An Acrosoma~R panel pultrusion machine (patented) is running at high speed in Belgium, for production of FRP composite truck trailer panels. The development took 2 years and the panel product was launched in June 2003. The Acrosoma company of Lokeren, Belgium, a spinoff of Stevens Carrosserie n.v.'s Composittrailer n.v., is producing 3-dimensional stitched sandwich panel in a continuous process. Over the last few months, the company has produced nearly 18,000 meters of 180 tonnes of GFRP composite panels. Acrosoma manufactured and delivered 120 t of panels in November and December alone. The total capacity of one machine is over 200,000 lineal sq m or 2000 metric tons (4.4 million lbs) of composites per year. 2004 volume is anticipated to be at least 75 percent of that figure.
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