At the last Board meeting of the Composites Germany trade association last month, 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.

“I am honoured to have been elected Chairman for the fourth successive time by the four associations CCeV, CfK Valley, VDMA and AVK. It is expected that 2017 will be a record year with approx. 7 % growth. In Europe, our industry will generate more than EUR 32 billion in sales from a volume of nearly 3 million tonnes of composites,” commented Dr Michael Effing.

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