{"id":49748,"date":"2025-10-14T09:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/innovation-trifft-instandhaltung-rueckblick-auf-den-cu-innovation-day-composite-repair-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:11:21","slug":"innovation-meets-maintenance-a-look-back-at-the-cu-innovation-day-composite-repair-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/innovation-meets-maintenance-a-look-back-at-the-cu-innovation-day-composite-repair-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation meets maintenance \u2013 a look back at the CU Innovation Day \u201cComposite Repair 2025\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"49748\" class=\"elementor elementor-49748 elementor-49386\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28cda2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28cda2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ec08c7\" data-id=\"8ec08c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5be49f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5be49f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250930_095722319_web-1024x932.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-49390\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250930_095722319_web-1024x932.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250930_095722319_web-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250930_095722319_web-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250930_095722319_web.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c82e35\" data-id=\"5c82e35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3e5bab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3e5bab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>On September 30 and October 1, 2025, the third <b>CU Innovation Day \u201cComposite Repair\u201d<\/b> took place\u2014organized by the CU Nord cluster, the German Armed Forces, and the CTC as hosts of the event, supported by the CU working group \u201cComposite Repair.\u201d Around <b>90 participants from research, industry, and the German Armed Forces<\/b> took the opportunity to exchange ideas on the latest developments, technologies, and challenges in the field of fiber composite repair. This meant that interest was once again very high at the third Innovation Day in this series, following on from 2017 and 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ed2162 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ed2162\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f25b56\" data-id=\"7f25b56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6ddc72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6ddc72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The two-day program covered a wide range of topics\u2014from CFRP repair requirements and non-destructive testing methods to thermoplastic repair processes and practical insights into military maintenance. A particular highlight was the <b>tour of the Fa\u00dfberg Air Base<\/b>, where guests gained impressive insights into maintenance, training, and deployment scenarios of the German Armed Forces.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4eaf56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4eaf56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1816\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251006-WA0004.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-49394\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251006-WA0004.jpg 1816w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251006-WA0004-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251006-WA0004-1024x332.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251006-WA0004-768x249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251006-WA0004-1536x497.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1816px) 100vw, 1816px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Image: German Armed Forces, Fassberg Air Base<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b45680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5b45680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ad7966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ad7966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The consistently <b>positive feedback<\/b> from speakers, exhibitors, and participants underscores the high relevance of the topic for the aviation, defense, and composite materials industries. The event has established itself and forms an important platform for the fiber composite repair community in the DACH region. Based on this success, the next CU Innovation Day \u201cComposite Repair\u201d is already planned for 2028. As a thank you for the great support provided by the German Armed Forces, Composites United will once again make a donation to the Soldiers&#8217; Relief Fund.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7de50ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7de50ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b5eac8\" data-id=\"9b5eac8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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