Following on from the huge success of our Carbon Fibre event in the US, this year IntertechPira is bringing Carbon Fibre 2008 to Europe to stage the region’s leading forum for market analysis, discussion, and technical updates on the latest in carbon fibre and carbon fibre composites.....
 

Brian Smith, Chief Engineer at Boeing Commercial Airplanes – will give Boeing’s perspective on future developments in carbon fibre composite components for their aircraft. With Boeing such a major influence on supply and demand for CF, this is not to be missed.




Andreas Reinhardt, Innovation Manager - Advanced Manufacturing Technology, BMW, Germany - will discuss the choice of carbon fibre as a lightweighting solution in commercial vehicles, illustrating through a case study of the BMW M3 and it's carbon fibre roof.

Derek Bunn, Professor of Decision Sciences at London Business School – talks about the process of commoditisation in maturing markets. Through a series of case studies, he will illustrate what you can expect, and how to deal with it as capacity continues to increase and carbon fibre enters commodity status.






Thordur Hilmarsson, Managing Director, Invest in Iceland Agency will be looking in detail at manufacturing and commercial opportunities for the carbon fibre industry in Iceland. Hear the latest information on why Iceland is an attractive proposition in this sector.



John Davidson, Managing Director of Milled Carbon – as carbon fibre usage continues to increase, so must the environmental impact of manufacturing and using it decrease. As the leading global player, Milled Carbon give their perspective on localised and in-line recycling facilities.

Richard McAinsh, Technical Director at 3T – will illustrate how his experience with Formula 1 carbon fibre composites has been put to use in transforming the bike industry and how F1 design and engineering can be employed in a mass market commercial environment.

Dr Sanjay Mazumdar, CEO and Sean Lofgren, Business Development Director of Lucintel - will present their latest market research on wind energy markets for carbon fibre usage, in addition to the brand new research data in their Workshop Session on “Emerging Market Analysis for Carbon Fibre Production and Applications” – see the brochure for further details…