The market for carbon fibres is thriving on the race for lightweight constructions in civilian aviation. The automotive industry would also like to participate in this development. However, there is a huge disparity between the desire of this sector, plagued as it is by consumer restraint, petrol prices and legislation, to take the potential of lightweight building far beyond that of its hitherto light metal and CRP applications on one hand and the cost of using CRP on the other.

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