Brazilian composites industry meets Top of Mind award winners

On Dec. 9 the Latin American Association of Composite Materials (ALMACO, São Paulo, Brazil) released the winners for its 12^th Top of Mind of the Composites Industry 2021 award. According to the survey, which was open for voting between Oct. 4 and Nov. 5 this year, 7,911 electronic and spontaneous votes from material production chain and final consumer representatives were computed.

The list of winners and the percentage of votes obtained by each one are as follows:

• Polyester Resin: INEOS Composites (35.43%)
• Epoxy Resin: Redelease (14.28%)
• Vinyl Ester Resin: INEOS (51.48%)
• Fiberglass: Owens Corning (37.1%)
• Carbon fiber: Texiglass (31.14%)
• Fabrics: Texiglass (32,6%)
• Adhesives: Parker LORD (50.78%)
• Peroxides: Nouryon (51,2%)
• Gelcoat: Dilutec (20.52%)
• Molding Compound: LyondellBasell (26.3%)
• Release Agent: Redelease (22.8%)
• Polyurethane: Purcom (36.68%)
• Additive: BYK (37.91%)
• Molds: Bruno Moldes (29.88%)
• Equipment: Fibermaq (44.91%)
• Distributor: Redelease (33.68%)
• Hand Layup and Spray-up: Fibrasol (26,17%)
• RTM: Gatron (14.36%)
• SMC: Tecnofibras (32.83%)
• BMC: LyondellBasell (67.3%)
• Pultrusion: Cogumelo (18.75%)
• Infusion: Barracuda (22.73%)
• Filament Winding: Petrofisa (33.65%)
• Continuos Lamination: Fibralit (26.37%)
• Innovation: Polystell (13.2%)
• Wind Energy: Owens Corning (14.6%)
• Composites: INEOS (16.75%)

ALMACO’s mission is to represent, promote and strengthen the sustainable development of the composites market. For more information, visit www.almaco.org.br.