There
are hundreds of materials and a variety of markets
available for the worldwide composite materials industry.
Each market has specific material and technology needs.
Companies need to align their businesses to meet the
specific needs of the market they serve. This market
report titled “Materials and Application Developments
for the Global Rail Market” published by Lucintel in January 2004 focuses on the material and
technology needs of the rail industry and provides more
than 60 applications of the composite materials for making
passenger rail components.
The passenger rail market utilizes composite
materials for making of exterior and interior rail
components as well as infrastructure components. Interior
components made of composites include major items like
ceilings, floorings, bulkheads, vestibules, fire barriers,
corridor adapter frames, handrails, and luggage bins or
racks. Exterior components made of composites include
front ends, skirts, exterior panels, body shells, roofs,
end cabs and more. Reinforcements
used in the rail market are fiberglass, carbon fiber and
aramid fiber, and resins used are phenolics, polyesters
and epoxies.
Features
of this report are:
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Material
and technology needs of the rail industry. List of the
selected materials and technologies used in the rail
industry.
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List
of more than 60 composite applications developed for
the rail industry. Detailed description on interior
and exterior applications with materials and processes
used, OEM and molder’s name as applicable.
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Amount
of composite materials used in various composite
components/applications.
-
Profiles
of 25 key molders of rail components with materials
and manufacturing technologies used.
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Molder
distribution by region.
-
Profiles
on material suppliers.
To
get table of contents, pricing and other information on
this report,
please e-mail Helpdesk@Lucintel.com or call Tel.:
972-636-5056 in USA. This report is published
by Lucintel.
Lucintel
(formerly E-Composites, Inc.) is a
Dallas
,
Texas
(
USA
) based global market intelligence and business
consulting firm that has been delivering results of
significant value and long term growth for last 9
years. We analyze and predict market and technology
trends so that our clients can make strategic and
fact-based decisions. We provide insights,
competitive analyses and forecasts for the various
industries such as automotive, aerospace, wind
energy, boat, construction, sporting goods and
other. Lucintel has an extensive background in
materials, markets and technologies aspects of the
composites industry that support executive decision
making. Lucintel's customers include many small to
Fortune 500 companies such as 3M, AT Kearney, AOC,
ACG, Airbus, Ashland, BAH, BCG, Callaway Golf,
Cytec, Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, Engelhard, General
Electric, General Motors, Hexcel, Lockheed Martin,
Mitsubishi, Owens Corning, PPG, Pratt and Whitney,
Saint Gobain, Toray, True-Temper, ZCL, Zeon Chemical
and more.
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