shape The Gurit Magazine for employees, customers and suppliers N° 19 / 2020 – English shape #19 Our Vision, Our Mission 4 40 Years of X-Yachts 7 Growth of Offshore Wind Energy 8 Health & Safety 13 Interview with Per Olesen 15 Solar Boat Racing 17 The Future of More Sustainable Aviation 18 Innovations in Tooling Automation 22 SPABOND™ – the Adhesive of Choice 24 Skyscrapers: Metallic Appearance with Composite Performance 26 Counting Down to the America’s Cup 28 Center of Excellence for Gurit’s Formulated Product Range 30 On Track for Innovation 32 Corecell™ – the Marine Foam 34 Natural Fibres Innovation 36 Improving Merchant Vessel Efficiency with Oceanwings 38 Rotor Sails and the Environmental Impact 40 Boat Builder Awards in Amsterdam 42 Imprint Gurit Services AG, Group Communications, Thurgauerstr. 54, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland Editor in Chief Thomas Nauer, Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications ; Copy-text: Blair Foreman; with contributions from customers, partners and Gurit team members around the world. Translation by ECInnovation on the basis of the original version published in English. Contact
[email protected] Photo credits Emirates Team New Zealand (cover, 28-29), AdobeStock (4-6, 8-9, 21), X-Yachts (7), David Dixon/geograph.org.uk (8), Danish Yachts (11), Tractebel (12), Freepik (16), TU Delft Solar Boat Team (17), pixabay (18), Shutterstock (19, 27), Carbon Engineering Ltd. (21), Unsplash (24-25), Norco Composites (27-28), North Sea Boats (35), Sabre Yachts (35), Grand Banks Yachts & Palm Beach Motor Yachts (35), Bcomp (36), VPLP Design (38-39), Wilsca/Wikimedia (40), Norsepower (40-41), Royal Huisman (43), Dominator Yachts (43).