SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS

Boeing and Airbus split up loss-making supplier among themselves

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING

Existential threat to aerospace suppliers / Decline in production makes itself felt

BOMBARDIER

Sale of aircraft wing production plants in UK and Morocco / Resin injection process for composite parts

AEROSPACE PLASTICS

Demand to rise at a CAGR of over 7% to 2023 / Lightweighting and fuel efficiency major drivers of growth / PMMA accounts for largest share of market

BOMBARDIER

Advancement in certification of Hengshen carbon fibre-prepregs for aviation industry

ICON AIRCRAFT

US aircraft producer invests USD 150m in new composites facility in Mexico / Structural components for “A5” amphibious sports plane

SOLVAY

US carbon fibre plant commissioned / Cytec inheritance

MEXICO

Plastics industry on growth course / Billions invested in booming automotive and aviation industries / Domestic polymer capacities limited to PVC, PET and PS / Highly dependent on polymer imports

BOMBARDIER

Train and plane producer announces austerity measures / Large plastics consumer plans to cut 10% of the workforce

HEXCEL

New engineered core plant in Morocco / Demand from aeronautics industry / Start-up in 2017

SOLVAY

Agreement to acquire US composite maker Cytec / Boosts presence in aerospace sector / H1 2015 profits rise on favourable forex and pricing

AIRBUS

Plans to merge processing subsidiaries Aerolia and Sogerma / Bundling CFRP production

CYTEC INDUSTRIES

Expansion in materials for carbon fibre-based composites / Three separate programmes