Composites Lounge major co-operation with JEC Group in 2024 and beyond on Enduser Events and regional JEC Forums
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Welcome to our eighths LinkedIn Newsletter Composites Community. We will cover these topics shortly before the showdown in Paris next week:
We have added some more recipients to our LinkedIn Newsletter by Composites Lounge, because we increased our reach over the last few weeks through several online and real-life encounters. If you received this newsletter, it is good news, because it has been presented to you by your recommendation feed on LinkedIn , or even better you subscribed for it. If you receive it through email we co-operate in some way in the composites market, events or other content outlets with you. If you wish not to be educated, informed or "techentertained" by Composites Lounge in the future about innovation, technology and sustainability: simply unsubscribe below. No questions asked.
Enduser Events and JEC Forums in our Focus for 2024
Good news for you, because the leadership of JEC Group and Composites Lounge decided to elevate the community building and mobilization further.
There are a couple of pillars that we want to introduce to you with our firm intention to provide you extreme added value in your own business development in composites and lightweight technologies
Pillar one: Enduser Events and Exhibitions
The purpose why we will showcase a handful enduser events and exhibitions is that we want to connect our admittedly innovative and technological driven industry more with the endusers.
As Composites Lounge we have observed that often there is this question in the board meetings or working groups:
What does the customer really need?
What sounds a bit straight forward to answer is often not the case. The world is complex and everything is connected. Working in composites requires connecting these dots (as illustrated by our logo) and this is what we will aim for with the enduser events.
Let us give you an example, to illustrate our path to connecting these dots:
Just yesterday the BDLI Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie e.V. and Composites Lounge agreed to hold a panel on battery technology for electric flying at the upcoming ILA Berlin - Pioneering Aerospace .
Ilkay Özkisaoglu , Co-Founder of Composites Lounge will host this session at the Aviation Future Lab Stage on 6 June 2024 at 4pm.
Electric planes like the VÆRIDION heavily rely on lightweight technologies based on composites. Battery is an essential part and how it will be integrated in the fuselage plays an important role. But not only the integration, also the BMS (battery management system) needs to work properly to obtain EASA and FAA approval says CustomCells , a battery engineering and producing company.
This is certainly true for smaller aircraft design, but what about the larger ones?
In this panel therefore Composite Technology Center / CTC GmbH (An Airbus Company) will take the stance that aviation is not one-dimensional.
Whether we talk about clean sheet design, as preferred by Vaeridion or retrofit engineering, we will cover live from Berlin these topics on the future of aerospace.
Please press the particpate button here in this LinkedIn event to get the latest news around the panel:
Further enduse events around the following market sectors are in the making:
Subscribe to our Composites Lounge Channel and this newsletter to stay updated on them.
Also, if you have composite solutions or are embedded in the valuechain of aforementioned industries, please contact Ilkay Özkisaoglu to discuss your seat on some of these panel events.
Pillar two: JEC FORUM DACH, Italy, and more regional exhibitions to come soon
We started already to cover JEC Forum DACH and Italy and we are going to repeat this for 2024 and 2025. There are some further international regional composite events that may be co-organized by JEC and Composites Lounge will be also taking responsibility to cover those events on LinkedIn. JEC with their international content hub plus Composites Lounge with its massive presence on LinkedIn creates so much value and synergies.
To kick the JEC Forum season off, please attend to these three dedicated JEC Forum sessions at the VIP Lounge (registration required!) happening right at JEC World.
It's a great opportunity for you to see how these forums can open up new opportunities for your business.
Here's what you need to know:
We believe the JEC Forums are a fantastic way for you to connect, learn, and grow in the composites industry. They're all about bringing people together to share ideas, drive innovation and foster business through a powerful One to One Meetings program in Southeast Asia, in the DACH Region and in Italy.
During these presentations, JEC will be providing a variety of delicious finger foods and drinks for you to enjoy. It's a perfect backdrop for some casual conversation and networking.
Spaces are limited, so please let them know if you can make it. Just click on the button “Book your presence” or feel free to reach out to Anne-Carole Barbarin should you need any further information.
Presentation: Tuesday March 05 11h – 12h VIP Room – Hall 5 P142
Presentation: Wednesday March 06 09h30 – 10h30 VIP Room – Hall 5 P142
Presentation: Wednesday March 06 14h-15h VIP Room – Hall 5 P142
Looking forward to hopefully seeing you there and diving into all the possibilities JEC Forums can offer your business.
Pillar three: Company visits and interviews on Site in conjunction with JEC FORUM DACH in Stuttgart (2024) and Dresden (2025)
A new format that we think will be valuable for building the composites community further, is that JEC Group and Composites Lounge gives you insights into renowned brands in the manufacturing and/or engineering sectors that will be close to the respective forum's location.
Please let us know, if you have something extraordinary to show and are happy to open your doors for the community.
Review of the Composites Lounge LinkedIn Lives re. warming-up for JEC World 2024
Firstly, let us thank you both in the name of JEC Group and Composites Lounge for your numerous attendance on our both warm-up sessions. Be it live attended or that you participated to watch the replay, it was an honour for us to give you some little insights as to what will be going on at JEC World from 5 to 7 March 2024 in Villepinte-Paris.
We have presented you a mix of content from the main organizer JEC. Some of our closer associations, clusters, JEC exhibitors and visiting experts.
Watch our LinkedIn Live Round (9.2.2024) one in Replay here:
or listen to it on Spotify as a podcast:
and our LinkedIn Live Round II (19.2.2024) here:
or listen to it on our Podcast website:
We covered many grounds on this live warm-up series with our international guests from
Austria 🇦🇹
Belgium 🇧🇪
France 🇫🇷
Germany 🇩🇪
Italy 🇮🇹
Poland 🇵🇱
Switzerland 🇨🇭 &
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
At the forefront of our discussions, were the sentiments owing to the challenging macro environment in Europe.But there is also loads of light.
Composites are particularly prone to
✅️ Technology
✅️ Innovation &
✅️ Sustainability
New emerging trends are digitalisation, automatization and AI.
The warmup has been successful and the heat not only radiated, but also conducted and transferred from one to another. This industry is doing really well, because despite the obvious challenges, investments carry on.
Many thanks for your insights (in alphabetical order):
Andrzej Czulak of Polish Cluster of Composite Technologies / Polski Klaster Technologii Kompozytowych
Dr. Viktor Reimer of ACTC , an HRC company
which brings us to the Composites Lounges role at JEC World 2024.
Composites Lounge Program during JEC World 2024
Composites Lounge will provide you with daily vlogs, interviews both from the showfloor and the JEC Studio and ready to network with you right there in Villepinte-Paris.
This is our show jingle that will accompany our longform videos both here natively on LinkedIn and our YouTube video podcast.
Recommended by LinkedIn
You can listen to meanwhile over 110 episodes on your favourite podcast station. Since Spotify can be listened right here from the LinkedIn newsletter, we link our episodes mostly to our show here:
On the showfloor, we decided with the JEC Leadership that we will feature the German Bundesländer (federal states) Pavillions, that are the pavillions run organized by the federal states of
We will interview for you key staff and introduce you to the respective ecosystems that offer comparative advantages. This gives also smaller exhibitors some visibility, since we will have them covered in our interviews as sub-exhibitors, too.
What we aim for is have these Länderpavillions extend their presence at the JEC Forum DACH in Stuttgart (2024) and Dresden (2025) and dive much deeper on the industry level next.
Of course, stay tuned also for interviews with AVK and Composites United (6Q24) to round up the german speaking DACH region.
In addition to Germany, this year we are going to introduce you to the Composites UK - Trade Association pavillion (6T62), because to our perception, the UK plays meanwhile a pivotal role with having composites being heard even in the UK parliament. This will also be a follow-up of our activities that we began at the International Composites Summit in Milton Keynes (both 2022 and 2023) with Engenuity Ltd (an HRC company) and Alan Harper , whom we will interview, too, to give you more insights into reducing waste during composites production and increasing output.
Select Experts and Exhibitors showcased during JEC World 2024 by Composites Lounge
As mentioned before we will meet the Composites Lounge Industry partners 2024 and make some reels and vlogs, so you can see how their solutions add to our mission driving innovation, technology and sustainability.
A great thank you for agreeing to "techtain" our LinkedIn Community from JEC World to
Recently, Alan Harper filled me in with a fantastic case study.
Here are some of the sound bites of this study conducted in South Africa, which speak volumes about the advantages their fiRST technology brings to the client's enjoyment.
Browse through the pdf here on our latest LinkedIn post:
Watch our chat right here on LinkedIn with Alan:
Antefil to showcase cutting-edge hybrid fibre technology at JEC World 2024 in Paris
Antefil Composite Tech, the Swiss startup leading the charge in cost-efficient and sustainable lightweight component production, is set to take centre stage at JEC World 2024 in Paris, too.
Antefil invites attendees to join them at Hall 5, Booth F 16, for an immersive experience that goes beyond the traditional exhibit. The booth promises not only insightful exhibition pieces but also live demonstrations, where visitors can experience the performance gains in processing hybrid fibre materials.
One added highlight is the chance for attendees to dive into the world of hybrid fibre production. On both Tuesday and Wednesday, starting at 4 pm, Antefil will be offering a sweet twist to the experience. Visitors can craft their own hybrid fibres in a chocolate fountain, featuring none other than the finest Swiss chocolate!
Giorgio Betteto will be visiting JEC World and we agreed to meet in order to talk about recycling composites. Since, this is an overarching theme and often considered as a roadblock to select composites in the first place, we want to show you what innovative thinking, process technologies can contribute to sustainable products.
Even having quartz surfaces on recycled composites panels ensure harsh use, like in household kitchens. Stay tuned for European Commission supported solutions.
Langzauner Ges.m.b.H. from Austria has reason to celebrate with you! Visit their booth to celebrate 100 years of existence. I will be interviewing Alexander Wiesner and his team on the press plus automatisation technology. Watch a sneak preview here in the video:
With Holger Plasser we will run over voidsy gmbh 's innovative technology:
Their destruction-free 3D V-ROX system particularly focuses on unique aspects such as the multi-dimensional reconstruction process and its ability to conduct non-destructive testing using active thermography.
We will compare advantages over conventional testing methods like traditional non-destructive methods that is ultrasound or computed tomography.
Factors of speed, accuracy, and safety play an ever increasing role in quality assurance and that's why there are so many benefits for industries and end-users that we will elaborate with voidsy, who is a sub-exhibitor on ENGEL 's booth (5L106).
Success story with ENGEL continues
Their partnerships have proven to be extremely fruitful, and this year voidsy gmbh will again be attending JEC World 24 together to demonstrate their joint dedication to innovation and excellence. ENGEL develops innovative technologies and customized system solutions for the plastics industry. Together they are ready to show the industry their system in a real production environment.
One, if not THE megatrend is hydrogen. Great to meet ACTC during JEC World 2024 on their parent's booth HRC (6F55). Let's keep you updated on showcased projects from the hydrogen industry and other surprises that have been prepared by Erich Fries and Jordi Aranega 's teams.
The list goes on and on and we suggest, that you simply subscribe to our channels and follow the vlogs, reels, interviews, podcasts that will be presented to you in the aftermath.
If you want a broader view on JEC World, why not have a look into the latest edition of their magazine:
Praise on Carbon Composites
Financial Times explains:
Aviation experts said the images of the burning JAL A350 showed that the composite structure appeared to withstand the heat for a long time. Aluminium melts at about 600 degrees Celsius and, although composites would burn at a lower temperature, they reacted differently to fire, said Emile Greenhalgh, professor of composite materials at Imperial College in London. "As the material burns, all the flammable material forms a char layer . . .[so] you end up with a barrier against the progression of fire.”
Read the full FT article (gated!) here:
Technology Transfer Program in Lightweight Technologies has been cancelled by the Federal Republic of Germany: German Community reactions form
After Minister Robert Habeck announced happily on the 4th Lightweighting Summit in April 2024 (listen to it here on Spotify) at HANNOVER MESSE
just seven month ago Germany's lightweight technology community was happier than ever before, because the lightweight strategy passed through the federal parliament.
The federal government's lightweight construction strategy was provided for in the coalition agreement and the opening balance sheet on climate protection. Under the leadership of the BMWK, the BMWK and seven other ministries, namely BMAS, BMEL, BMG, BMDV, BMUV, BMBF and BMWSB, participated in the creation. In addition, the lightweight construction Community and the public involved. The strategy pursues a holistic, cross-sector and cross-material approach that addresses all three dimensions of sustainability – ecology, economy and society. The implementation of the federal government's lightweight construction strategy is intended to make a decisive contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and primary raw material consumption and also reduce dependencies on energy and raw material imports. The aim is to provide a platform for the exchange on lightweight construction between the departments and departments involved via a joint meeting once in each legislative period.
This citation from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, 2023 can be read in full on our Composites Lounge post here:
or visit BMWK's website here to read more about the TTP LB in German
Some 140 Million Euros have meanwhile vanished into thin air. Even though some already committed funds will be paid out, the majority will receive rejections these days on their applications.
Composites Germany association has already written protest letters to the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie , but hope is little, that parliament will restore this fund anytime soon.
Composites Lounge is in consultation with associations, clusters and institutions, and will contact the ministry soon to see what future potentials there are to support required scientific research on innovation, technology and sustainability actions.
Secretary of State to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection Mr Michael Kellner was interviewed on 7 March 2023. At that time all looked pretty promising. Watch our LinkedIn Live in replay here
or listen to it on Spotify
We hope we can update you on our counter efforts after JEC World and before HANNOVER MESSE , where the 5th Lightweighting Summit 2024 will be held on 23 April 2024.
Next Events with Composites Lounge in 2024: some of them powered by JEC Group (marked with *)
23.04.2024 HANNOVER MESSE * Lightweighting Summit 2024, Hannover, Germany
06.06.2024 ILA Berlin - Pioneering Aerospace * ILA Stage Aviation Future Lab Panel, Berlin, Germany
10-14.6.2024 ACHEMA 2027 * Frankfurt Messe (Date to be defined)
25-26.9.2024 DLR Innovation Lab EmpowerAX DLR - Institut für Systemleichtbau in Braunschweig, Germany
27-29.9.2024 InnoTrans * Berlin, Germany (Date to be defined)
10-12.10.2024 MEET4COMPOSITE | International Composite Show * Istanbul, Türkiye (Date to be defined)
22-23.10.2024 JEC Group * JEC Forum DACH, Stuttgart, Germany
12-15.10.2024 Semicon Europa , München, Germany (Date to be defined)
19-21.11.2024 Metstrade * , Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Date to be defined)
just to name, but a few...
Get in touch with Ilkay Özkisaoglu , if you miss your event and we work gladly your dedicated event campaign out!
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