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
The Olympic and Paralympic Games or the climax of the influence of materials on performance
“While the Paris Olympic Games have just ended and the Paralympic Games are about to begin, the JCM is devoting its feature to the impact of materials on the development of sports and the performance...
FROM THE EDITORlAL TEAM
The Olympic and Paralympic Games or the climax of the influence of materials on performance
“While the Paris Olympic Games have just ended and the Paralympic Games are about to begin, the JCM is devoting its feature to the impact of materials on the development of sports and the performance...
MOVING COMPOSITES FORWARD
“We mobilise partners around innovation projects”
The Swiss-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) aims to build a better world through sport and to promote Olympism both during and between Olympic events. Actively engaged in the sustainable...
NEWS
Gatron signs contract with Alstom
Brazilian company Gatron, a manufacturer of composite parts, signed another contract to supply 11,880 seats for 22 Alstommanufactured trains. The trains will be part of Line 6-Orange of the São Paulo...
NEWS in brief Stellantis invests additional $55 million in Archer
Stellantis and Archer Aviation, a leader in electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft (eVTOL), announced Archer has received an additional $55 million investment from Stellantis following the...
Biesterfeld becomes exclusive distributor for Gen 2 Carbon
Biesterfeld, an international distributor of specialty chemical products, pharma and food ingredient, is entering into a new partnership with Gen 2 Carbon, which develops sustainable car-bon fibre...
SkyDrive signs agreement with JR Kyushu to commence feasibility study in Kyushu region
SkyDrive, a leading Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, and Kyushu Railway Company announced that they have signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility study for eVTOL deployment in...
Hexcel in spotlight as Utah government announces Project Alta coalition for advanced air mobility
Utah Governor Spencer Cox of the new Air Logistics and Transportation Alliance announced plans to make Utah a major hub for a next generation of innovation in air travel – the development and public...
Airbus enters agreement with Spirit AeroSystems
Airbus has entered into a binding term sheet agreement with Spirit AeroSystems in relation to a potential acquisition of major activities related to Airbus, notably the production of A350 fuselage...
Sicomin and Fairmat create recycled carbon composite stiffener for body scale
Sicomin, the formulator of high-performance epoxy resin systems including the GreenPoxy® bio-resin range, announced its collaboration with carbon composite recycling leader Fairmat. The two companies...
The ESA built meteorite-dust-made Lego® bricks
Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) 3D printed similar to Lego bricks with meteorite dust to see if it could be used as a building block on small scale versions of structures. The real...
Enabling innovations in wing aerodynamics towards net-zero aviation
Led by Airbus subsidiary and technology incubator UpNext, the eXtra Performance Wing project aims to improve flight performance and respond to environmental concerns by completely rethinking aircraft...
BUSINESS
“We aim to disrupt the fluorochemical market”
As PFAS are known to pose a significant health threat to both environment and human race, BioHalo developed a solution to “produce bio-based polymers tailored for high-performance applications using...
The JEC Forum SEA witnesses a dynamic market
The JEC Forum SEA has just been held in Bangkok, showcasing companies from the region. Generally speaking, the composite materials market is dynamic in the Asia Pacific region. The Asian market plays...
MANUFACTURING
Beyond the autoclave: exploring self-heating mould technology for composites in aerospace
Composites materials are essential in the aerospace industry. To shape them, autoclaves, high-pressure and high-temperature chambers are traditionally used. But to optimise energy consumption and...
Latest trends in SQRTM: upgrading efficiency and cost-effectiveness
SQRTM made aerospace parts have been certified and flying for nearly 2 decades, yet the technology is often misunderstood. This article looks at the process roots and presents the latest trends in the...
Thanks to RTM & SQRTM, aircraft wings exit autoclave: what is next?
The vision initiated by Coexpair for next-generation single aisle wings was manufacturing by SQRTM or RTM processes. It turns true and factual. Today, with material performances equal or better than...
FEATURE
A new and emerging standard in hybrid manufacturing for continuous fibre
With AFT™, 9T Labs offers a new hybrid approach for continuous fibre that competes with traditional subtractive manufacturing and machined metal components on cost, weight, performance and...
A contagious mash-up sport, and its rendezvous with composites
Pickleball is snowballing into a craze since it caught attention post-COVID. It is a mash-up of tennis, badminton and table tennis. A pickle indeed. Over the next decade, market.us forecasts the...
“With ATL Composites, we improve the efficiency of the build with CNC shaping”
Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, JEC had the opportunity to speak with Breiana Whitehead, an Australian kitefoil champion, and her father Murray, who specialises in sailing construction. A...
Navigating sustainability in composite sports equipment design
For over 30 years, Starboard has been designing and producing composite boards, becoming a leading brand in windsurfing, stand-up paddleboarding and wing foiling. Whilst the company has been taking...
Innovating bobsleigh design in the USA Bobsleigh/Skeleton team
DeBotech, Inc. specialises in high-performance composite solutions in motorsports, aerospace, and sporting, where precision and durability are paramount. Their partnership with the USA...
Development guidelines for injection-moulded sport equipment
The novel test method developed by Xenia in collaboration with University of Bologna has shown that it is possible to choose thermoplastic composite materials tailored for specific applications, with...
A universal sports blade crafted from aeronautical-industry carbon fibre
It all started with a father who had lost both legs and wanted to run with his children. The idea then developed into a student project, before evolving into a life-long project for those involved. In...
SOLUTIONS
Addressing water scarcity with innovative GFRP solutions
Water scarcity is a pressing global issue exacerbated by climate change, population growth and industrial demands. Access to clean and reliable water sources is becoming increasingly challenging in...
Defence: composites in the field
Implicitly linked to the technological and material advancements of the past few decades, composite materials have a history intrinsically tied to the various conflicts of the 20th century. It was...
TECHNOLOGY
Composite-metallic hydrogen barriers
Ultima Forma is developing platform technologies to help industry decarbonise by bringing together materials science with manufacturing innovation to address major challenges. Their unique...
Sustainability in sports: a composite approach
The push for sustainability is as prevalent in sports as any industry today. While it is difficult to predict the exact environ-mental cost of the sports industry, a figure from David Goldblatt at the...
Innovative Composite Center in Japan: 10 years of progress and a look ahead
In the 10 years since its establishment in 2014, Innovative Composite Research and Development Center (ICC) has promoted R&D in cooperation with various institutions and companies to expand the...
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