Composites
JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2025: Finalists announced
The JEC Composites Innovation Awards, a renowned global platform celebrating excellence in the composites industry, has unveiled its 33 finalists for 2025. Over 27 years, the awards have recognized 258 organizations and 670 partners, spotlighting innovative breakthroughs and impactful collaborations across the value chain.
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Flipts & Dobbels opens new pathways for biocomposites within VIBES Initiative
Through its involvement in the VIBES project, Flipts & Dobbels has contributed to the VIBES collaboration’s latest breakthrough: the successful manufacture of a carbon and natural fibre panel made with a bisphenol-free epoxy resin using resin infusion techniques. This achievement marks an important milestone in the development of sustainable, high performance composite materials.
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Kordsa hosts International Composites United Innovation Day
Kordsa, partnered with Composites United (CU), one of the foremost organizations in the composites industry, to host the CU Innovation Day, focus on "Sustainable Composites" at the Sabanc? Technology Center in Munich.
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JEC Forum Southeast Asia successfully connects over 200 industry leaders
The inaugural edition of JEC Forum Southeast Asia, held on June 11-12, 2024, concluded with resounding success, bringing together over 200 participants from 23 countries for two days of focused networking, collaboration, and knowledge exchange. Organized by JEC in partnership with the Thai Composites Association (TCA), the event served as a valuable platform for key stakeholders in the composites industry across Southeast Asia.
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Hexcel will demonstrate its latest aerospace solutions at ILA Berlin on June 5-9. At Hall 2, Stand 120, Hexcel will showcase its broad range of high-performance advanced lightweight composite materials for the Commercial Aerospace and Space & Defense markets and present customer components that highlight the performance and processing benefits of Hexcel technology.
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JEC is thrilled to announce a collaboration with Lucintel, a premier market research and management consulting firm, to introduce Lucintel’s Analytics Dashboard.
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Low-dielectric quartz fiber prepreg from Teijin Group’s Renegade Materials Corp. is first to achieve NCAMP certification
Teijin Limited announced today that an epoxy thermoset prepreg on quartz fabric from its carbon fiber subsidiary, Renegade Materials Corporation, is the first such material to qualify for certification by the U.S. National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP). The high-performance, low- dielectric prepreg, made by impregnating woven quartz fabric with epoxy resin, is used for aircraft radar domes (radomes.) .
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Chemovator invests in Detroit-based startup Heartland rethinking plastics using natural fiber reinforcements
Chemovator, the business incubator and early-stage investor of BASF, has successfully finalized an investment in Heartland. The Detroit-based startup is a frontrunner in the production of natural fiber plastic additives, and the latest addition to Chemovator's external-facing Elevate program.
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JEC announces new business meetings event for the composites industry in Central Europe
JEC and Targi w Krakowie Ltd. (Trade Fairs in Krakow), are thrilled to announce the launch of a new event, JEC Forum Central Europe, dedicated to bringing together suppliers and buyers from the region. The inaugural event will take place in Krakow, Poland, on September 17-18, 2025.
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With Jan Karnath, Reifenhäuser is bringing the fourth generation and new skills into the family business
Jan Karnath (39), a nephew of Bernd Reifenhäuser (CEO) and Ulrich Reifenhäuser (CSO), is the first representative of the fourth generation to join the operational business of the Reifenhäuser Group.
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Interview with Lovis Kneisel, CEO of FUSE, about an alpine ski made from hemp-based composites
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REV Technologies for electric vehicles debuts at Tire Technology Expo
Kordsa, a global player in the tire, construction reinforcement, composite technologies and compounding, took part in one of the world's premier tire technology fairs, Tire Technology Expo 2024, held in Hannover, Germany. At the fair, Kordsa unveiled its new brand, REV Technologies, aimed at the electric vehicle market, solidifying its commitment to shaping the future of sustainable mobility.
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Extending the success of business meetings events to Bangkok
Following the success of business meetings events in the DACH region and Italy over the past years, JEC is proud to announce the inaugural edition of JEC Forum Southeast Asia, in partnership with the Thai Composites Association. It is set to take place in Bangkok on June 11 and 12, 2024. This event aims to replicate the achievements of its predecessors by bringing together key stakeholders from the composites industry for two days of networking, collaboration, and knowledge exchange.
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Waiting for an upwind
Hagen Lotzmann and Martin Legner from the KARL MAYER GROUP, together with Ulrike Schlenker, take a look at JEC World 2024 and the mood in the composites industry
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Mark Ushpol appointed EVP, Americas business area at Suominen
Mark Ushpol has been appointed Executive Vice President, Americas business area at Suominen. He will be a member of Suominen's Executive Management Team and report to President and CEO Tommi Björnman. Ushpol will start in his new position on January 6, 2025.
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EDANA announces FILTREX™ 2025: Premier filtration conference and exhibition in Vienna
EDANA, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, is pleased to announce the upcoming FILTREX™ 2025 conference and tabletop exhibition. This premier event for filtration professionals will take place on 25-26 March 2025 at the Hilton Waterfront Hotel in Vienna, Austria.
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EDANA and INDA release the Global Nonwoven Markets Report 2023-2028
EDANA, the Voice of Nonwovens, and INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, are pleased to announce the release of the Global Nonwoven Markets Report, A Comprehensive Survey and Outlook, 2023 - 2028, now available for purchase through both INDA’s and EDANA’s websites. EDANA, the Voice of Nonwovens, and INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, are pleased to announce the release of the Global Nonwoven Markets Report, A Comprehensive Survey and Outlook, 2023 - 2028, now available for purchase through both INDA’s and EDANA’s websites.
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