March 27th, 2017, Tongxiang / China, Hamburg and Aachen / Germany: One week after a very successful JEC exhibition, where all the major players in thermoset and thermoplastic composites have confirmed a strong business start in 2017, the global leader in Fiberglass, China Jushi, is very pleased to confirm that the global expansion is in full swing with its third furnace in Suez / Egypt planned to come onstream in the 2nd half of 2017. The production facility will be completed three years earlier than planned, and will have a capacity of 200,000 tonnes p.a. For further information, please read the entire press release here. Picture: Glass Fiber Producting Jushi Glass Fiber Plant Egypt

AMAC´s partner Textechno launches its latest equipment ROVINGTEST at JEC in Paris. ROVINGTEST measures the most important properties of rovings all at once. For further information, please read the press release here.

"Germany moves to build its lead in composites manufacturing" is the title of the recent article about Composite Germany´s activities in "Technical Textiles International". Please read the entire article here. 

At the last Board meeting of the trade association Composites Germany on 9 December 2016 Michael Effing, PhD, Chairman of the Board of the Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) and Managing Director of AMAC GmbH, was confirmed in his office as Chairman of the Board of Composites Germany. At the same time Elmar Witten, PhD, Managing Director of AVK was confirmed as Chief Executive Officer of Composites Germany. Both will serve in their respective capacities for another year. You can find the related press release here. 

The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) has elected a new board in Düsseldorf. Dr. Michael Effing was confirmed in his office as Chairman. Further information about the new board members can be found in the press release here.