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Study Group: Carbon Fiber Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 71

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Elias Luna Barrios

Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Luna & Goodman Advisors
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Elias Luna is Partner & CEO of Luna & Goodman, where he advises international financial institutions (Private Equity, Funds, Capital and Risk, Distressed Management, Investment Banks) and has independently advised the Board of Directors at Daimler AG, formerly DaimlerChrysler until the US Chryslerarm...

Doug McVitie, MA, Founder & Chief Consultant, Arran AerospaceDoug McVitie, MA

Founder & Chief Consultant
Arran Aerospace
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Doug McVitie is the Founder and Chief Consultant at Arran Aerospace, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior, Mr. McVitie was Director of Sales Intelligence at Airbus in Toulouse, France. He has spent 30 years in the aerospace industry around the world. In1996,...

Richard Aboulafia, Vice President, Analysis, TEAL GROUP CORPORATIONRichard Aboulafia

Vice President, Analysis
TEAL GROUP CORPORATION
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Richard Aboulafia is the Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group, a firm providing consulting services in the aerospace industry. Mr. Aboulafia is responsible for managing a team of experts who forecast aerospace markets including engines, electronics, space systems, and missiles. He has more than...

Gerard Buhrer

Owner
Spectrum International Sourcing
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Gerard Buhrer is Owner of Spectrum International Sourcing, an independent consultancy firm providing consultancy services for the manufacturing of aerospace engine parts. Mr. Buhrer has more than 38 years of experience in providing technical assistance to international suppliers and selecting suppliers...

John Vanden Bosche, Principal Engineer, Chinook Wind ConsultingJohn Vanden Bosche

Principal Engineer
Chinook Wind Consulting
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John Vanden Bosche is a Principal Engineer at Chinook Wind Consulting, a firm providing energy consulting services. Mr. Vanden Bosche has over19 years of experience in the wind industry with involvement in a broad range of projects. He has worked on basic engineering research, wind turbine design and...

Joachim "Joe" Eberhardt, Owner & President, Oxnard MB LLCJoachim "Joe" Eberhardt

Owner & President
Oxnard MB LLC
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Joe Eberhardt is the Owner of Oxnard MB LLC which operates Mercedes-Benz/smart of Oxnard in Southern California. He also advises multiple companies with a focus on strategy development and alternative drive trains (hybrid, electrical) development and application. From 2003 to 2007, he was EVP of Global...

Randall Tinkerman

Chief Consultant, Founder
Wind Power Management
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Randall Tinkerman is a Manager Due Diligence at Deutsche WindGuard, a consulting firm in wind power industry, where he works in an independent position and provides strategic due diligence advice to the company. Mr. Tinkerman is also the Founder and Chief Consultant for Wind Power Management, a consultancy...

George Dorkhom, President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide George Dorkhom

President and Managing Partner
AD&A Worldwide
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George Dorkhom is the President and Managing Partner of AD&A Worldwide, a corporate restructuring group. He was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingersoll International, a global company that manufactures large machine and cutting tools and specialized equipment for aerospace and...

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Gas Cylinders Are Here to Stay

September 20, 2009

George Dorkhom, President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide

Is It The End For High-Pressure Gas Cylinders? | www.prlog.org

Higher pressure or not , the gas cylinders market is an important segment in the industrial gas business for smaller users and mobile applications in medical and industry and are here to stay but controls technology must continue to improve on safety and reliability.

Much ado about nothing

September 15, 2009

Zoltek announces New Wind Energy Development Alliance | www.reuters.com

The recent announcement (Sept. 9, 2009; of an alliance between Zoltek and GBT (Netherlands) appears at first glance to be a step down the value chain. In fact it offers little. All the major wind power generator companies design their own blades and regard it as a core technology.  LM Glasfiber ($1.3B)...

Well, the WTO Ruled in Favor of Boeing, But Bloomberg's Take Was Surprising

September 12, 2009

Doug McVitie, MA, Founder & Chief Consultant, Arran Aerospace

Boeing, U.S. Seen Winning WTO Case on European Aid to Airbus | www.bloomberg.com

So this story is already a week old, but crucially only three weeks into the one-month appeal time. EADS has already made the tactical error of calling this (interim) result "Only Part One", when it simply can't be -- the two cases are separate and so can't be interdependent..So what does EADS do?...

China takes off, it is rapidly taking over as we squander our brand names for ?

September 11, 2009

George Dorkhom, President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide

China’s Geely, Beijing Automotive Target Volvo, Saab | www.bloomberg.com

It is a known fact that the Chinese government has put its weight and tremendous wealth behind targeted industries, Electronics , automotive and aerospace and it is well on its way to target the general industrial market. It is succeeding and have taken over Japan in Electronics manufacturing output...why...

Temporary lay-offs in Italy maybe OK,but plant closure ..guess what

September 10, 2009

George Dorkhom, President and Managing Partner, AD&A Worldwide

Italian Government Reaches Union Agreement on Fiat’s CNH Plant | www.bloomberg.com

Italian Labor law is so inflexible about layoffs and forget the future of the plant in Imola if it invovles permanent closure. Italy, behind Spain , is one of the most socialistic countries when it come to labor law giving no flexibility whatsoever to industry in manoeuvering during difficult times,...

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