"Germany moves to build its lead in composites manufacturing" is the title of the recent article about Composite Germany´s activities in "Technical Textiles International". Please read the entire article here. 

At the last Board meeting of the trade association Composites Germany on 9 December 2016 Michael Effing, PhD, Chairman of the Board of the Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) and Managing Director of AMAC GmbH, was confirmed in his office as Chairman of the Board of Composites Germany. At the same time Elmar Witten, PhD, Managing Director of AVK was confirmed as Chief Executive Officer of Composites Germany. Both will serve in their respective capacities for another year. You can find the related press release here. 

The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) has elected a new board in Düsseldorf. Dr. Michael Effing was confirmed in his office as Chairman. Further information about the new board members can be found in the press release here.
 

Further to Composites Germany´s strategy and aim defined for 2016, the umbrella association focuses on four cross-sectional topics, which are „Lobbying“, „Standards and standardisation“, „Education and training“ as well as „Sustainability and recycling". Please find details to the achievements of each group in following the link to the press release here. 

AMAC´s partner Textechno presented recent testing solutions for glass fibers at the 3rd International Glass Fiber Symposium in Aachen. The presentation was given by Dr. Mörschel, Managing Director of Textechno and the abstract can be downloaded here.