annually by 2020. To reach this goal and fulfil a booming demand, local and foreign automakers are accelerating the timelines. The interest for lightweight materials such as carbon fibre is growing and local car component manufacturers are in ...
[2018-03-29]Source:KDX
Top 3 Trends Impacting the Global Bicycle Carbon Frames Market Through 2021: Technavio
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio’s latest market research report on the global bicycle carbon frames market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2017-2021. Technavio defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to i...
[2017-05-26]Source:Bussiness Wire
Sales in the Brazilian composites industry totaled US$ 335 million in the first half of this year, a 30% drop compared to the same period of 2015
[2016-10-10]Source:Materialstoday
2015 Global Carbon Fiber Composites Market Report (2)
3. The Global Carbon Fiber Supply 3.1. The Global Carbon Fiber Theoretical Capacity – by manufacturer       The data of the foreign manufacturers in this chart are from CCeV 2014 report. Acquiring ZOLTEK, Toray haveatotal production capacity of 44,700 tons of carbon fiber, holding 33.6% of the global capacity of ...
[2016-09-23]Source:ATA Carbon Fiber Tech., Co., Ltd 2016-09-23
2015 Global Carbon Fiber Composites Market Report ( 1 )
1. Preface 《2014 Global Carbon Fiber Composites Market Report》, published in February, 2015, received a positive feedback and praise from our colleagues in the carbon fiber industry. I feel honored and obligated to accept their warmest requests to perfect this annual report to be an objective and authoritative reference to the carbon...
[2016-09-18]Source:ATA Carbon Fiber Tech., Co., Ltd 2016-09-18
Overview and Outlook for China Composites Industry 2014
1. Overview of China composites industry 1.1 Overview of China fiberglass sub-sector (1) The output of fiberglass: In 2013, the output of fiberglass yarns decreased by 1.0 percent to reach 2.85 million tons. In the first half of 2014, the output of fiberglass yarns grew by 4.3 percent to reach 1.49 million tons. (Remarks...
[2015-06-06]Source:CCIA/CFIA
SHANGHAI ‒ China's car industry is working more seriously on developing its own technology on lightweighting, replacing metal parts with plastics, but many hurdles remain like poor communication in the supply chain holding back innovation, according to participants at the China International Auto Lightweight Plastics and Innovative ...
[2013-12-02]Source:Plastics News
With growing incentives announced by various governments and larger end-user awareness, the small-wind power market is expected to increase significantly, from $609 million in 2012 to $3 billion by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22%, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. According to the company’s latest...
[2013-11-28]Source:Reinforced Plastics 2013-11-28
China National Renewable Energy Centre has completed the “first half of 2013 China Wind Power Construction Statistical Evaluation Report” as requested in the “wind power Information Management Interim Measures” (States New Energy [2011] No. 136). The report includes the provinces data review, confirmation, and ag...
[2013-11-04]Source:www.evwind.es
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM, Tempe, Ariz., USA) reports that economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in September for the fourth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 52nd consecutive month. The index registered 56.2 percent. An index of more than 50 percent indicates expansion;...
[2013-10-12]Source:CompositesWorld
China has increased its renewable energy use to meet its international commitments to tackle climate change, according to a report by the Australian government’s Climate Commission released Monday. The report, namely the Critical Decade: Global Action Building on Climate Change, showed the world’s two largest economies, Ch...
[2013-04-30]Source:www.evwind.es
China generated 100.8 billion kilowatt hours of wind power in 2012, marking a 41-percent rise from 2011, the National Energy Administration said Tuesday. The amount represented about 2 percent of the country’s total electricity sent through the state grid, according to a statement on the administration’s website. The figures...
[2013-04-11]Source:www.evwind.es
Brazilian Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Decides To Inspect All Imports of Plastic Buttons Due to evidence of underpricing, the Brazilian IRS decided to inspect all import of plastic buttons. The measure, which came into force as of Mar/01, was motivated by a warning made last year by the Latin American Composite Materials Association (AL...
[2013-03-28]Source:www.lucintel.com
The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the country's largest energy distributor, on Wednesday vowed to facilitate the use of distributed power generation. Households and individual companies will not only be allowed to use small-sized power generation stations to provide themselves with power, but will also be given permission t...
[2013-03-01]Source:www.xinhuanet.com,
China’s wind energy sector generates more electricity than nuclear power
Wind power generated more electricity than nuclear power in China last year and will likely continue to do so in the future, according to a new report by the influential Earth Policy Institute (EPI). The report, released last Tuesday, added nuclear power generation in China has risen by 10% annually since 2007 but wind power during the s...
[2013-02-27]Source:By Chris Rose, www.ewea.org,25/02/2013
The Brazilian composites sector reported US$ 1.492 billion revenue in 2012, which corresponds to a 4.6% increase in comparison with the previous year. The data, from a recent study carried out by Maxiquim, a consulting firm hired by the Latin American Composite Materials Association (ALMACO), also showed that the volume of raw materials ...
[2013-02-16]Source:www.netcomposites.com
US Wind Energy Industry Has Strongest Year Ever
The U.S. wind energy industry had its strongest year ever in 2012, according to the American Wind Energy Association , installing a record 13,124MW of electric generating capacity, leveraging $25 billion in private investment,and achieving over 60,000MW of cumulative wind capacity. The milestone of 60,000MW (60GW) was reached just five m...
[2013-02-04]Source:www.evwind.es
The Central News Agency reported on January 16th that EU declared that they find mainland China exporters sale the open-mesh fabrics of glass fibers to EU, and avoid tariff of 62.9% by transship the fabrics via Taiwan or Thailand. The material is mainly used to reinforce building construction. Eventually, EU decided tariff-levy will also ...
[2013-01-28]Source:Global Times, 17 Jan 2013
Sinopec Balin, with its independent intellectual proprietary right technique facilitating them to realize an annual output of 30 thousand tons liquid epoxy resin, initiated test operation of equipment on Sept. 6th. The 52-hour test achieved marvelous success with excellent products first made on Sept. 8th. Henceforward, the company integr...
[2012-10-24]
China Composite Expo 2012 Winners of Innovation Program
       Raw Materials Serial Number:No. 1 Product Name:BYK-Processing additives aids for SMC/BMC compounding in Closed Mold: BYK-P 9065 and BYK-P 9051 Company Name:BYK-Chemie GmbH   Serial Number:No. 2 Product Name:Three-dimensional spacer fabric reinforced thermal insulation material Compa...
[2012-09-12]
It is reported that the demand for carbon fiber in the fields of aerospace, entertainment, energy industry in 2011 amount to 44 thousand ton. The annual increase will reach 18.9% before 2015, an increase of 88 thousand tons annually. Japan currently maintains 70% of world’s carbon fiber production capacity while China less than 10...
[2012-07-19]
The Twelfth Five-Year plan estimated a 160,000-ton annual capacity of domestic high- performance fiber by 2015, of which carbon fiber accounting for 20,000 tons, aramid fiber 15,000 tons, PPS 20,000 tons, UHMWPE 20,000 tons, PI 3000 tons, basfiber 6,000-10,000 tons, PVA 60,000-80,000 tons. And at that time, China’s will secure itsel...
[2012-07-11]