Aus der Branche

Die AVK – Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe hat 2022 wieder die Innovationspreise an Unternehmen, Institute und deren Partner vergeben. Jeweils drei Composites-Innovationen aus den drei Kategorien „Produkte und Anwendungen“, „Prozesse und Verfahren“ sowie „Forschung und Wissenschaft“ wurden dabei während des JEC Forum DACH am 29. November 2022 in Augsburg ausgezeichnet. Eine Fachjury, besetzt mit Ingenieuren, Wissenschaftlern und Fachjournalisten, hat die Preise für 2022 in drei Kategorien verliehen.

Übersicht aller Preisträger in den drei Kategorien:
Kategorie „Innovative Produkte und Anwendungen“
1. Platz: LAMILUX Composites GmbH, Rehau: Lamilux Sunsation® - der neue Standard in der Sonne
2. Platz: Carbo-Link AG, Fehraltorf, Schweiz: CL-RESTRAP - Verstärkungen von Betonträgern mittels biegeweicher, vorgespannter CFK Schlaufen
3. Platz: Johann Borgers GmbH, Bocholt: „blue Label by Borgers®“

Kategorie „Innovative Prozesse und Verfahren“
1. Platz: BaltiCo GmbH, Hohen Luckow: Stablegetechnologie als additives Fertigungsverfahren
2. Platz: Schmidt & Heinzmann GmbH & Co. KG, Bruchsal: „Pole-Position“, eine polarisationsbildgebenden Positionsbestimmung
3. Platz: NETZSCH Process Intelligence GmbH, Selb: SensXPERT, eine materialdatengetriebene Prozessoptimierung zur Effizienzsteigerung von Duroplasten und Faserverbundwerkstoffen

Kategorie „Forschung und Wissenschaft“
1. Platz: Institut für Textilmaschinen und Hochleistungstextilien der TU Dresden: Sphärisch gekrümmte Faserkunststoffverbundbauteile aus endkonturnah gefertigten Geweben
2. Platz: Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH, Kaiserslautern: HyKoPerm–Messtechnologien für eine industrierelevante Charakterisierung des textilen Imprägnierverhaltens
3. Platz: Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Carbon Composites: Herstellungsverfahren für einen bauraumangepassten Druckbehälter mit Zugstreben

This year’s JEC forum DACH, taking place from November 29 to 30, 2022, is strategically located in a composites « golden triangle », between Munich, Augsburg and Ingelstadt. This dynamic area, at the heart of the Bavarian region is known to be hosting major companies such as Airbus, Faurecia, Kuka, Siemens, Voith Composites, KraussMaffei Technologies, Cevotec, Munich Composites, or Premium Aerotec, thus promising a two-days opportunity to meet with key decision makers.

The digital platform available to all participants prior to the event enables to schedule one to one business meetings between buyers and suppliers from the whole value chain of composites, as well as informal networking during breaks, lunches and evening event.

In total, 500 attendees, suppliers and buyers, from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are expected to participate to JEC Forum DACH 2022.

Business meetings event*
DAY 1 – November 29, 2022:

• 10.15 – 11.45 am – “Keynote and Plenary Conference Session : Market Developments
• Moderator: Dr. Michael Effing, AVK
• 4.0 – 5.30 pm – “Keynote and Plenary Conference Session: Recycling of Composites

DAY 2 – November 30, 2022:

• 9.00– 10.30 am – “Keynote and Plenary Conference Session: Sustainability of Composites
• 3.15 – 4.45 pm – “Keynote and Plenary Conference Session: Innovations: Raw Materials, Processes and Applications

Celebrating composites innovation through awards and startup competition

• The AVK Innovation Awards: Goal is to promote and give prominence to new products/components and applications made from fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) and promote new processes and methods for manufacturing FRP products.
• Startup Booster competition: The contest is open to entrepreneurs, SMEs, startups and academic spinoffs building innovative composite and advanced materials projects that are based in Germany, Austria or Switzerland (the DACH region).

*You can view the full program here.

JEC Forum DACH will open its doors from November 23 – 24, 2021, the promise of a two-days gathering around business meetings and conferences. JEC Forum DACH will offer actors of the composites profession in the region the opportunity to exchange and learn about current and future developments of the industry through a rich program of conferences, the JEC Composites Startup Booster, and the AVK Innovation Awards. It also includes pre-arranged Business Meetings between sponsors and attendees as well as sponsors’ workshops.

CONFERENCES, KEYNOTES, AND MARKET OVERVIEW
JEC Forum DACH will feature cutting-edge live conferences with experts from the industry as well as
exclusive keynotes organized by the AVK.

MEETINGS PROGRAM
In  order  to  help  the  sponsors  to  save  time  and  establish  connections  with  real-interest business partners, JEC Group has developed a Business Meetings program: an efficient facilitator to connect precise needs to corresponding offers. These one-to-one meetings will be held on the sponsors’ booths during the two days of the event.

FEATURED SPONSORS’ WORKSHOPS
JEC Forum DACH will host 9 sponsors’ workshops during the two days: CMS SPA, Elantas Europe S.r.l., Kisling AG, Kroenert GmbH & Co KG, Maschinenfabrik Herbert MEYER GmbH, Netzsch Process Intelligence GmbH and Schwarzpunkt (part of Helvoet Group), Saertex GmbH & Co KG and SVT, Trima Spol Sro and Walter Mäder AG will present their know-how and technology during 30 minutes’ presentations in front of the attendees as well as in livestreaming.

FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH THE JEC COMPOSITES STARTUP BOOSTER
JEC Composites Startup Booster is the leading startup competition in the world of composites.
It enables the community to find and assess innovations with a potential impact on their respective industries. The competition will be held at JEC Forum DACH for the first time with the pitches’ session on November 23rd at 2:15pm followed by the Awards ceremony at 6:15 pm.
The finalists are: ANYBRID (Germany), CARBON CLEANUP (Austria), CARBON-DRIVE (Germany), FIBRECOAT (Germany), and TOUCH SENSITY (France).

CELEBRATING INNOVATION WITH THE AVK INNOVATION AWARDS
This year at JEC Forum DACH, JEC Group and AVK will co-organize the AVK Innovation Award.
One of the goals of the AVK Innovation Awards is to give prominence to the innovations and the companies/institutions behind them, thus publicizing their performance throughout the industry. These awards will celebrate innovations in fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) / composites during the Awards ceremony on Tuesday 23rd, at 6:15pm.

Full program and speakers list here.