1、 The European market for Fiber-Reinforced Plastics/Com-posites 2023 Market developments,Trends,challenges and prospects Dr.Elmar Witten,Volker Mathes February 2024 February 2024 Page 2/42 Dr.Elmar Witten,Volker Mathes Table of contents 1 Notes on the changed database.4 2 Summarizing introduction.5 3

2、 The market under review.8 4 Overall development of the composites market.8 4.1 Development of the market for thermoset composites.11 4.2 Development of the market for thermoplastic composites.13 5 Trend developments in processes/parts.17 5.1 SMC/BMC.19 5.2 NCF-Non-Crimp Fabrics.20 5.3 Open procedur

3、es.22 5.4 RTM.22 5.5 Continuous processes.24 5.6 Pipes and tanks.26 5.7 LFT/GMT/CFRTP.27 5.8 Short glass fiber reinforced thermoplastics.28 6 Regional market development.29 7 Other composites materials-CRP and NRP.32 8 Outlook.32 February 2024 Page 3/42 Dr.Elmar Witten,Volker Mathes The European mar

4、ket for Fiber-Reinforced Plastics/Com-posites 2023 The authors Dr.Elmar Witten is Managing Director of the AVK-Industrievereinigung Verstrkte Kun-ststoffe e.V.Volker Mathes is responsible for market information at AVK.The AVK is the German trade association for fiber-reinforced plastics/composites a

5、nd represents the interests of producers and processors at national and European level.The range of services includes specialist working groups,seminars and conferences as well as the provision of market-relevant information(www.avk-tv.de).Nationally,the AVK is one of the four supporting association

6、s of the GKV-Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie-and internationally a member of the European composites umbrella organization EuCIA-European Composites Industry As-sociation.AVK is a founding member of Composites Germany.February 2024 Page 4/42 Dr.Elmar Witten,Volker Mathes 1 Notes on t