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
Brittany companies take top spot!
“At the beginning of July, after 39,000 nautical miles and eight months racing, skipper Franck Cammas and his 10-strong crew steered Groupama 4 to victory in the 11th Volvo Ocean Race, one of the...
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°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
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°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
EDITO
Brittany companies take top spot!
“At the beginning of July, after 39,000 nautical miles and eight months racing, skipper Franck Cammas and his 10-strong crew steered Groupama 4 to victory in the 11th Volvo Ocean Race, one of the...
POINT OF VIEW: PREPREGS
Century Design Inc. : providing ready-to-use prepreg equipment
While a growing number of companies are vertically integrating prepregging into their value chain in order to catch more added value, historical prepreggers are installing new machines to meet the...
COMPANIES & BUSINESS
Michelman awarded $2.5 million grant for new research
& development center Michelman has been awarded a $2.5 million Ohio Third Frontier Industrial Research and Development Center Grant for its new R&D center, that will be named the Michelman Advanced...
Toho Tenax to grow composite business in India
Toho Tenax Co., the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers and composites business, announced that it will develop and market carbon fiber fabrics for India’s composite industry in...
Axson buys Nanoledge, Telesystem’s “High performance resin” business
Nanoledge, a Telesystem portfolio company, just sold its “high performance resin” business to AXSON, a world leader in high performance polymer formulation. Nanoledge, is an innovative startup focused...
German Institute of Science & Technology (TUM) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP) signed MOU for composites research
During JEC Asia, the German Institute of Science and Technology – TUM Asia (TUM Asia) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pursue research in fibre composite...
A lightweight composite team for automotive applications
Last year, BASF established a lightweight composite team for fast and efficient development cooperation with the automotive industry. A lightweight design laboratory started working on fast-curing...
APPLICATIONS
Zero-permeation lightweight composite CNG cylinders
High-pressure cylinders for compressed natural gas (CNG) powered motor vehicles can now benefit from zero-permeation, costcompetitive lightweight advanced materials. Thanks to the unique combi-nation...
The tower of superlatives
The Makkah clock tower, the central tower of the Abraj-al Bait complex in Makkah (Saudi Arabia), features FRP composite materials and structural engineering from advanced composite specialists Gurit....
MARKET
Turkey: a steadily growing composite market
Thanks to its strong industrial dynamism and large investments, Turkey is became today an significant actor of composite market. During this interview, Ismail Hakki Hacialioglu, Chairman of the...
Marketing intelligence: analysing markets to provide the right solutions
These are some of the tasks that Emmanuel Mussault, as the new marketing intelligence and communications manager, will carry out at Lectra, a specialist in flexible materials cutting and associated...
Thermoset resins: overview on trends
Thermoset resin consumption continues to increase, despite the higher growth rate of thermoplastics. The new generation of thermoset resins is more environmentally friendly, and this is not just...
FEATURE MARINE
Bio-sourced sandwich materials for marine applications
This paper describes a series of investigations specifically designed to evaluate commercially-available bio-sourced sandwich materials combining thermoset-based resin matrices, natural fibres and...
Flax fabric used to create an eco-friendly surfboard
Samsara Surfboards has created a stringerless surfboard using Composites Evolution’s Biotex flax fabric in the place of standard carbon or glass fibre. While carbon fibre is currently the surfing...
A speedboat with a vacuum-infused and bonded foam sandwich design
The Revolver 42 is a polyhedric monohull speedboat constructed with high-performance composite materials by the Italian shipyard Anselmo Mauri, located in Sirmione, Lake Garda. The speedboat uses a...
Lightweight, quick-heating glass fibre composite tools for composite parts
Behind every well-made composite part sits a well-constructed tool. And critical to that success is design and material selection. Composite parts can be formed in tools, or moulds, made from a wide...
Composite laminate for boat structures
Behind every well-made composite part sits a well-constructed tool. And critical to that success is design and material selection. Composite parts can be formed in tools, or moulds, made from a wide...
A modular composite houseboat for tourism in Kerala
The composite houseboat that won the JEC Asia Innovation Award 2012 in the Marine category was developed to meet tourism promotion needs in the southern state of Kerala, India, with minimum impact on...
Composite pressure vessels for deep-sea applications
Composites are finding increasing applications underwater due to their excellent specific properties. This article presents a summary of some of the work performed over the last 20 years at IFREMER,...
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
A study comparing electric, oil and pressurised water heating for composite moulding
Electric cartridge heaters have been used for many years to heat composite moulds. They are easy to install and operate and thus make a logical choice. Unfortunately, they consume large amounts of...
Elastic properties of orthotropic composites using the US polar scan method
Due to the increasing use of composite materials in critical structural applications demanding a high strength-to-weight ratio, reliable evaluation tools are now more than ever necessary. Ultrasound...
TECHNOLOGIES & INNOVATIONS
New metrology systems for mechanical testing of composite materials
There is considerable interest for the use of composite materials in the aerospace, defence, automotive and renewable energy industries. Material characterization is a crucial point to be investigated...
Co-woven thermoplastic fabric for complex automotive parts
Pepin Associates has developed a co-woven fabric which includes both an aligned, discontinuous fibre reinforcement and a continuous thermoplastic fibre as a version of its patented DiscoTex®...
COMPOSITES IN THE WORLD
Electric bike with a monocoque chassis
Some of today’s electric bikes do have state-of-the-art battery and motor technology, but are suffering from the lack of a modern chassis, suspension and brakes. This drastically affects the overall...
The ultimate stand-up paddleboard
The famous surfer Laird Hamilton teamed with renowned boat designer Juan Kouyoumdjian, of Juan Yacht Design, to create a unique stand-up paddleboard (SUP). The new PUMA/Laird Board is a limited-...
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