FOLLOWING DEFENSE BUDGET CUTS AND SLOWING OF COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, MANY U.S. COMPANIES WITHIN THE COMPOSITE MATERIALS INDUSTRY VIEWED ASIA AS AN ALTERNATE MARKET FOR EXPANSION. DESPITE EFFORTS, GROWTH IN THIS MARKET HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. THIS PAPER REVIEWS THE HISTORICAL GROWTH OF THE ASIAN ADVANCED COMPOSITE INDUSTRY, PROVIDES A COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY OVERVIEW OF MARKET CHARACTERISTICS, KEY PLAYERS, BARRIERS TO ENTRY, AND ANTICIPATED TRENDS.
| Number of Pages : | 13 |
| Published : | 06/01/1994 |
