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
4 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes and 23 seconds
“On July 15, just seven months after breaking the solo round-the-world sailing record in under 50 days, Thomas Coville toppled the emblematic West to East North Atlantic solo record in 4 days, 11...
N°160 - january 2025
N°159 - november 2024
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°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°114 - july 2017
N°113 - june 2017
N°112 - april 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
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N°94 - january 2015
N°93 - december 2014
N°92 - october 2014
N°91 - august 2014
N°90 - june 2014
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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
EDITORIAL
4 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes and 23 seconds
“On July 15, just seven months after breaking the solo round-the-world sailing record in under 50 days, Thomas Coville toppled the emblematic West to East North Atlantic solo record in 4 days, 11...
OPINIONS
49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds
At the latest JEC World, we had a chance to chat with Team Sodebo’s skipper, Thomas Coville, and its technical manager, Elie Canivenc. On 25 December 2016, a day of grace if ever there were one, the...
NEWS
Owens Corning acquires concrete reinforcement division of Hughes Brothers
Owens Corning Infrastructure Solutions, part of the Composites business of Owens Corning, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Aslan FRP, the concrete reinforcement business of Nebraska-...
Ocean Renewable Power Company concludes power take-off testing at UMaine
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) has completed full-scale testing of a specialized, water-lubricated bearing system and associated driveline components designed for underwater systems that capture...
Sicomin appoints Aerontec as South African distributor
The formulator of high performance epoxy resin systems, has agreed a distribution partnership with Aerontec, the South African composite materials supplier with head offices based in Cape Town....
Sigmatex announce strategic partnership agreement with Hengrui Corporation
This partnership will formalise the existing relationship between Sigmatex and HRC, and provide a more strategic focus on the automotive market, especially within the Asia region. Both Sigmatex and...
Startup Booster, a new programme that takes innovation to a new high
The three winners of the first Startup Booster competition, organised during the JEC World 2017 show last March in Paris, presented innovations in the fields of additive manufacturing, biomaterials...
H-PreC, France
H-PreC was born from a statement: composite processing technologies are limited and rarely meet customer requirements despite sophisticated raw materials and an exponentially growing demand. Hence,...
3D Fortify, USA
3D Fortify is an advanced manufacturing startup that aims to disrupt additive manufacturing, ushering in a new generation of custom, high-performance products. They developed a patented process that...
Startup Booster #2: open for submissions!
The competition tailored to source and inspire innovations in the composites field. The 2nd edition of Startup Booster will be held during JEC World 2018, March 6-8, 2018. The program is open to...
BUSINESS
lndian composite industry outlook
The composite industry is a cyclical and institutional business (B2B and B2G) that is closely linked to specific applications, sectors, technologies and country GDP growth. There is hardly any...
A leader in epoxy resins
With more than US $40 billion in turnover and a workforce of over 120,000 employees of 42 different nationalities, the Indian group Aditya Birla is a Fortune 500 company. More than half of its...
MANUFACTURING
High-performance creations: additive manufacturing and composites
This article focuses on the combination of additive manufacturing (AM) and composites. In fact, we all know that composites manufacturing is “additive” by definition. CCS and SUTD started exploring...
Hollow HP-RTM carbon fibre parts
Along with several partners, Hennecke developed a process to produce complex-geometry hollow HP-RTM parts combining epoxy or PU resin systems with woven or sheet carbon fibre materials. The process...
In-line coated profiles: optimizing the pultrusion process
The pultrusion process is an effective way to process composites, however several drawbacks that reduce the competitiveness of pultruded profiles in comparison to traditional materials still need to...
FEATURE
49 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes and 38 seconds
(p5/...) During a round-the-world, do you have an idea of how long you’ve spent above the water? T. C.: We call it newscimming, in other words, we fly, then we rest, and so forth. We’re really just...
Skin-stringer component with self-healing functionalities
Composite materials have come to play a prominent role in modern boats – mostly fibreglass, although carbon has been making headway in recent years in spite of its cost. Here are some examples with...
Carbon reigns
There is no doubt about it: mast manufacturers like Axxon or Pro Fil Composites are selling more and more carbon-fibre tubes. Are aluminium masts a thing of the past in the boating industry? Probably...
Weight savings and durability
Incidence Sails, the leading French producer of sails made from composite materials, has developed a new manufacturing process, for which it is obtaining a patent. lncidence Sails, a sailmaker near La...
The Foiling Factor: the emergent technology of the future at the 35th America’s Cup
Altair and Artemis Racing Design the Difference™ to maximize speed in the America’s Cup. Technology, training, tactics, talent and the tremendous speed. It all matters out on the open waters when...
Arkema 3 Mini 6.50: a model of innovation
The Arkema 3 Mini 6.50 brings together a large number of innovations in terms of construction as well as a new high-performance liquid and reactive thermoplastic resin, Elium® by Arkema. It is often...
Helping Nautivela build winning boats
Nautivela is one of the leading global manufacturers of sailing boats in the Olympic 470, 420 and Optimist classes. Its boats are being used by the best sailing athletes around the world, winning...
Fastening solutions for marine composites
For bonding fastener solution provider bigHead, marine industry applications follow many of the same characteristic requirements as other industries where composite materials are being increasingly...
Gepeto Composite, the MRO specialist of offshore racing
As is the case in the aerospace sector, specialists are required in offshore racing to watch over the good health of their racing craft. Gepeto Composite has made its reputation in this highly...
Repair against the clock
At the last offshore racing catamaran championship, the Miss Geico Race Team had to manage a huge repair of its boat hull during the competition. Thanks to the mouldability of composites and a team of...
SOLUTlONS
An environmentally-friendly fin for stand-up paddle boards
Surf equipment manufacturer Futures Fins collaborated with Green Dot Bioplastics to produce an environmentally-friendly fin for stand-up paddle boards. The fin is made from a wood-plastic composite,...
A double bass made of carbon-reinforced plastics that can be disassembled
With the Centre for High Performance Materials, ITA offers small and medium-sized companies direct access to scientific research especially in the fields of high-modulus fibres and composites. In this...
FRP pedestrian bridge deck for a waterfront multi-use trail
Neponset River Greenway, on the Boston and Milton shore of the Neponset River, is a kilometres-long waterfront multi-use trail. A 325-m-long canopy walk will soon carry users through an existing...
TECHNOLOGY
Virtual allowables approach for the design phase of a composite fuselage
The development of new composite materials in the aerospace field has been limited due to high cost and time impacts against their promise of lightweighting advantages and optimization of tailored...
FRP component design using forming simulations
The development of automotive components is governed by many criteria related to energy, materials and cost issues, as well as environmental requirements. These complex problems lead to the need for...
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