JEC World is the leading event of the composites community, which took place from April 25 to 27, 2023.

1,148 companies are listed, presenting their activities, products and solutions.

All their contact details are included.

Table of content:

• List of Companies
• Companies by Activity
• Companies by Application Sector
• Companies Looking for Agents
• Companies by Country
• Innovation Planets
• Event Sponsors and Partners
• Companies by Alphabetical Listing

Publication date: April 2023

The application industries for composite materials were impacted by the pandemic to different extents and are also recovering at different rates. Demand for composites from the aerospace and transportation markets fell sharply, and these two industries have not yet fully recovered. Aerospace applications benefited from a strong rebound in 2022, and there was also a significant rebound in the transportation market for composites, which only partially compensated for the decrease in 2020 and 2021. Other application sectors for composites have been resilient or have recovered during 2020-2022: the energy industry has been driven by policies to sustain wind energy applications. In construction, a quick recovery in 2020 was followed by accelerated growth driven by maintenance, repair and upgrades of infrastructure and buildings. The marine, electrical & electronics, and consumer goods markets have also shown growth.

Overall, the composites industry is facing a positive future directly linked to application industries seeking sustainable solutions where composite materials can play a significant role, or even offer THE solution.

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Perimeter and definitions
2. Macroeconomic context in 2022
3. Overview of the composites industry in 2022
4. Dynamics by geographies
5. Dynamics by application industries for composites

Publication date: March 2023

Welcome to the JEC Composites Sustainability Report 2022, a collection of articles on the latest developments in making sustainability a reality in composites. Historically, composite parts have already contributed to making many end market sectors more sustainable through the inherent properties of composite materials. For example, lower carbon dioxide emissions have been achieved through metal replacement, leading to weight reduction in cars and planes. Similarly, the long wind power blades, only possible to manufacture in composite materials, are replacing fossil fuel generation plants. Maintenance-free composite applications replacing metal and wood have reduced the usage of paint and chemical treatments. These are just a few of the multiple ways that composites already play their role in making our world more sustainable.

Following the publication of the first JEC Composites Sustainability Report 2021, we have, therefore, selected a range of articles which show many different and innovative approaches to the application of these concepts. We have also added some sub-categories to each of the five categories in order to better highlight the range of topics in each category.

These are detailed in the introductory pages of each category.

As said last year, we do not claim this report to be objective or exhaustive. We are well aware that many other initiatives and approaches are being undertaken across the global composites industry. Our hope is that the selection of articles you find here will stimulate thought, and especially action, in making sustainability an integral and strategic part of your composites related activity. As last year, the pool of contributors has provided original and exclusive articles in addition to a selection of relevant articles that we have reprinted from JEC Composites Magazine.

In this publication, you will find five sections:

• Context
• Conception and raw materials
• Production and waste
• Recycling and recovery
• Applications.

This project was possible thanks to several contributors, actors of the Composites Industry, and specifically, to Andrew Mafeld, managing director, Connectra Global Ltd.

Among the contributors: EuCIA, CELC, ELCA, Delft University, Boeing commercial airplane, Teijin, AOC Resins Europe, Evonik, Sicomin, G12 Innovation, Cobra, ComPair, Cetim, Cevotec, Blackfabric, EconCore,…

Available in English, digital version only

 DD enables homogenization that enables simplicity and robust manufacturing not possible with conventional laminates.  With repeated 4-ply building blocks mid-plane symmetry is no longer needed.  Ply drops in singles, not in symmetric pairs, placed at the exterior surfaces are easier to layup and prevent defects and wrinkles formed in the laminate interior.  Resulting laminates will be tougher and will not warp.  There are only two DD stacking sequences to be selected, not hundreds and thousands normally.  Interlaminar stress from transverse loading will be the same for all homogenized DD laminates – making design and testing simple.  Lightly loaded regions can be thinner that would reduce weight, cost and layup time.  With pre-made DD non crimp fabric 1-axis layup is possible without cross-plying.  Not only the layup speed can be 6 times faster than conventional methods, DD is less prone to error and visible ply drops make inspection continuous and simple.  For design, trace can separate material from geometry factors.  Such trace-based master ply stiffness and strength, independent of material factor, make optimization possible and practical.  With such rational foundation, data generation may require only one laminate and one batch, not multiple laminates and multiple batches.

While several known mysteries remain to be solved DD has come just in time to replace conventional laminates that have so many self-inflicted complications making composites less optimal, more costly and overweight.

This new JEC Group publication, Double-Double: a new perspective in the manufacture and design of composites, written and edited by Pr. Stephen W. Tsaï, offers a credible challenge to well established, mostly empirical methods. In this book numerous insights and shortcuts can bring benefits of significant proportion.  The goal of innovation is to simplify and demystify rather than to complicate.  One constant for property or process is great because it can be used to scale.  Conceptually simple, DD will take an open mind and dedication to fulfill the promises of the emerging composites started 60 years ago.

“For some time, we have been advocating the use of one parameter for stiffness in trace, one parameter for failure criterion by leveraging Nettles circle, individual ply drops instead of symmetric pairs, one-axis layup with no cross-plying, and one continuous layup without stopping for mid-plane symmetry. We are now advocating one test for interlaminar stress, one laminate for design allowable generation, and one of two stacking sequences for DD to reach homogenization the fastest, and more simplifications to come. All these steps that will make composites easier and lower cost to produce are enabled because of the homogenization of DD laminates. They are like orthotropic metals, but better than real metals because DD can have directional properties; DD can be tapered to save weight with which neither conventional and unconventional laminates, nor metals, can compete,” stated Steve Tsaï.

About the author

Pr. Stephen W. Tsaï

BE 1952, DEng 1961, Yale.  Ford Motor, Washington University, US Air Force Materials Laboratory, Stanford University.  Known for his Tsai-Hill failure criterion; lamination parameters with Pagano; Tsai-Wu failure criterion and strength ratios; Halpin-Tsai micromechanics formula; trace, master ply, omni envelopes, and unit circle failure criterion with Melo; double-double laminates; Lam search with Massard and Shah; metallic grid/[±60] CFRP skin for glueless assembly with Zheng, Wang, Kappel, and Jin. He is a member of the US Academy of Engineering since 1995.

About Stanford Composites Design Group

This group has been active in online training workshop on composites design since the early 2005.  It has also published several books on design and manufacture of composite materials.  One unique feature of this group is to waive the registration for the Composites Design Workshop fee of all graduate students.  Hundreds have participated in this semi-annual workshops; the week of July 24, 2022, has been scheduled for the next one.

Price: 149 euros VAT excl. – 158 euros VAT incl. / Print only / 302 pages

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Manufacturing opportunities in DD
2. Foundation of DD
3. Double-double laminates – unique manufacturing
4. Preferred stacking for homogenization
5. Optimization of a regional aircraft fuselage barrel by with re-designing with DD laminates
6. Finite element simulation tool for optimal DD search using ABAQUS
7. Interlaminar shear stress and failure of quad and double-double laminates
8. Buckling optimization of DD
9. Fully rationalized Tsai-Wu failure criterion for transversely isotropic materials
10. Grid/skin structures
11. Notched response of DD
12. Certifiable general aviation structures in DD
13. Case studies using Lamsearch and MicMac to find the best DD

The book was pre-launched during JEC World 2022, watch the round table to discover more about this publication and their authors: https://www.jeccomposites.tv/events/JEC-World/Highlights/cf5b5584ea.html

Publication date: June 2022

The book gives details about material selection for vacuum-assisted composites construction, the physics and history of the process, computer simulation and infusion strategies, permeability testing and calculation.

In this book, composite students, engineers and scientists will find practical and technical information about the Resin Infusion Process to build extremely quality parts in advanced composite materials.

The first edition of this volume in English is preceded by the preface of Owens Corning Composites Business President, Marcio Sandri (Toledo, Ohio, U.S).

The book was first written in Brazilian Portuguese and JEC Group, in partnership with Owens Corning, is launching for the first time an exclusive version in English of “Resin Infusion Technology”.

About the author

Jorge Nasseh, CEO of Barracuda Group (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is launching the first edition of “Resin Infusion Technology” (Processo de Infusão a Vácuo em Composites). As the recipient of numerous international scientific awards and the author of several books in the field of composite engineering, the author draws on an extensive technical background, combined with insight into the practical issues associated with state-of-the-art resin infusion processes.

Jorge Nasseh specifies, the details of material selection for vacuum-assisted composite construction, the physics and history of the process, computer simulation and infusion strategies, permeability testing and calculation.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a global building and construction materials leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our three integrated businesses – Composites, Insulation, and Roofing – provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique material science, manufacturing, and market knowledge to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with approximately 20,000 employees in 33 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2021 sales of $8.5 billion.

For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Introduction
2. A brief history of composite materials
3. The history of Resin Infusion method
4. Mechanics of composite materials
5. Manufacturing conditions
6. Selection of lamination materials
7. Thermoset resins
8. Sandwich materials
9. Reinforcement fibers
10. The concept of using pressure
11. The resin infusion process

Publication date: March 2022

Even though the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are still being felt, especially in the aeronautics industry, other sectors are faring much better. For instance, the wind energy, electronics and construction markets have experienced either little or no impact whatsoever. In the long term, the market indicators are looking strong since composite materials are inextricably linked to new applications driven by the progress made in sustainable development, such as electric vehicles, hydrogen production and storage, wind energy, water management, and rebar for new concrete materials.

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. Perimeter and definitions
2. Overview of the composites industry in 2021
3. Dynamics by region
4. Dynamics by application

Publication date: February 2022

• What are the specifications of additive manufacturing in the composites market and what is today the classification refecence in the industry
• What are the three main process categories (3D printing, ATL/AFP): decoding and success stories
• What is the evolution of the additive manufacturing market and its penetration in several application sectors

Among the companies quoted in the digest :

Automated Dynamics ; Onera ; Cevotec ; Coriolis ; IPT Fraunhofer : KVE Composites Group ; Stratasys ; Thermwood ;…

Table of content :

Overview p6

lntroduction to the additive manufacturing of fibre-reinforced composites

Additive manufacturing p15

Manufacturing p16

High-performance creations: additive manufacturing and composites

Manufacturing p18

Additive manufacturing of high-performance composite structures

Technology p20

Simulating the effects of warpage in an additively-manufactured composite layup tool

Business insights p23

AFP & ATL p64

Simulation p65

Optimizing the key manufacturing parameters of the AFP process

Simulation p68

How AFP lay-up affects a composite part’s design intent

Measurement p71

Preform permeability measurement and 3D resin flow simulation for dry AFP

Monitoring p75

Fibre placement in-process monitoring and solutions for quality optimisation

Process p78

Repurposing residual AFP tape for complex aerospace parts

Process p80

Rapid manufacturing of a tailored spar by AFP and stamp forming

Process p84

PAEK composite prepreg: fast and efficient part manufacturing

Process p88

Fibre patch placement: expanding the scope of additive manufacturing

Process p90

Automated manufacturing of stiffened composite shells using dry fibre material

Process p94

Laser-assisted tape- and fibre-placement-system «Multimaterial Head»

Process p96

Economic production of load-optimized thermoplastic composites

3D printing p104

Aerospace p105

Full-strength 5-axis carbon fibre 3D printing revolutionizes aviation and space

Aerospace p108

Successful mission of TuPOD, a TubeSats deployer manufactured via additive manufacturing

Aerospace p112

lnduction welding of reinforced additive-manufactured parts

Automotive p114

The Energica dashboard reinvented through professional 3D printing and composite materials

Automotive p116

Transforming composite production processes with FDM additive manufacturing

Automotive p118

Disrupting the composite tooling supply chain

Marine p121

World’s first 3D-printed yacht with carbon fibre-reinforced thermoplastic compounds

Sports & Leisure p123

Additive manaufacturing applications in sporting goods production

Sports & Leisure p125

Making the first 3D-printed carbon fibre bike

Sports & Leisure p128

lnnovative composite bicycle frame

Equipment & Machining p130

Injection moulding: running tests earlier with 3D printing

Equipment & Machining p132

Large-scalme additive manufacturing of composite thermoplastics – where are we?

Construction p135

3D printing and new materials are the core of China’s smarter cities

Construction p138

3D printing technology for building and construction

Publication date: 2021

TABLE OF CONTENT

• Current trends in the composites industry
• Key recycling stakes in the composites industry
• Growth opportunity for composites in hydrogen vehicles

Publication date: January 2021

With its origins in the 1940s, the early glass reinforced plastic materials have now become part of a much bigger and sophisticated global composites industry, which over the last 75 years has seen the development of new raw materials, production processes and design engineering capabilities which have enabled the use of composites materials in applications never thought possible.

From wind turbine blades, racing yachts, Airbus A350 and Boeing B787 fuselages, Formula 1 racing car chassis, and the lotus-flower-shaped roof of the ArtScience Museum in Singapore Bay, high performance applications using composites are now globally found in every advanced industry sector thanks to their unique combination of properties and performance in use benefits.
Due to being strong, lightweight and corrosion resistant, composites are now found in everyday products. Glass fibre and carbon fibre based composite parts are now found in road and rail public transport vehicles and infrastructure, in buildings, cars, planes, boats, lorries, fire engines, agricultural vehicles and in many sports & leisure consumer goods, such as skis, golf clubs, tennis racquets, fishing rods, smartphone and tablet protective covers, crash helmets and eyewear frames.

Since it started in 1997, the JEC Group has supported the composites industry and continues to play an essential role as a catalyst, fostering the sharing of knowledge and know-how between organizations, providing information services, global and local networking opportunities and forums where people can exchange ideas and develop new market opportunities in composites.

Digital features & Additional content – interactive e-book containing additional video content – when the print version is purchased

• Interactive multimedia e-book format
• Videos, with additional information from:
  • Frédérique Mutel (JEC Group, President & CEO)
  • Stephen Tsai (Stanford University, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
  • Alan Nettles (Stanford University, Composite Materials Engineer)
  • Andrew Mafeld (Connectra, Managing Director)
  • Kanemasa Nomaguchi (Plastics Lining Association, President)
  • Axel D. Seifert (Seifert and Skinner & Associates, Managing Associate)

Publication date: June 2013

A sweep across the broad panorama of composite applications reveals that there are four infrastructure sectors where composites have established themselves and continue to grow, namely:

• transportation,
• utilities,
• civil protection
• open-air public use

This book presents 81 tangible examples to illustrate some or all advantages of the composites, such as low weight, easy handling, durability, reparability, fire resistance, reduced life-cycle costs….

TABLE OF CONTENT

Section 1: Introduction – Composites and Infrastructure

• The purpose, scope and targeted audience
• The definition and scope of composites as used in infrastructure
• The breadth of composites applications in infrastructure
• Key reasons for the use of composites in infrastructure applications
• Key composite manufacturing processes used for infrastructure applications

Section 2: Overview of composites by major infrastructure segment

• The attractiveness of composites for infrastructure
• Overview of composite use in transportation infrastructure
• Transportation infrastructure example cases:
  • Pedestrian & cycle transport
  • Road transport
  • Rail transport
  • Air transport
  • Water-based tranport
  • Mass transit
• Overview of composite use in utilities infrastructure
• Utilities infrastructure example cases:
  • Water infrastructure
  • Waste water & sewage infrastructure
  • Gas infrastructure
  • Electricity infrastructure
  • Telecommunications infrastructure
  • Other utilities infrastructure
• Overview of composite use in civil protection infrastructure
• Civil protection infrastructure example cases
• Overview of composite use in open-air public infrastructure
• Open-air public example cases

Section 3: Key factors and trends relating to composites use in infrastructure applications

• In search of legitimacy
• Opportunities in new infrastructure
• Opportunities in repair, renovation, retrofitting and replacement
• Building codes and design guides
• Minimising installation or repair disruption
• Installed cost and total cost of ownership
• Continuing need for education and promotion

Section 4: Concluding thoughts on the future of composites in infrastructure

• Concluding thoughts
• Factors inhibiting growth
• Drivers and enablers of growth
• Growth perspectives

Publication date: December 2019

• Confirms that flax and hemp fibers provide efficient solutions for the composite industry;
• Focuses on the flax & hemp reinforcements available on the market;
• Shows that reliable solutions can be found through characterization and standardization;
• Presents other remarkable properties besides the fibers’ excellent mechanical performance, as added value for composite products;
• Discusses composite manufacturing processes and applications on the market in terms of a combination of know-how, from producers to manufacturers to finished products;
• Provides a view on sustainability through life cycle analyses.

As a follow-up to the two preceding editions (2012 and 2014) of the joint study “Flax and Hemp, a natural solution for the composite industry”, we are pleased to put out a new 2018 version of the work called “Flax & Hemp fiber composites, a market reality – The biobased solutions for the industry”, compiled by the European Confederation of Flax and Hemp Confederation – CELC for JEC Group and published by JEC Group

Publication date: March 2018

About CELC

As the only European agro-industrial organization to harness all production and processing stages for flax and hemp (10,000 European companies in 14 countries), the European Confederation of Flax&Hemp – CELC leads this industry of excellence in a globalized context. CELC’s purpose as a reference platform is to inform manufacturers of the advantages these fibers can bring to composites. Western Europe is the world’s leading producer of flax fiber, with France, Belgium and the Netherlands alone accounting for 80% of world production. This is guaranteed by EUROPEAN FLAX®, the traceability brand for all applications of premium-quality flax fiber grown in Western Europe.