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June 2014
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Vol. 20
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No. 3
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The Munich, Germany-based BMW Group's
Leipzig manufacturing plant is rolling
out 100 of its stylish new i3 all-electric
commuter cars per day. The car's carbon
fber composite passenger protection cell,
what BMW calls its Life Module, is molded
and assembled in a highly automated
production scheme. CT got inside for a close
look. Read about it on p. 24.
Source | BMW AG
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COMPOSITES
WATCH
Energy | 15
News | 17
COLUMNS
Editor | 3
Where are they now?
Composites: Past,
Present & Future | 5
Composites:
Perspectives &
Provocations | 11
By the Numbers | 13
DEPARTMENTS
Applications | 38
Calendar | 39
New Products | 40
Marketplace | 44
Ad Index | 45
Showcase | 45
COVER PHOTO
2014 Europe Review
The composites world met again in Paris, vibrant, stronger,
and more forward-looking than ever before.
Plant Tour | The Epicenter
of i3 Production
A glimpse into the inner workings of an automaker at
the forefront of serial-production autocomposites.
By Jeff Sloan
Cutting & Kitting Update |
Automated Cutting Accelerates
Software/hardware advances and peripheral equipment make
fatbed cutters essential to automated production scenarios.
By Sara Black
Focus on Design | GFRP Enables
First Grid-connected U.S. Floating
Wind Turbine
Composite tower on 1:8-scale system reduces hull size/weight
and helps mitigate the overall cost of electric power generation.
By Sara Black
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