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Installed wind power capacity in India grew 45% last year and is currently estimated to
be 5200 MW.
Just as high technology outsourcing has skyrocketed in Bangalore in part due to the
efforts of a significant Indian-American engineering pool, the US should be well suited
for creating partnerships in the composites industry. Australian company Quickstep
Holdings Ltd. recently partnered with material supplier Avanti Corporation of Japan and
Indian-based manufacturer NTF to serve the mass transit, automobile, medical equipment
and wind energy markets. This innovative business strategy lets Quickstep get their foot
in the door by leveraging indigenous manufacturing capability.
Africa
The African continent is much like China and India in that there are some isolated high
technology regions surrounded by an overwhelmingly impoverished rural landscape.
South Africa has a long history of composite boat building, a logical outgrowth of their
Dutch and British heritage. With the end of the Apartheid Era, South African companies
have looked north to serve the continent’s industrial markets.
Collins Fibreglass Plastics was established in 1958, and is perhaps the country’s oldest
fiberglass manufacturer in South Africa. The company created the Colliquip Filtration
System, which director Peter Eliot describes as a non-corrosive, flexible filter-tank
solution suitable for a variety of applications. Mr. Eliot says its filtration business has
shifted from consumer to industrial over the past few years as they begin to penetrate
water purification markets in the rest of Africa.
Unfortunately, for the outsider, Africa is one of the most difficult places in the world to
do business as a result of instable governments and unbridled corruption. This is not to
say that the need for water and oil industry infrastructure systems is not profound. Right
now, this landscape is best left to the individual entrepreneur where altruism outweighs
the corporate bottom line.
Middle East
Although it would be a stretch to call the wealthy kingdoms of the Middle East
“developing countries,” there are a number of leading edge infrastructure and building
projects that involve composite materials popping up in the desert. Countries such as the
United Arab Emirates are looking beyond a petro-dollar economy and are investing in
tourism-related projects. The Mall of the Emirates Snow Centre in Dubai is a 25-story
stadium sized building where visitors can snow ski in the middle of the desert. The roof
panels are foam-cored FRP to help maintain large indoor and outdoor temperature
differences and resist high wind loads. Dubai is also planning the world’s tallest building
at 160 stories for completion in 2009. Arabian Profile of UAE manufactured the Snow
Centre roof panels and supplied 85,000 m2 of cladding for the Aspire Sports Hall project
for this year’s Asian Games in Doha. There are excellent opportunities to provide
engineering support on some of these exciting projects.
As one could imagine, the need for FRP pipe is outstanding in the Middle East. The
Saudi Arabian Amiantit Company is at the center of this business and recently announced
orders totaling $25.4 million to supply pipes and accessories for projects in Saudi Arabia
and Abu Dhabi, UAE. “Supplying pipe systems for Saudi Arabia's petrochemical,
industrial and water & sewage requirements continues to be at the core of our
manufacturing activities,” said Eng. Fareed Al-Khalawi, Amiantit President & CEO.
Also, Amiantit Group subsidiary manufacturing companies Amitech Argentina and
Amitech Brazil are supplying pipe systems for multi-million dollar water infrastructure
projects and irrigation networks in their respective countries. In neighboring Qatar,
Future Pipe Industries Qatar has recently been selected to supply the Common Cooling
Water Project in Ras Laffan for Qatar Petroleum $172 million of fiberglass pipes and
fittings.
Natural Fibers
Increased use of natural fiber composites may find developing countries supplying raw
materials. Fibers such as hemp, jute, flax and kenaf can serve as alternatives to E-glass in
less demanding applications. According to Prof. Lawrence Drzal, director of the
Composite Materials and Structures Center at Michigan State University, “Bast fibers,
such as flax, hemp, jute and kenaf, are noted for being fairly stiff when used as a
composite reinforcement. Leaf fibers, including sisal, henequen, pineapple and banana,
are noted for improving composite toughness with somewhat lower structural
contribution. Finally, seed or fruit fibers — cotton, kapok and coir (from coconut husks)
demonstrate elastomeric type toughness, but are not structural,” reported by Dale Brosius
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