Having been a member of the Composite Australia Board over the past three years has enabled me to view a much wider scope of the industry. Composites have such a wide ranging format that it becomes easy to feel segregated into your own little corner. Talk of carbon fibres and the aerospace industry is a far cry from standing on a cold factory floor trying to mix a sticky general purpose polyester resin solution. It is with these thoughts
in mind that I felt compelled to share a short story of how the ‘big end of town’ within the industry can make a difference to the average member.
This story involves two long-standing Composites Australia members: Regina Glass Fibre, an Australian glass tissue manufacturer based in Ballarat, country Victoria, and the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (Composites CRC), which has its head office in Fishermans Bend, Vic. Even in their names and locations only, one can sense the difference between the two companies!
