The China Edit – January 2020
The China Edit is a monthly curation of business news and reports which have a direct impact on the Chinese – and global – composites industry.
Forget fighters and carriers. This plane from China should terrify you. The Y-20 punches far above its weight.
Phil Popham is helping Lotus get into top gear
A more dramatic change was needed, and this came in the form of two major developments. The first was Chinese automotive group Geely’s acquisition of a majority stake in Lotus in 2017. A subsidiary of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding, Geely was looking to expand its geographic footprint through the British luxury car brand.
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Forget fighters and carriers. This plane from China should terrify you.
Development was eventually handed off to Tang Changhong, the designer of the JH-7 fighter-bomber. Under his leadership, the development team adopted design techniques first implemented on the Boeing 787 jetliner and Airbus A400, insisting that the new cargo jet be entirely designed using 3D-modeling (or Model-Based Definition), and use 3D-printed composite materials.
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How did a Chinese manufacturer overcome slowing economy and the trade barrier?
There are three levels of R&D at Fasten, Zhu introduced. The first is like the development of new carbon fiber material, which is a vision, and may never be any actual result, this kind of R&D is done at the headquarters.
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Six contemporary Chinese furniture designers leading the industry
One of Shang Xia’s most impressive feats to date has been the execution of a series of furniture pieces created for it by the renowned lacquer master, Gan Erke. These are made from a high-tech, lightweight yet strong carbon-fibre composite material that has been painstakingly coated with multiple layers of lacquer and carefully polished to reveal a distinctive nodular pattern.
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Red And Rat: 7 luxurious Chinese New Year decorations
Made from a lightweight yet durable polished carbon fibre, this garden box by Shang Xia can be used as a candy box, elevating the festive mood with a refined style and sophistication.
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