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Press Release Paris, March 7, 2018

IT IS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JEC INNOVATION AWARDS!

JEC GROUP PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE WINNERS AT JEC WORLD 2018

The 2018 session of JEC World, the reference trade show organized by JEC Group, is in full swing and

the focus is on innovation!

The JEC Innovation Awards ceremony, which took place on the Agora stage on Wednesday, March 7

at 5 pm, opened with a presentation by Yves Rossy, aircraft pilot and inventor of the first jet-powered

wingpack. Then the jury revealed the names of the composite champions up for a JEC Innovation

Award. Eleven winning innovations were chosen, out of the thirty finalists that had been previously

selected from more than 100 applications from all over the world.

“JEC Group supports innovation. In 1998, it created the first award dedicated to

composites, as a way to promote and reward the sector’s champions. Thanks to the

work of JEC Group’s teams, the program has become an international benchmark. Each

year, we receive more than a hundred applications from all over the world. Selection is

now based on criteria like the level of involvement of the innovation’s partners in the

value chain, the technical nature of the innovation, or its commercial applications,”

explains JEC Group President & CEO Frédérique Mutel.

A new feature this year is that the jury revealed the winners during the ceremony, and the public could

choose their favorite innovation before, during, and after the ceremony. So there is still time to vote!

Votes are opened until Thursday March 8th, 5pm http://innovationawards.jec-world.events

Did you miss the

ceremony?

Stop by the Hall of

Fame in the foyer

of Hall 6!

The 11 JEC Innovation Awards 2018 winners with the jury

Frédérique MUTEL,

JEC Group President & CEO

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11 AWARD WINNERS

AEROSPACE APPLICATION

Winner: AeroComposit, JSC (Russia) and its partner Solvay (United

Kingdom)

Infusion technology for an aircraft wing

The use of infusion technology to manufacture primary structural

components for an aircraft wing. The technology makes it possible to

create extra-long, integrated composite structures with complex

aerodynamic shapes.

AEROSPACE PROCESS 2 tied winners!

Winner: Airbus (Germany) and its partners, BMW Group (Germany), Technical University of Munich

(TUM) (Germany), Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH (Germany), Werkzeugbau Siegfried Hofmann

GmbH (Germany), BASF SE (Germany), Foldcore GmbH (Germany), Neenah Filtration (Germany) and

SGL Carbon GmbH (Germany)

Complex structural applications for MAI sandwich technology

Cost-effective production of a complex 2.5D structure made of

thermoplastic composite sandwich, with very short cycle times: under

5 minutes for aerospace materials and 2.5 minutes for automotive

materials.

Winner: M. Torres Diseños Industriales SAU (Spain)

Moldless process to manufacture one-piece parts

A new manufacturing process for oversized one-piece reinforced composite

structures, without requiring the use of complete molds.

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATION

Winner: Ford Werke GmbH (Germany) and its partners, Gestamp (United

Kingdom), GRM Consulting (United Kingdom) and University of Warwick

(United Kingdom)

Lightweight composite automotive suspension part

Structural suspension part made of lightweight composite, using a brand-

new patented process for prepreg/SMC/steel overmolding that was designed using a new computer-

aided engineering (CAE) technology.

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AUTOMOTIVE PROCESS

Winner: Audi AG (Germany) and its partners, Voith Composites

GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Dow Automotive (Switzerland), and

Zoltek Corp. (United States)

Series production of a rear panel module made of carbon

composite

For the first time, the potential of carbon fiber reinforced plastics

(CFRP) is used to full advantage in series production with a new rear

panel module and cost-effective production technologies.

CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE

Winner: Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd. (Japan) and its partners, Kanazawa

Institute of Technology (Japan) and Nagase ChemteX Corporation

(Japan)

Cabkoma cable made of CFRTP

Komatsu Seiren has developed a cable made of molded carbon fiber

reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP), using a very cost-effective process

that consists in polymerizing a thermoplastic epoxy resin in situ.

MARINE

Winner: Uljanik JSC (Croatia)

Composite cargo decks for a vehicle carrier

On the SIEM Cicero, a vehicle carrier with a capacity of 7,000 vehicles,

glass-fiber reinforced composites are used for a number of the

structures for the cargo decks, thereby considerably reducing the

ship’s weight, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

RAILWAY

Winner: ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd. (United Kingdom) and its partners,

Alstom Transport (United Kingdom), Magma Structures (United

Kingdom), the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), and the

University of Huddersfield (United Kingdom)

A bogie frame made of optimized lightweight carbon fiber

This project has developed the very first carbon-fiber bogie frame that

uses a recycled material, making it possible to overcome the obstacles

to a commercial adoption of this type of structure.

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SPORTS & LEISURE

Winner: BMW Group (Germany) and its partners EDAG Engineering

GmbH (Germany), KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH (Germany),

Chr. Karl Siebenwurst GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), TUM-LCC

(Germany), Automation W + R GmbH (Germany), and FHG-IGCV

(Germany)

A modular construction system for the rear swing arm suspension

of a motorcycle

A modular system to produce a complex-shape swing arm suspension reinforced with carbon fiber. The

system can adjust the mechanical properties on a case-by-case basis, for a competitive cost and weight

compared to metal solutions.

SMART CITIES

Winner: MC Materiales Compuestos (Argentina) and its partners,

Plaquimet (Argentina), Purcom (Brazil), IS Groupe - Composite

Integrity (France), and G12 Innovation (Brazil)

The Wet Core Pod composite housing module

The Wet Core Pod is a composite housing module with an

industrialization potential that can facilitate the most complex,

costly and difficult step in a construction project.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Winner: Cetim-Cermat (France) and its partner, CETIM (France)

“3-in-1” line for producing recycled composites

A modular line that uses an innovative thermomechanical process

to make large panels from recycled composites or plastics. The

panels are then thermoformed into parts.

JEC Group: JEC Group is a global information and connection company in the composite sector, with a network of 250,000 professionals. Using its information services and its local and international networks, the Group represents, promotes and develops the markets for composite materials. Under the effect of steady growth over the past twenty years, JEC Group has forged an international reputation, opening offices in North America and Asia. The company is wholly owned by the Center for Promotion of Composites, a non-profit organization. The Group’s policy is to systematically reinvest its profits into the creation of new services of benefit to the composite sector. After winning over the composite industry, JEC Group would now like to extend its scope of action to new segments of the value chain, in particular manufacturers and end users. JEC Group’s experts bring specialized knowledge and an extensive network into play to propose a full range of products and services: JEC publications (strategic studies, technical works, and JEC Composites Magazine), the “World Market News” weekly international e-letter, and the French-language “JEC Info Composites” e-letter. JEC Group also organizes trade shows that include JEC World in Paris (the largest international trade show dedicated to composite materials – four times larger than any other similar specialized event), JEC Asia in South Korea, and The Future of Composites in Construction in Chicago. Additional services include the website www.jeccomposites.com, the JEC Composites Conferences, Forums and Workshops organized in Europe, Asia and North America, and the JEC Innovation Awards program (Europe, Asia, North America, India and China). The composite sector employs 550,000 professionals worldwide. In 2017, it generated 83 billion euros in sales.