JEC Group Celebrates Composites Innovations at JEC World and Rewards 28 Champions

The growing demand on composite materials and the development of new composite applications have led JEC Group to relocate in a bigger venue with a new name: JEC World. The show will take place from Tuesday March 8 to Thursday March 10, 2016, in a 62,000 sqm exhibit space within Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, France.

In addition to 4 new areas called Planets, and organized around a galleria of innovations in Aeronautics, Automotive, Sustainability and Sports & Leisure, JEC Group will reward 28 champions of composite materials within the frame of the JEC Innovation Awards program. The jury has selected the best composite innovations among more than 100 applications. “The choices that had to be made to reward the best projects were only rendered more difficult by the incredible quantity and diversity of projects presented this year, but more importantly by their impressive quality!” says Mrs. Frédérique Mutel, JEC Group President & CEO.

The selection is based on the technical interest, market potential, partnerships, financial & environmental impact and originality. “With categories ranging from raw materials to processes, to applications in various fields such as Aeronautics, Automotive, Medical, Consumer Goods and Better Living, the winning projects offer a complete overview of the composites value chain. They originate from Europe, America and Asia, demonstrating the international added value of the program,” Mrs. Mutel adds. “Mobility and sustainability are main recurring themes in this edition, with automotive, public transportation and greener processes and materials being focused on.”

The JEC Innovation Awards ceremony will highlight 28 innovators on stage and will take place on Tuesday March 8 at 5 p.m. at JEC WORLD (Paris Nord Villepinte – France).

All exhibitors and visitors are welcome to attend the ceremony.

The JEC Innovation Awards Program is sponsored by SOLVAY and supported by JEC Composites Magazine, Aviation Week and Innovation Review.

The following 28 champions of composites materials receiving a JEC INNOVATION AWARD are:


THERMOSET RESINS – Huntsman Advanced Materials  (Switzerland)

Structural epoxy parts with autoclave quality in less than 1 minute 


TECHNICAL TEXTILES – Korea Institute of Carbon Convergence Technology (KCTECH) (Republic of Korea)

Tailored non-crimp fiber technology for cost-saving, high-efficiency manufacturing of tailgate components


PULTRUSION – Thomas Technik + Innovation (Germany)   

Large-scale production of fiber-reinforced profiles with variable Radius-Pultrusion


RTM – KTM Technologies GmbH (Austria)

CAVUS technology: producing a complex hollow composite structure using a high-volume production process


TESTING – Textechno Herbert Stein GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

New testing system to assess the properties of the fiber-matrix interface


RECYCLING – BMW AG (Germany)

Centre console carrier produced from polyamide with a secondary carbon fiber reinforcement using injection molding technology


CONSTRUCTION – Solutions Composites (France)

High-tech system made of high-performance composite profiles for walls and facades


INFRASTRUCTURE 1/2 – ACCIONA Infrastructures (Spain)

All-composite “lighthouse” marine navigation aid


INFRASTRUCTURE 2/2 – Exel Composites PLC (Finland)

Frangible carbon composite glide path tower for instrumental landing system


FINISHING WORK – Composyst GmbH (Germany)

LACE – Lightweight All Composite Elevator


HELICOPTERS – Qpoint Composite GmbH (Germany)

LEEToRB ­­-­ A lightweight, energy efficient tooling for rotor blade manufacturing


SPACE – Sonaca S.A. (Belgium), Bally Ribbon Mills (USA)

Interstage CFRP ring for new-generation launchers using a 3D orthogonal weaved preform


AERONAUTICS – Premium AEROTEC (Germany)

Innovative 3D net-shape layup process for the manufacture of aircraft CFRP door frame structures


URBAN TRANSPORTATION – Nanotechnology Center of Composites (Russian Federation)

Modular, self-supporting, full composite bus body


AUTOMOTIVE: EXTERIOR PARTS 1/2 – Faurecia Automotive Exteriors (France)

Composite one shot for visible parts


AUTOMOTIVE: EXTERIOR PARTS 2/2 – Continental Structural Plastics (USA)

Cost-competitive, lightweight decklid concept


AUTOMOTIVE: INTERIOR PARTS – Automobili Lamborghini (Italy)  

Combination of C-SMC and patented application to Automotive A-class components


AUTOMOTIVE: STRUCTURAL PARTS – SOLVAY (France)

Structural module in thermoplastic composites for trucks


AUTOMOTIVE: BODY IN WHITE  – Audi AG (Germany)

Ultra-RTM: a cost-effective manufacturing technology for high-performance thermoset fiber composites


MEDICAL – Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe Kaiserslautern (Germany)

A carbon-fiber vascular clip to eliminate artefacts in brain surgery


BETTER LIVING – UCHIDA Co., Ltd. (Japan)   

Lightweight composite bipedal walker


SPORTS & LEISURE – EireComposites (Ireland)

Cantilevered saddle tree: combining a lightweight thermoplastic composite material with an innovative design


CONSUMER GOODS – Nestlé Nespresso S.A. (Switzerland)

Overmolded thermoplastic composite decorated panel for a coffee machine


LUXURY – North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) (Switzerland), Richard Mille (Switzerland)

Development of unique thin ply quartz composite watch case for Richard Mille timepiece


JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE SPECIAL PRIZE – Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA)

Big Area Additive Manufacturing technology: a new platform for additive manufacturing of polymer and composite structures


LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – M. Sung Ha, Professor, Hanyang University (Korea)

Hanyang University