JEC Asia Innovation Awards

Composite Innovations Across Industry Sectors

JEC Asia 2018 Innovation Award Winners
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | e-Xstream Engineering (Luxembourg) – Digimat for additive manufacturing
AEROSPACE – STRUCTURAL | CSIR National Aerospace Laboratories (India) – Partner: Aeronautical Development Agency (India) – Innovative co-cured engine bay door
AEROSPACE – TOOLING | Ascent Aerospace – Coast Composites (USA) – HyVarC hybrid Invar/composite layup moulds
AUTOMOTIVE | Action Composites (China) – Partners: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany) / c-m-p GmbH (Germany) / KLK Motorsport GmbH (Germany) / IAB GmbH (Germany) / FLURO-Gelenklager GmbH (Germany) / Zund Thailand (Thailand) – Mass production of CFRP stabilizers and droplinks
AUTOMOTIVE – COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | Kolon (South Korea) – Partners: Hyundai Motor Group (South Korea) / SK Chemicals (South Korea) – Smart hybrid composite leaf spring for vehicles
E-MOBILITY | Daimler AG (Germany) – Partner: Quadrant Plastic Composites AG (Switzerland) – Vehicle-integrated inductive charging
INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT | Composite Technology Center Stade – An Airbus Company (Germany) – Partners: Airbus Operations GmbH (Germany) / Laboratory of Manufacturing Technology / Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg (Germany) / Audi AG (Germany) / Volkswagen AG (Germany) – High-performance lightweight robot gripper system
INFRASTRUCTURE & CIVIL ENGINEERING | Centre for Future Materials (Australia) – Partner: Joinlox Pty Ltd. (Australia) – Easy-fit and self-locking composite jacket
MARINE | Loiretech (France) – Partners: DGA (France) / Meca (France) / Naval Group (France) – FABHELI composite propeller
RAILWAY | Saertex GmbH & Co (Germany) – Partners: Forster System-Montage-T (Germany) / Alan Harper (UK) – Breakthrough in railways: renovation of the ICE
SPORTS & LEISURE | DYETEC Institute (Korea Dyeing and Finishing Technology Institute) (South Korea) – Partners: Standard Graphene (South Korea) / T4L Co., Ltd. (South Korea) / AMRC (UK & South Korea) / Shina t&c (South Korea) – Innovative CFRP manufacturing method for lightweight, high-stiffness drone structures using graphene oxide (GO)
SUSTAINABILITY | Premium Aerotec GmbH (Germany) – Partner: Cevotec (Germany) – Recycling AFP residual tape with patch placement

The JEC Asia 2018 International Composites Event will take place November 14-16, 2018 in Seoul at Coex, and JEC has announced that 12 companies from 8 different countries received a JEC Innovation Award, according to the JEC event website.

 

The Asia-Pacific region is subject to the same global challenges in the composites industry: global warming, megacities, environmental concerns; all with local considerations and nuances, and according to the event website, composites can bring solutions.

JEC Group highlighted the following composites sectors this year: additive manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, e-mobility, industrial equipment, infrastructure & civil engineering, marine, railway, sports & leisure, sustainability, and trucks.