This significant increase in plantation capacity, combined with investments in machinery, further strengthens 3A Composites’ global leadership in the balsa core materials business. The company’s global customers will profit from the guarantee that they will never run out of FSC certified balsa. With its strength and stiffness, balsa is a core material of choice for many sandwich applications ranging from wind rotor blades to marine as well as construction applications. With its extensive plantations, 3A Composites is positioned to offer a long-term and sustainable supply of this natural product. The company owns the entire product cycle from seedling to finished core material and can guarantee long term supply volumes as well as unrivalled process and quality controls, resulting in the Baltek SBC – the only FSC certified balsa worldwide. “Long-term availability guarantees for Baltek balsa, combined with tomorrow’s enhanced products, clearly deliver a higher value to our customers and their end products,” stated 3A Composites Core Materials’ CEO, Roman Thomassin. “Our global footprint also assures that we can offer a local supply chain to our customers – worldwide. This proves once more that we remain a reliable partner in a volatile market place.” www.corematerials.3AComposites.com
