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December 2011

LEAD FEATURE

Portrait of 2011 and a glimpse into 2012

COMPANY NEWS

Shell pilots new PC process and enters into Middle East jv

Evonik strengthens nylon supply

Companies make forays into the South Korean market

Carbon fibre joint venture

PTT's PU jv formalised

MATERIALS NEWS

Plexiglas used in large scale PVs

API invests to increase capacity

Clariant triples capacity for Exolit

Songwon preps OPS with buy and output in Middle East

Cardia bags deal in China and sells to Europe

Coke to use PEF for its bottles

Making mass production of composite auto parts a reality

MACHINERY NEWS

Europeans upbeat about 2011 but enter 2012 with caution

Record year for centenarian Reifenhäuser

Quick changeover from new IBC

INJECTION MOULDING ASIA

KraussMaffei to expand output in China

Jebco to launch Autothane products in China

RUBBER JOURNAL ASIA

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Plexiglas used in large scale PVs

xperts estimate the world's installed capacity for concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) at 23 MW in 2010, with market research company GTM Research expecting annual demand to rise to more than a gigawatt by 2015. Gone are the days of small pilot plants and all these solar panels require high quality lenses.

One company that has supplied its Plexiglas Solar Fresnel lens parquets for over 10 MW of electricity from concentrating photovoltaics in 2011 is Germany-based Evonik Industries.

Evonik's Plexiglas is used for the primary lenses in the solar panels. The lens parquets can be supplied with an edge length in excess of 1 m. The company says customers have confirmed optical efficiency of over 87%, with high light transmission and accurate mould surface reproduction of the high-precision Fresnel structures. Added to this is the longevity of the material that retains its transparency even in permanent use, says Evonik.