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Bcomp’s natural fibre materials in CUPRA (c) CUPRA, SEAT, S.A.
03.06.2024

Bcomp’s natural fibre materials in CUPRA

  • The fully electric vehicle sport EV to incorporate sustainable, flax-based composites to decarbonise manufacturing
  • CUPRA Born VZ to have full natural fibre front seats with Bcomp’s high-performance ampliTex™
  • Bcomp’s natural fibre materials enable a reduction of 49% of CO2 emissions in seats’ production compared to previous version

CUPRA announces the use of Bcomp’s innovative natural fibre composite solutions for the new CUP Bucket seats in the CUPRA Born VZ electric vehicles, the latest addition to the Spanish brand’s vehicle line-up.

CUPRA focuses on innovation and sustainability to redefine the automotive industry. This approach is exemplified by the CUPRA Born VZ, which combines powerful performance with eco-friendly design, aiming to inspire a new generation of drivers with its progressive and responsible engineering.

  • The fully electric vehicle sport EV to incorporate sustainable, flax-based composites to decarbonise manufacturing
  • CUPRA Born VZ to have full natural fibre front seats with Bcomp’s high-performance ampliTex™
  • Bcomp’s natural fibre materials enable a reduction of 49% of CO2 emissions in seats’ production compared to previous version

CUPRA announces the use of Bcomp’s innovative natural fibre composite solutions for the new CUP Bucket seats in the CUPRA Born VZ electric vehicles, the latest addition to the Spanish brand’s vehicle line-up.

CUPRA focuses on innovation and sustainability to redefine the automotive industry. This approach is exemplified by the CUPRA Born VZ, which combines powerful performance with eco-friendly design, aiming to inspire a new generation of drivers with its progressive and responsible engineering.

For the car’s interior design, CUPRA’s collaboration with Bcomp and Sabelt, has resulted in the creation of the first full natural fibre CUP Bucket seats in the CUPRA vehicle line-up. By replacing the seatbacks currently made from carbon and glass fibres, the new all-natural fibre seatbacks offer significant reductions in emissions. The use of Bcomp’s proprietary ampliTex™ technical material reduces CO2 emissions by 49% compared to the hybrid version, while also offering end-of-life options. The incorporation of natural fibres offers other benefits including enhanced vibration damping and increased safety, providing a blend of sustainability and high performance.

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Bcomp

03.02.2022

The 2022 JEC Composites Innovation Awards: Official Finalists line up

Première Vision - Each year, since its creation more than 20 years ago, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards celebrate successful projects and cooperation between players of the composite industry.
The competition has especially shined a light on some 203 companies and 499 partners, awarding them for the excellence of their composite innovations.

After pre-selection of the finalists, one winner is selected in each category:

  • Aerospace – Application
  • Aerospace – Process
  • Automotive & road transportation – surface
  • Automotive & road transportation – structural
  • Building & Civil Engineering
  • Design, Furniture & Home
  • Equipment & Machinery
  • Maritime Transportation & Shipbuilding
  • Sports, Leisure & Recreation
  • Renewable Energy

The international jury representing the entire composites value chain includes:

Première Vision - Each year, since its creation more than 20 years ago, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards celebrate successful projects and cooperation between players of the composite industry.
The competition has especially shined a light on some 203 companies and 499 partners, awarding them for the excellence of their composite innovations.

After pre-selection of the finalists, one winner is selected in each category:

  • Aerospace – Application
  • Aerospace – Process
  • Automotive & road transportation – surface
  • Automotive & road transportation – structural
  • Building & Civil Engineering
  • Design, Furniture & Home
  • Equipment & Machinery
  • Maritime Transportation & Shipbuilding
  • Sports, Leisure & Recreation
  • Renewable Energy

The international jury representing the entire composites value chain includes:

  • Michel COGNET, Chairman of the Board, JEC Group
  • Christophe BINETRUY, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, EC Nantes
  • Kiyoshi UZAWA, Professor/Director, Innovative Composite Center, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
  • Jiming Sung HA, Professor, Hanyang University
  • Brian KRULL, Global Director of Innovation, Magna Exteriors Inc
  • Karl-Heinz FULLER, Manager Future Outside Materials, Mercedes Benz AG
  • Deniz KORKMAZ, CTO, Kordsa Teknik Tekstil AS
  • Henry SHIN, Head of Center, K-CARBON
  • Véronique MICHAUD, Associate Professor/ Director, EPFL – Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites
  • Alan BANKS, Lightweight Innovations Manager, Ford Motor Company
  • Enzo CRESCENTI, Technical Authority and Composite Expert, Airbus

Discover the finalists in each category here.

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JEC Group

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Composites offer design freedom and exceptional mechanical properties at low weight for furniture applications
22.10.2018

Composites are opening up new horizons for the furniture industry

What does the furniture market look like and what potential composites offer for the furniture of today and tomorrow? The AZL is investigating this question together with companies from the composite and furniture industry. The result will be an overview of the current market and the materials used to date as well as an outlook on future mass applications for fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP). The study is open to interested companies and starts with a kick-off meeting at Composites Europe in Stuttgart on November 7th, 2018.

Furniture, its design and function have undergone major changes in recent decades: From robust lifelong companions to trend-setting models, from handmade one-of-a-kind pieces to mass products, from storage objects to multi-functional and “smart” all-rounders. This goes along with an increased diversity in terms of design and the materials used – and high potential for composites that offer additional design freedom and exceptional mechanical properties at low weight.

Study provides overview of furniture market and unique selling points of composites

What does the furniture market look like and what potential composites offer for the furniture of today and tomorrow? The AZL is investigating this question together with companies from the composite and furniture industry. The result will be an overview of the current market and the materials used to date as well as an outlook on future mass applications for fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP). The study is open to interested companies and starts with a kick-off meeting at Composites Europe in Stuttgart on November 7th, 2018.

Furniture, its design and function have undergone major changes in recent decades: From robust lifelong companions to trend-setting models, from handmade one-of-a-kind pieces to mass products, from storage objects to multi-functional and “smart” all-rounders. This goes along with an increased diversity in terms of design and the materials used – and high potential for composites that offer additional design freedom and exceptional mechanical properties at low weight.

Study provides overview of furniture market and unique selling points of composites
In order to systematically identify the potential of fiber-reinforced composites and to use them in future furniture applications, the AZL is starting a study together with companies from the furniture and composite industry. Within four and a half months the market for furniture will be segmented, design and technology trends will be identified and the technical requirements for furniture and furniture components will be broken down to identify applications with high potential for composites. The overall goal is to understand the selection process and needs of the furniture designer in order to bring composites to the market as a targeted alternative to conventional materials.

Virginia Bozsak, Technical Manager Composites at ARKEMA Innovative Chemistry is participating in the study: “The ever-growing population number requires environmentally friendly material and a solution for the end of life treatment to recollect and reuse materials. For fast changing markets such as the furniture market, these materials also need to offer an enormous freedom of design. Arkema already answers this demand with the only liquid thermoplastic resin Elium® used as a thermoset resin to produce composite structural or aesthetical parts. With the joint study, we aim to identify specific applications in the furniture market to make use of material which is not limiting creativity or design specifications but rather enabling the future to be revolutionized.”

 

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Faserverbundkunststoffe bieten Designfreiheit und außergewöhnliche mechanische Eigenschaften für Möbelanwendungen
22.10.2018

Composites eröffnen neue Horizonte für die Möbelindustrie

Wie sieht der Möbelmarkt aus und welches Potential bieten Faserverbundkunststoffe für die Möbel von heute und morgen? Dieser Frage geht das AZL zusammen mit Firmen der Composite- und Möbelindustrie nach. Ergebnis wird ein Überblick über den aktuellen Markt und die bisher einsetzten Materialien sein sowie ein Ausblick auf zukünftige Massenanwendungen für Faserverbundkunststoffe (FVK). Die Studie ist offen für interessierte Firmen und startet mit einem Kick-Off-Meeting auf der Composites Europe in Stuttgart am 07. November 2018.

Möbel, ihr Design und Funktion haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten stark gewandelt: Vom massiven, lebensbegleitenden Möbelstück zum Trendgegenstand, vom handgefertigten Einzelstück zum Massenprodukt, vom Aufbewahrungsgegenstand zum smarten Alleskönner. Damit einher geht eine gesteigerte Vielfalt bezüglich des Designs und der verwendeten Materialen – und ein großes Potential für Composites, die zusätzliche Gestaltungsfreiheit und außergewöhnliche mechanische Eigenschaften bei geringem Gewicht bieten.

Wie sieht der Möbelmarkt aus und welches Potential bieten Faserverbundkunststoffe für die Möbel von heute und morgen? Dieser Frage geht das AZL zusammen mit Firmen der Composite- und Möbelindustrie nach. Ergebnis wird ein Überblick über den aktuellen Markt und die bisher einsetzten Materialien sein sowie ein Ausblick auf zukünftige Massenanwendungen für Faserverbundkunststoffe (FVK). Die Studie ist offen für interessierte Firmen und startet mit einem Kick-Off-Meeting auf der Composites Europe in Stuttgart am 07. November 2018.

Möbel, ihr Design und Funktion haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten stark gewandelt: Vom massiven, lebensbegleitenden Möbelstück zum Trendgegenstand, vom handgefertigten Einzelstück zum Massenprodukt, vom Aufbewahrungsgegenstand zum smarten Alleskönner. Damit einher geht eine gesteigerte Vielfalt bezüglich des Designs und der verwendeten Materialen – und ein großes Potential für Composites, die zusätzliche Gestaltungsfreiheit und außergewöhnliche mechanische Eigenschaften bei geringem Gewicht bieten.

Studie bietet Überblick über Möbelmarkt und Alleinstellungsmerkmale von Composites
Um das Potential von Faserverbundkunststoffen systematisch zu identifizieren und diese gezielt und vermehrt in zukünftigen Möbelanwendungen einzusetzen, startet das AZL zusammen mit Firmen der Möbel- und Composite-Industrie eine Studie. Innerhalb von viereinhalb Monaten wird der Markt für Möbel segmentiert, Design- und Technologietrends herausgearbeitet und die technischen Anforderungen für Möbel und Möbelbauteile aufgeschlüsselt, um Anwendungen mit hohem Potential für Composites zu identifizieren. Übergeordnetes Ziel ist es, den Auswahlprozess und Bedarf des Möbeldesigners so zu verstehen, dass Composites gezielt als Alternative zu konventionellen Materialen in den Markt gebracht werden.

Virginia Bozsak, Technical Manager Composites bei ARKEMA Innovative Chemistry beteiligt sich an der startenden Studie: „Steigende Bevölkerungszahlen machen den Einsatz umweltfreundlicher Materialien unumgänglich und fordern Lösungen für die Wiederverwertung von Materialien. Zusätzlich müssen diese Materialien besondere Gestaltungsfreiheit ermöglichen, wenn sie in den schnell wandelnden Märkten, wie dem Möbelmarkt eingesetzt werden sollen. Arkema beantwortet diesen Bedarf bereits mit niedrigviskosem thermoplastischem Harz Elium®, das wie Duroplaste verarbeitet werden kann, um strukturelle und ästhetische Composite-Bauteile herzustellen. Mit der gemeinsamen Studie möchten wir für unser Material spezielle Anwendungen im Möbelmarkt identifizieren, um Kreativität und Designmöglichkeiten zu unterstützen und die Zukunft zu revolutionieren.“