JEC Composites Magazine is the point of contact of the international Composites Community, 6 times a year, with topics covering scientific information, business, technology, manufacturing, and application sectors trends.
In each and every issue, readers will learn about the entire composites industry value chain (from raw materials to application markets), and be inspired with current and future innovations.
The six sections of the magazine consist in:
- NEWS: with interviews, articles about business development (M&As, appointments, partnerships and collaborations, awards etc.).
- BUSINESS: with articles covering trends and markets, focusing on a specific country or region, with the composites market, or the application markets, or the companies strategies etc. in that country or region, and a startup focus.
- MANUFACTURING: with articles about production processes and processing equipment.
- FEATURE: an in-depth overview of a specific topic (typically an application sector), plus a JEC World Preview in April/May and Review in June/July.
- SOLUTIONS: composites around us, with articles showing how composite materials are being used in applications which impact our everyday lives.
- TECHNOLOGY: with articles about developments in materials, testing and control, repair, joining, design and simulation, recycling and reuse, R&D.
Enjoy your reading!
Contents
Will the horizon stay clear?
“The aviation sector provides visibility to the different players in the field, which is reassuring. It is also reassuring that air transportation continues to grow and resist crises of all kinds,...
N°158 - september 2024
N°157 - july 2024
N°156 - may 2024
N°155 - march 2024
N°154 - january 2024
N°153 - november 2023
N°152 - september 2023
N°151 - june 2023
N°150 - april 2023
N°149 - january 2023
N°148 - november 2022
N°147 - september 2022
N°146 - june 2022
N°145 - april 2022
N°149 - january 2022
N°144 - january 2022
N°143 - november 2021
N°142 - september 2021
N°141 - july 2021
N°140 - may 2021
N°139 - march 2021
N°138 - january 2021
N°137 - november 2020
N°136 - september 2020
N°135 - july 2020
N°134 - may 2020
N°133 - march 2020
N°132 - january 2020
N°131 - november 2019
N°130 - september 2019
N°129 - july 2019
N°128 - may 2019
N°127 - march 2019
N°126 - january 2019
N°125 - november 2018
N°124 - october 2018
N°123 - august 2018
N°122 - july 2018
N°121 - may 2018
N°120 - april 2018
N°119 - march 2018
N°118 - january 2018
N°117 - november 2017
N°116 - october 2017
N°115 - august 2017
N°114 - july 2017
N°113 - june 2017
N°111 - march 2017
N°110 - january 2017
N°109 - november 2016
N°108 - october 2016
N°107 - august 2016
N°106 - july 2016
N°105 - june 2016
N°104 - april 2016
N°103 - march 2016
N°102 - january 2016
N°101 - november 2015
N°100 - october 2015
N°99 - september 2015
N°98 - july 2015
N°97 - may 2015
N°96 - april 2015
N°95 - march 2015
N°94 - january 2015
N°93 - december 2014
N°92 - october 2014
N°91 - august 2014
N°90 - june 2014
N°89 - may 2014
N°88 - april 2014
N°87 - march 2014
N°86 - january 2014
N°85 - november 2013
N°84 - october 2013
N°83 - august 2013
N°82 - july 2013
N°81 - may 2013
N°80 - april 2013
N°79 - march 2013
N°78 - january 2013
N°77 - december 2012
N°76 - october 2012
N°75 - august 2012
N°74 - july 2012
N°73 - june 2012
N°72 - april 2012
N°71 - march 2012
N°70 - january 2012
N°69 - november 2011
N°68 - october 2011
N°67 - august 2011
N°66 - july 2011
N°65 - may 2011
N°64 - april 2011
N°63 - march 2011
N°62 - january 2011
N°61 - november 2010
N°60 - october 2010
N°59 - august 2010
N°58 - june 2010
N°57 - may 2010
N°56 - april 2010
N°55 - february 2010
N°54 - january 2010
N°53 - november 2009
N°52 - october 2009
N°51 - september 2009
N°50 - july 2009
N°49 - june 2009
N°48 - may 2009
N°47 - march 2009
N°46 - january 2009
EDITORIALE
Will the horizon stay clear?
“The aviation sector provides visibility to the different players in the field, which is reassuring. It is also reassuring that air transportation continues to grow and resist crises of all kinds,...
OPINION
“l expect we will be working with large compa-nies to test our robots in specific use cases”
What could have in common an ostrich and composites materials ? They both take part in the development of Cassie, the bipedal robot engineered by Agility Robotics. Jonhatan Hurst, CTO and Co-founder...
NEWS
CFM International names Gaël Méheust President & CEO
Mr. Méheust is replacing Jean-Paul Ebanga, who had served as CFM president and CEO since February 2011 and who move on to another position within Safran. In his new position, Mr. Méheust will serve as...
Victrex and Tri-Mack joint venture to accelerate PAEK components in Aerospace
Combining proven thermo-plastic composite engineering and manufacturing expertise with innovative polyketone material technologies to create an unparalleled total solution pro-vider for the industry....
Strata and Reliance to collaborate on advanced aerospace manufacturing
Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company, wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, and Reliance Defence Limited (RDL), a wholly owned...
Solvay appoints Carmelo Lo Faro as Head of Composite Materials
Carmelo Lo Faro will succeed to Bill Wood who will retire following the successful integration of Cytec. Carmelo Lo Faro brings almost 20 years of experience with the Composite Materials business. His...
GE Aviation’s five-year investment in US operations exceeds $4 billion
Buoyed by record production on a new-generation of jet engines, engine components and aircraft systems, GE Aviation investments reached $4.3 billion in its expanding US operations during 2011-2016...
Safran Nacelles opens a MRO center of excellence in France
Safran Nacelles has strengthened its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) expertise with the creation of an MRO Center of Excellence at the company’s Pont-Audemer facility in France’s Normandy...
The all-carbon “Ferrari” of sailing, built in French shipyards
The VPLP dream team has many racing feats to its credit, as well as innovations that focus on sailing performance, luxury, and the pleasure of being close to nature. Now it is embarking on a another...
Faurecia: lnnovating every day for a better future
The transportation sector emits colossal amounts of carbon dioxide, one of the main causes of climate warming. By focusing on Clean Mobility, Faurecia is boosting its growth opportunities for...
New hybrid fabric brings impact resistance and vibration reduction
DSM Dyneema recently launched a new fabric made of Dyneema and carbon fibres with very attractive properties. Golnar Motahari Pour, President of DSM Dyneema, explains to JEC Composites Magazine what...
Advertorial
Belotti and Camattini meccanica: cooperating to reach far into the future of composite materials Insiders well know that composite material processing sector represents a continuous challenge to match...
NEWS agenda
2017 April Test methods for composite materials seminar April 25-26 Manchester, UK www.seminarsforengineers.com Plant based summit April 25-27 Lille, France www.plantbasedsummit.com Global Automotive...
BUSlNESS
The future of 3D printing is taking shape
The field of application for 3D printing (also called additive manufacturing) is growing day by day, from aerospace to automotive and on to all segments of industry. According to IDC, the overall...
MANUFACTURING
New HCL press for the moulding of composite materials
The new HCL - Hydraulic Composite Lightweight - concept developed by Fagor Arrasate is an update to the short stroke presses that were built in 1980's, designed to be able to mould different types of...
Seamless repair alternative for critical areas of pipelines
While leaks are inevitable in any pressurized system, C-SmartSeal™ composite repair solutions have proven to be the most effective choice for pipeline repair and reinforcement. O ne of the main...
Fit for the Nordschleife
The Nürburgring is renowned as a legendary race track worldwide. Capricorn Composite GmbH has had its headquarters there since the end of 2005, producing components for motor sports in the immediate...
Nonwoven biocomposites: tailor-made multifunctional materials for the automotive industry
During the past few years, environmental concerns have drastically increased the technical requirements for automotive parts. Composite materials are becoming more and more popular because they...
AERONAUTICS
Reducing aircraft development and certification times
Realizing the critical importance of shortening the design/manufacturing/certification cycle for advanced composites in aerospace, NASA pulled together a consortium of leading aerospace companies...
New simulation app for hygrothermal knock-down analysis
One of the major challenges in aerospace composite design is the accurate pre-diction of working stress and strain knock-down in hygrothermal conditions. It is a complex analysis field, where the...
Computed laminography – production-integrated inspection of large-scale CFRP components
CLARA®, a fully-featured computed laminography machine for non-destructive inspection of CFRP components, provides measurement results and a complete volume reconstruction of the object in a very...
Stack drilling with diamond tool materials
The aerospace industry has pioneered the use of carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) for numerous years, in many shapes, sizes and types. For applications where CFRP alone might fail, further...
Skin-stringer component with self-healing functionalities
Skin-stiffened composites have been extensively used in aerospace to produce lightweight structures. Stringer debonding is one of the most critical types of damage in this type of structure....
Innovative composite fan system for aero-engines
IHI Corp., together with its partners, recently developed an innovative lightweight composite fan case and the first composite structural guide vanes in the world. These technologies were applied...
Date Palm fibre composites: A novel and sustainable material for the aerospace industry
Date palm fibres represent a solution to the challenges facing the natural fibre composite industry. The fibres extracted from the fronds, which have high strength and stiffness and are widely...
Closing the loop for thermoplastic composites
The intent to “Think ThermoPlastic” is an integrated concept to position the Toho Tenax Group as a responsible partner to the industry. The development of carbon fibre-based lightweight, high-...
Recycling airplanes: a fast-developing market
The aviation industry will be more environment friendly, thanks to technological advances and new ideas for safe recycling of secondhand parts from end-of-life airplanes. Airplanes are often abandoned...
Optimisation of sandwich composite structures for space applications
With the increasing use of advanced composite materials in launcher structures comes the issue of the optimum design of composite structures. Over the past years, the space industry has been...
SOLUTlONS
Ecological waste container
Composite materials are now a proven technology to reduce our environmental impact, especially in the transportation sector. But this is only a passive solution, meaning that users do not have to do...
A miniature carbon glider
It is named for a winged dinosaur, the archæopteryx. But there is nothing prehistoric about this carbon hybrid hang glider/paraglider/sailplane, on the contrary. Made in Switzerland, it is a flying...
New composite lift aims to revolutionize the construction industry
Singaporean company SLC focuses on composite materials to create an innovative new lift and make a breakthrough in a variety of industries and markets. Singapore Lift Company (SLC), a joint venture...
Thermoplastic ICEhouse: An example of the future of buildings
SABIC and eminent architectural and design firm William McDonough + Partners partnered up to develop the ICEhouse: an innovative building using carbon fibre and thermoplastics designed to be easily...
Hunting innovation
This is hand-laid, thermoset carbon; a painstaking cross between meticulous engineering and devoted craftsmanship. Mastered only by Hoyt, carbon’s strength, weight and thermal characteristics make it...
TECHNOLOGY
Testing nano-scale reinforced resin-infused carbon fibre composites
Incorporating nano-scale particles into composite materials can significantly enhance their properties. Cardiff University and Haydale Limited have been evaluating the use of plasma-processed nano-...
A step toward all-thermoplastic wind blades
The European WALiD project (Wind Blade Using Cost-Effective Advanced Composites Lightweight Design) is intended to change the current paradigm in offshore wind blade design by changing the design,...
Reinforcing composites – carbon nanotubes break new ground
Hamburg University of Technology has analysed hotmelt epoxy prepreg systems modified by an industrially-available masterbatch containing single-wall carbon nanotubes. Ultra-low loadings of 0.01 and...
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