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Riding a 40-year wave

Inside Composites talks to Danu Chotikapanich, CEO of Cobra International.

17th May 2018

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Chonburi

Transport/​Aerospace, Sports/​Outdoor

Danu Chotikapanich, CEO of Cobra International. © Cobra InternationalInside Composites talks to Danu Chotikapanich, CEO of Cobra International.

Hi Danu, in introducing your company, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, I would refer our readers to a previous article on Cobra, here. As a key part of your business let’s first talk generally about composite sandwich products in watersports. What are the biggest markets globally and how big is the market approximately, in your understanding?

Danu Chotikapanich: You’ve certainly started with a tough question!  With such a mix of construction technologies across younger and more mature sports, it’s always difficult for us to be completely precise on overall market size.  Probably the best summary I could give you is that we see the overall watersports board market (circa 1.5 million boards per year including soft and inflatable boards) still being dominated by surfing, with these products making up around half of the total number of boards built...

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