Natural Fibres in the European Automotive Industry

Autor:	Markus Kaup, Michael Karus
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	German Engineering business.industry language Automotive industry Operations management business Agronomy and Crop Science language.human_language Natural (archaeology) Industrial organization
Zdroj:	Journal of Industrial Hemp. 7:119-131
ISSN:	1537-789X 1537-7881
DOI:	10.1300/j237v07n01_10
Popis:	In the eighties, studies carried out in Germany and the EU forecasted very large market potentials for composites from flax and other natural fibres. Although considerable research and development was carried out,1 the development of these markets proved far more difficult and long-term than previously expected. The ambitious German flax program, backed by substantial funding, did not survive these hard times. Only in recent years, did an actual industrial demand for natural fibres develop. Nowadays, the use of natural fibres in certain applications has already become a matter of course, something which no one had dared to expect only five years ago. The most important customer is the automotive industry.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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