TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The borate: is boron oxide, sodium tetraborate, potassium metaborate, potassium tetraborate, ammonium biborate, ammonium tetrafluoroborate, butylammonium tetrafluoroborate, calcium tetrafluoroborate, lithium fluoroborate, potassium tetrafluoroborate, sodium tetrafluoroborate, tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate, tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate or zinc tetrafluoroborate; and is present at 0.2-8 wt.%, preferably 1-5 wt.%. In the glass fiber, the sizing has a solubility measured by Soxhlet extraction with toluene of 50-98%, preferably 70-95%.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: In the composition: at least 80 wt.%, preferably 99 wt.% of the silane coupling agent present in the composition is dialkoxylated and the remaining silane is trialkoxylated; the total amount of silane in the composition is 2-20 (preferably 8-14) wt.%; and the dialkoxylated silane is a dimethoxysilane or diethoxysilane, preferably glycidoxypropyl-methyl-dimethoxysilane or glycidoxypropyl-methyl-diethoxysilane. The film former: comprises epoxy resins, saturated or unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl ester or phenolics; and is present at 40-80 wt.%, preferably 50-70 wt.%. The lubricant is a polyethylene glycol ester, and is present at 5-30 wt.%, preferably 15-22 wt.%.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: In the composite material, the matrix comprises thermoset resins, including epoxy, unsaturated polyester, vinylester, polyurethane or thermoplastic polymers, preferably polypropylene, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate, polyetheretherketone, polyetherimide, linear polyurethane, polycarbonate, polystyrene or their copolymers or terpolymers. The composite material comprises 60-65 (preferably 63) vol.% of glass fibers arranged unidirectionally. EXAMPLE - Typical composition comprised (in wt.%) of: 3-glycidoxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane (0.82); bis-A epoxy EEW 230-257 film former (4.4); ammonium tetrafluoroborate (0.1); polyethylene glycol-400 monooleate (1.38); polyethyleneimine condensate (0.1); and water (93.2).