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Six-year high for glass fibres
The European market for glass fibre reinforced plastics will grow for the sixth consecutive year in 2018.
12th November 2018
Innovation in Textiles
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Stuttgart
Speaking at the 2018 Composites Europe press conference in Stuttgart on 6 November, Dr Elmar Witten AVK’s managing director said production peaked at just over 1.1 million tons in 2007 before falling dramatically to just 815,000 tons in 2009 and has been climbing back ever since.
In 2016 production was over a million tons and in 2017 reached just under 1.2 million tons. AVK is predicting another modest rise in production for 2018.
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