Figure 1. Composites Index: current general business situation.
Composites Germany (Berlin, Germany), a trade association with an aim to strengthen the German composite industry, has recently made the results of its 16
th Composites Market Survey available, which identifies the latest key performance indicators (KPIs) for the fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) market.
The survey also covered all member companies of the three major umbrella organizations of Composites Germany, including Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe (AVK, Frankfurt, Germany), Leichtbau Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Germany) and the VDMA Working Group (Frankfurt, Germany). As before, to ensure a smooth comparison with the previous surveys, Composites Germany notes that questions in this half-year survey have been left unchanged. Once again, the data obtained in the survey was largely qualitative and related to current and future market developments.