The composites industry: plenty of opportunities in heterogeneous market

Abstract

Fiber reinforced plastics – also known as composites – have been attracting enormous media interest over the last few months, especially in lightweight construction. Whenever a conference or tradeshow is held on mobility or lightweight construction, composites are nearly always included. The talks and presentations are accompanied by a steadily increasing number of press releases and/or articles in the relevant professional media, and indeed elsewhere. Composites seem to have ‘arrived’ in the industry.