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JEC World 2024

JEC World is one of the most important trade fairs for Composites United e. V. and its members. You as a member are the most

12. June 2023

Event Recap: CU Innovation Day: Interiors – Sustainable Materials and New Manufacturing Processes

At the end of May 2023, more than 85 participants gathered in the solar hall of the CFRP NORD Research Center in Stade to discuss

6. June 2023

No European Green Deal without lightweight design technology: Experts and politicians in top-level talks in Brussels

Successful event kick-off in Brussels to place the topic of lightweight design at EU level: Composites United, VDMA and Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU)

17. May 2023

Airtech Advanced Materials Group Celebrates 50th Anniversary with a New Location in India

Airtech Advanced Materials Group, a leading provider of innovative composite solutions, announced a surprise expansion at JEC World 2023 in Paris. The company is pleased

17. May 2023

Review: CU Innovation Day “Automated Fiber Placement” at Conbility in Herzogenrath, Germany

At the CU Innovation Day on May 4, 2023 in Herzogenrath, everything revolved around Automated Fiber Placement (AFP). In this fully automated manufacturing process for

9. May 2023

CrossTEQ: Thermoplastic compression molding enables the efficient recycling and optimal use of industrial plastic waste

CrossTEQ has developed an end-contour accurate thermoset-based compression molding process that bypasses these costly processes and also opens up versatile possibilities for upgrading any waste

9. May 2023

The Conference Highlights of LightCon 2023

At LightCon, everything revolves around the topic of lightweight construction technology on 13 June at the Exhibition Grounds in Hannover. Visitors can expect an exciting

2. May 2023

The European Market for Fibre Reinforced Plastics/Composites in 2022

Macro-economic developments are having a negative impact on the industry / Composites market is declining in Europe. The AVK – Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe – has published

2. May 2023

CU publishes position paper “Climate neutrality through innovative lightweight design”

Resource consumption and the use of energy sources must be reduced for a sustainable society without lowering the standard of living in the process. Lightweight

28. April 2023

Composite-Sandwich Conference

Sandwich construction based on fiber-reinforced plastics enables highly efficient lightweight structures and thus already makes an enormous contribution to resource conservation in a large number

27. April 2023