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    Industry Overview and Trends

    Southern Advanced Materials Research ExchangeSouthernTechnologiesCouncil

    June1,2012

    D.J.DeLong,DeLong

    &Associates,LLCagents

    forAKSACarbonFibers

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    TheChallengesofIndustrializingCarbon

    FiberComposites

    for

    The

    Future

    MarketforCarbonFiber YesterdayandToday

    Global

    Megatrends

    Implications

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    Composites

    MarketforCarbonFiber ExpectedFuture?

    Challenges

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    with

    the

    Expected

    Future

    Market

    AKSA, theWorldLeaderinAcrylicFiber

    AKSA

    inCarbonFiber

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    Themarketforcarbonfiber

    10

    years

    ago

    in

    2000

    1stCFinAerosp

    ace

    CFAdopte

    dinWindBlades

    Bo

    eing787

    BMW

    CityCar

    1stCFSportingG

    oods

    1stCFinComm

    ercialAirliners

    CFAdopted

    inElectronicsPlastics

    CFAdopted

    inEarthquakeRetrofitting

    CFinF1Car

    s

    CFTrials

    inOffshoreOil

    Supply/Capacit

    y000mt

    15.000mt

    lessthanUS$1B

    small

    (comparedto

    steel,

    aluminum,

    glassfiber,

    others)

    Applications:

    Aerospace

    MilitaryAirctaft,

    SpaceStructures,CommercialAircraftSecondaryStructures

    FishingRods,GolfClubShafts

    NicheIndustrialapplications

    TotalValue:

    HeavilyconcentratedinAerospaceapplications

    Veryexpensivecomparedtootherstructuralmaterials(aerospaceCFRP>$1,000/kg;

    $30premium

    for

    graphite

    golfclubshaft=$500/kg!)

    GrowthRate:

    Averaged58%p.a.

    Source:Aksa

    Marketing.

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    Themarketforcarbonfiber

    today

    in

    2010

    2011

    1stCFinAerospa

    ce

    CFAdoptedinWindBlades

    BMW

    CityCar

    1stCFSportingGoods

    1stCFinComm

    ercialAirliners

    CFAdoptedinElectronicsPlastics

    CFAdopted

    inEarthquakeRetrofitting

    CFinF1Cars

    CFTrials

    inOffshoreOil

    Supply/Capacity000mt

    Applications:

    Industrialapplicationsbecomingsignificant

    Wind

    Blade

    Spars PressureVessels

    Civil/Infrastructure

    Compounding

    SpecialtyAutoTotal Value:

    Becomingaffordable

    IndustrialapplicationsasmuchasAerospace

    GrowthRate:

    Increasedfrom2004

    Interruptedin2009

    40.000mt

    morethanUS$1B

    stillrathersmall

    Boeing787

    Source:Aksa

    Marketing.

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    Producer GrowthTraditional

    CFProducers:

    CytecFormosaPlasticsHexcelMitsubishiRayonSGLGroup

    TohoTenax/TeijinTorayZoltek

    NewCFProducers:AKSA(Turkey)Bluestar(China)CompositeHolding(Russia)Hyosung(Korea)

    JiangsuHengshen(China)Kemrock(India)

    Montefibre(IT)+Sabic(KSA)ZhongfuShenying(China)

    Varying degrees of commercial activity

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    TheChallengesofIndustrializingCarbon

    FiberComposites

    for

    The

    Future

    MarketforCarbonFiber YesterdayandToday

    Global

    Megatrends

    Implications

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    Composites

    MarketforCarbonFiber ExpectedFuture?

    Challenges

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    with

    the

    Expected

    Future

    Market

    AKSA, theWorldLeaderinAcrylicFiber

    AKSA

    inCarbonFiber

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    GlobalMegatrends

    11Environmentalregulationandgovernance:

    increasingfragmentationandconvergence

    1 Increasingglobaldivergenceinpopulationtrends2 Livinginanurbanworld3 Diseaseburdensandtheriskofnewpandemics

    4 Acceleratingtechnologicalchange:racingintotheunknown

    5 Continuedeconomicgrowth?6 Fromaunipolartoamultipolarworld

    7

    Intensifiedglobal

    competition

    for

    resources

    Decreasingstocksofnaturalresources8Increasingconsequencesofclimatechange9

    Increasingenvironmental

    pollution

    load

    10

    *SOURCE: TheEuropeanEnvironment StateandOutlook2010:AssessmentofGlobalMegatrends.EuropeanEnvironmentAgency,Copenhagen.(SOER2010)

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    SomeEvidenceoftheGlobalMegatrends

    Source: United Nations DESA report World Population Ageing 1950-2050

    Source: www.globalchange.umich.edu

    Source:WorldEnergyto2050 FortyYearsofDecline Copyright2007,PaulChefurka

    Source:WorldEnergyto2050 FortyYearsofDecline Copyright2007,PaulChefurka

    PopulationGrowth,Urbanization,Ageing

    RapidTechnologicalChange

    DecliningStocksof

    NaturalResources

    Perhapstwothirdsofallthepeoplewhohaveeverlivedtothe

    age

    of

    65

    are

    alive

    today

    GrayDawn,PeterPeterson

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    WhattheGlobalMegatrendscanmeanforCarbonFiber

    *Megatrendssource: TheEuropeanEnvironment StateandOutlook2010:AssessmentofGlobalMegatrends.

    European

    Environment

    Agency,

    Copenhagen.

    (SOER

    2010)

    1 Increasingglobaldivergenceinpopulationtrends2 Livinginanurbanworld3 Diseaseburdensandtheriskofnewpandemics

    Moreelectricityreqd,morecars,smallercars,electricvehicles,betterinfrastructure

    4 Acceleratingtechnologicalchange:racingintotheunknown

    Fastermassadoptionofcarbonfibersolutionsafter

    pioneering

    5 Continuedeconomicgrowth?

    6

    Fromauni

    polar

    to

    amulti

    polar

    world

    7 Intensifiedglobalcompetitionforresources

    Increaseddemandforautos,needforsustainableenergysupplies

    Decreasingstocksofnaturalresources8

    Increasingconsequences

    of

    climate

    change

    9

    Increasingenvironmentalpollutionload10

    Energyefficientvehicles,alternateenergypoweredvehicles,

    clean/greenvehiclesand

    transportation

    11Environmentalregulation

    andgovernance:increasingfragmentation

    andconvergence

    Cleanenergy,greenvehicles

    and

    products

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    TheChallengesofIndustrializingCarbon

    FiberComposites

    for

    The

    Future

    MarketforCarbonFiber YesterdayandToday

    Global

    Megatrends

    Implications

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    Composites

    MarketforCarbonFiber ExpectedFuture?

    Challenges

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    with

    the

    Expected

    Future

    Market

    AKSA, theWorldLeaderinAcrylicFiber

    AKSA

    inCarbonFiber

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    SomePotentialHighVolumeUsesof

    Carbon

    Fiber

    that

    Make

    SenseAircraft

    WindTurbineBlades

    Civil/

    Infrastructure

    Autos/Trucks/Buses

    Carbonfiber

    mustbe

    available,

    affordable,andreliably

    supplied

    Composite

    solutions

    mustberesponsiveto

    customers

    needs

    Thepayoffofweightsavingsandimprovedcorrosionresistanceoverairframelifeiswelldocumented

    B787,with50%ofitsairframeweightbeingcarbonfibercomposites.isjustthebeginning.

    Largeblades(4560metersandlonger)areenabledwithcarbonfiberasreinforcement. Bladeweightreductioncanbesignificant,leadingtosavingselsewhereinthesystem.

    Reinforcingaged

    structures

    can

    be

    less

    costly

    and

    less

    disruptivethantearingdownandrebuilding carbonfibermaterialsworkwellinmanysituations.

    MeetingEuropescontinuallylowerCO2emissionslimitsorUS

    increasingCAF

    requirementsor

    offsetting100+kgsofbatteriesallrequirelight

    weighting. Carbonfibercompositesplayinmulti

    materialdesign

    e.g.,selectiveuseofcarbonfiber.

    Withworldwideproductionexceeding90miovehiclesperyearandgrowing,potentialdemandforcarbon

    fiberin

    transportation

    is

    massive.

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    MostCarbonFiber goesthroughIntermediateProcessingbeforemakingCompositeParts

    Carbon

    Fiber

    FilamentWinding,TowPlacement

    MultiaxialFabrics

    WovenFabrics

    Compounding

    Unidirectional

    Fabric

    ExtrudedSections

    Prepreg

    Prepreg

    +/20%

    +/20%

    +/40%

    510%

    +/10%

    40.000tpa

    Com

    pound/Infra/T

    ransport/Marin

    e/WindBlades/PressureVessel

    Forevery$/ /

    ofcarbonfiber,

    thereisanother$

    / /

    of

    weaving

    /prepregging/

    othermaterial

    processing,

    andseveral

    multiplesof

    that

    to

    fabricatethecompositepart.

    Thetotalcarbon

    fiber

    composites

    valuechaintoday,generates$510Bannually.

    Source:AksaMarketing.

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    PotentialMarketforCarbonFiberby2020

    3x

    today

    =

    150,000mt?Aerospace:

    approxx3to~30ktby2020

    Expectedgrowthbasedon

    knownprograms

    (B787,A350,etc.)

    WindBlades:

    approxx10to30+ktby2020

    Expectedbasedonmoreandmorelargerbladesexpectedfromallturbinemanufacturers

    Automotive:

    Unpredictable,butpotentiallyverylargeby2020:>50kt?

    100

    200

    300

    400

    500 CarbonFiberDemand

    Auto"potl"?

    Auto"min"

    Wind

    Other

    Aero

    Sports

    CarbonFiberMarketinTotal:x3to150kt

    in10yearstime

    withreasonably

    high

    confidence

    3x

    Source:AksamarketingSource:AksaMarketing.

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    Automotive:

    2010:78miopassengercars+13mioLCVs+4mioHCVs;plusgrowthinvehicleproductionisexpectedasworldeconomiescontinuetodevelop

    DonotexpectallCF

    vehicles

    Multimaterialdesign

    expecta

    fewkgsonasomemodels

    Afewkgsonmanymodels?

    Unpredictable,butpotentiallyverylargeby2020

    E.g.,multimaterialdesignconceptfromSGLIICSParispresn03.2011

    Otherexamples:

    100

    200

    300

    400

    500 CarbonFiberDemand

    Auto"potl"?

    Auto"min"

    Wind

    Other

    Aero

    Sports

    PotentialCarbonFiberMarketinTotal?:x6x10to300500kt

    in1015yearstime?

    (asyetveryuncertain)

    610x??

    ?

    ?

    Source:Aksamarketing

    AutomotivecandriveCarbonFiberdemand

    by

    2020

    to

    6

    10x

    today

    =

    300

    500,000mt?

    Source:AksaMarketing.

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    TheChallengesofIndustrializingCarbon

    FiberComposites

    for

    The

    Future

    MarketforCarbonFiber YesterdayandToday

    Global

    Megatrends

    Implications

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    Composites

    MarketforCarbonFiber ExpectedFuture?

    Challenges

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    with

    the

    Expected

    Future

    Market

    AKSA, theWorldLeaderinAcrylicFiber

    AKSA

    inCarbonFiber

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    Industry Overview and Trends

    Southern Advanced Materials Research ExchangeSouthernTechnologiesCouncil

    June1,2012

    D.J.DeLong,DeLong&Associates,LLCagentsforAKSACarbonFibers

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    TheChallengesofIndustrializingCarbon

    FiberComposites

    for

    The

    Future

    MarketforCarbonFiber YesterdayandToday

    Global

    Megatrends

    Implications

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    Composites

    MarketforCarbonFiber ExpectedFuture?

    Challenges

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    with

    the

    Expected

    Future

    Market

    AKSA, theWorldLeaderinAcrylicFiber

    AKSA

    inCarbonFiber

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    Thecarbonfiber/compositematerials/

    compositepartsfabricationvaluechainis

    anindustrygenerating$810Bin

    turnover,

    andintenyearstimecouldbethreeor

    moretimeslarger.

    Howwillthiscomeabout?

    Duringmostofthe1970s,1980s,1990s,

    andearly2000s,andagainduring2008

    2010,carbonfiberproducerswerenot

    profitable.

    Withoutahistoryofprofitability,willthe

    industryinvestonitsowntogrowas

    needed?

    Isnew

    thinking

    required?

    ValueoftheCarbonFiberCompositesIndustry

    Composites

    Materials

    CarbonFiber

    Today c.2020

    $810B

    $2530B+

    Whatwillittakeforthisrelativelysmall

    industry

    to

    become

    a

    big

    industry?

    Thecarbon

    0

    1

    10

    100

    1,000

    VolumeofIndustries

    000mt

    In$value:Steel>1,000xlargerAlum

    >50x

    larger

    Fiberglass>50xlarger

    Source:AksaMarketing.

    Source:AksaMarketing.

    CarbonFiberComposites/Components asmallindustryshouldbecomeabigindustry?

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    HowMuchNeedsToBeInvested

    To

    Grow

    The

    Industry?

    Polymerizationand

    Precursor

    Carbonization($20k40k*/mtofcapacity)

    Materials

    Processing

    (weaving,prepregging,etc.)

    CFRPPartFabrication(preforming,autoclavecure,RTM,towplacement,molding,etc.)

    Total

    Source:*variousproducersannouncementsand?Aksamarketingestimates.

    $13B?

    $36B?

    $12B?

    $14B?

    __________

    _______$615B? ($1550B?)

    Howmuchmustbeinvestedtogrowtheindustryby100kt? Togrowitby300400kt

    Whowillinvest

    thetens

    of

    billions

    ofdollarsrequired

    todevelopthis

    industrytoits

    potential?

    Incumbents?

    Newentrants?

    Risksharing

    partners?

    Newapproaches?

    Note that global wind turbine sales alone in 2010 were $42.3BSource: PRNEwswire Nov. 7, 2011

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    PotentialRoleofCooperation?

    Noteverything

    will

    come

    from

    organic

    growth!

    WhyCooperate? WhyStrategicAlliances?Aimforsynergythatthebenefitsfromallyingaregreaterthanindividualefforts

    FormsofCooperation:

    Mergers&Acquisitions(combiningofdifferentcompanies;consolidation)StrategicAlliances(joiningofforcestoachieveacommonobjective;partiesmaintaintheirindependence)

    TypesofStrategicAlliances:

    Joint

    Venture

    (e.g.,

    a

    new

    independent

    company)EquityStrategicAlliance(e.g.,combinesomeresources)NonEquityStrategicAlliance(e.g.,contractualrelationship)

    PotentialAdvantages:

    ConcentrateonactivitiesthatmatchcapabilitiesShareorgainknowledgeandexpertiseDevelopnewcompetenciesAchievecommonobjectivesShareexpenses shareriskGuaranteesupplyorofftake(demand)

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    RiskSharingExamples

    Supply AgreementsBoeing / Toray long term supply agreement for B787Airbus / Hexcel long term supply agreement for A350

    Joint Development ProgramsDaimler / Toray development program, 2010GM / Teijin development programFord / DOW development program

    MRC / Fiberforge, 2009

    Joint VenturesBMW / SGL JV driven by i3 automotive vision

    Daimler / Toray JV Parts Plant, 2011

    Equity PositionsMRC / Dynetek equity share for CNG tanks (c.2000)

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    TheChallengesofIndustrializingCarbon

    FiberComposites

    for

    The

    Future

    MarketforCarbonFiber YesterdayandToday

    Global

    Megatrends

    Implications

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    Composites

    MarketforCarbonFiber ExpectedFuture?

    ChallengesforCarbonFiberwiththeExpectedFutureMarket

    AKSA, theWorldLeaderinAcrylicFiber

    AKSA

    inCarbonFiber

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    AKSAAkrilikKimyaSanayiiA../AKKKGroup

    AKKK Group companies:

    AKKK 2007 2008 2009 2010

    Sales US$ 1.393 1.634 2.166 2.675

    Employes 3.080 4.016 4.229

    (Combined Sales in million US dollars)

    AkkokGroup

    39%

    PublicHeld(IMKB)

    42%

    EmniyetAS

    19%

    AKSAShareholding

    CHEMICALSAKSA

    (39%),AKSAEGYPT,AKKM,AKMELTEM

    ENERGYAKENERJ

    TEXTILES

    AKAL,

    AK

    TOPS,

    AKSU

    (AKSU

    was

    the

    first

    company,

    foundedin1952toproducefabrics)

    REALESTATEDEVELOPMENTAKMERKEZ,AKTURZM,AK

    OTHERSERVICESAKPA,DNKAL,AKPORT,AKTEK,AKMERKEZ

    LOKANTACILIK

    AKKK Group holds 39% of AKSAs shares

    AKSAAkrilikKimyaSanayiiA.S.

    establishedin1968

    19681978licensefromChatillion(Monsanto)wetspinningprocess

    AKSAprocessdevelopedsince1978

    publiclytraded(AKSA:IST) US$851miosalesin2010 910employees Sellinginternationallysince1977to

    morethan50countries

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    WorldLeaderinAcrylicFiberProduction

    45Producers

    of

    Acrylic

    Fiber

    AKSAis#1:

    LeaderinQuality

    LeaderinProductsOffered

    LeaderinContinuousImprovementLeaderinManufacturingTechnology

    AFutureLeaderinCarbonFiber

    Capacity

    mt

    Products

    Mfg

    Technology

    Producer

    Country

    inthelast10years,severalsmallscaleoperationshaveshut,including:SterlingUSA,AsahiJapan,SasolS.Africa,SolutiaUSA(Monsanto),Acordis UK(Courtaulds),Cydsa Mexico

    AksasproductionsiteinYalovaTurkey

    Source:AksaMarketing.

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    0

    100,000

    200,000

    300,000

    AKSAsCapacityDevelopment:

    19725.000mt

    Today308.000mt

    LargestScaleFiberProductionintheWorld

    wetspinning

    acrylicfibermanufacturing Aksasproductionsite

    inYalova

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    TheChallengesofIndustrializingCarbon

    FiberComposites

    for

    The

    Future

    MarketforCarbonFiber YesterdayandToday

    Global

    Megatrends

    Implications

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    Composites

    MarketforCarbonFiber ExpectedFuture?

    ChallengesforCarbonFiberwiththeExpectedFutureMarket

    AKSA, theWorldLeaderinAcrylicFiber

    AKSA

    inCarbonFiber

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    MarketResearch:

    Carbonfiberhasbeencommerciallyavailablesincethe1970s

    Existingproducershaveallbeeninthegameformostofthistime.

    Demandisgrowingasnewapplicationsarecommercialized.

    Tightsupply

    conditions

    occurred

    every

    few

    years,

    during

    which

    timesaerospacecustomersseemtohavebeenmostpreferred.

    Thereappearstobeanunmetneed inthemarketfor

    highquality,reliablysupplied,competitivelypricedcarbonfiber.

    AKSAsDecisionin20052006

    AKSAsview/Decision:

    Withtheworldslargestplantproducingacrylicfiberproductionunderoneroof,

    with40+yearsofknowhow,owntechnologyandexperienceinacrylicfiberandspecialtytechnicalfibers,

    withtheresourcesandabilitytodevelopPANprecursorandcarbonizationtechnologyinhouse,

    withtheresourcestofacilitizetoproducePANprecursorandcarbonfiber,

    AKSAdecidedtodevelopPANprecursorandenterthecarbonfiberbusiness.

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    AksasStartupinCarbonFiber20082009

    2008:

    Startupof

    Carbon

    FiberPilotProductionCarbonizationLineandCarbonFiber

    Precursor

    PolymerizationandSpinningLines

    2009:Startupof1.500mt

    CarbonFiberProductionCarbonizationLine

    Thiswasabigdecisionthatrequiredplanning,

    commitmentandpatience

    Aksas632.000m2ProductionSitein

    YalovaTurkey(arrowindicates

    carbonfiber

    productionbuildings)

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    AksasCarbonFiberExpansion20102012

    2010:1.500mtproductionrateachievedonCarbonFiberProductionCarbonizationLinelessthan1yearfromstartup

    2011:

    1.800mtproductionrateachievedonCarbonFiberProductionCarbonizationLine

    Dec

    17

    th

    2010

    Announcement:1)Debottleneck1st

    CarbonFiberProductionCarbonizationLine2)Buildnew2nd

    CarbonFiberProductionCarbonizationLine

    3)AdditionalPrecursorCapacity4)TotalCarbonFiberCapacity

    tobe

    3.500

    mt

    by

    2Q

    2012

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    AksasPositioningForTheFuture

    AksasYalovaproductionsiteistheworldslargest,mostefficient,fortheproductionofacrylicfiber(>300,000mtp.a.)

    Potentialtoproducehundredsofthousandsoftonnesof highqualitycarbonfiberprecursor(100,000200,000mtp.a.)

    Demonstratedknowhowandcapabilitytoefficientlyproducesmalltow(andlargetow)carbonfiber

    Aksaisuniquelypositionedtosupplylargequantitiesofaffordable,highqualitycarbonfiberreliablytothefutureverylargemarketforcarbonfiber

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    Dow+AksaCarbonFiberJointVenture

    Partneringrespectivestrengthstoachieveacommongoal

    Signed

    definitive

    agreement

    Dec.

    20,

    2011

    Intheannouncement: CarbonFiber Derivatives

    (CompositeMatls)

    BroadRangeofProducts IntegratedSolutions Megatrends WindEnergy Transportation

    Infrastructure ReliableSupply Affordability BetterSolutions Global

    TheDowChemicalCompany

    DowcombinesthepowerofscienceandtechnologywiththeHuman

    Element

    to

    passionately

    innovatewhatisessentialtohumanprogress.

    TheCompanysdiversifiedindustry

    leadingportfoliodeliversabroadrangeoftechnologybasedproductsandsolutionstocustomersinapprox160countries.

    In2010,Dowhadannualsalesof$53.7billionand

    employedapproximately

    50,000peopleworldwide.

    TheCompanysmorethan5,000productsaremanufacturedat188sitesin35countries

    acrossthe

    globe.

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    TheChallengesofIndustrializingCarbon

    FiberComposites

    for

    The

    Future

    Conclusions:

    1.

    Global

    megatrends,

    including

    population

    development

    and

    shifts

    in

    resources,offertheopportunityforthecarbonfibercomposites

    industryto

    increasetoseveraltimesitscurrentsize

    2.

    Themarketforcarbonfiberisshiftingfromitshistoricalaerospacepremium

    product

    orientation

    to

    larger

    scale

    industrial

    applications

    and

    production

    processeswhereaffordabilityandreliablesupplywillberequired

    3.

    Thefuturemarketisopen,sonewentrants,newarrangementsand

    new

    approaches

    are

    all

    likely,

    and

    might

    result

    in

    shifts

    in

    industry

    leadership

    4.

    Significantinvestmentisrequiredtodeliverthefuturemarket,

    andrisk

    sharingthroughstrategicalliancesandpartnershipsshouldbeexpected

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    for

    The

    Future

    MarketforCarbonFiber YesterdayandToday

    Global

    Megatrends

    Implications

    for

    Carbon

    Fiber

    Composites

    MarketforCarbonFiber ExpectedFuture?

    ChallengesforCarbonFiberwiththeExpectedFutureMarket

    AKSA, theWorldLeaderinAcrylicFiber

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