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Join us for the Composites Lounge Engineering Talks (CLET), an online platform streaming live on LinkedIn and YouTube, also available as podcasts.

The talks cover the entire value chain within the composites industry, including raw materials, substrates, and components supplying to OEMs.

Hosted by Ilkay Özkisaoglu, the talks provide insights from events and corporates across Europe.

Our next CLET will be streamed live right here on LinkedIn and over at my Youtube channel on 10 April 2025 from 11am to 12.30pm

We will run through the following topics during our livestream:

Car Manufacturing: Composite solutions for the Car Factory: Dr Humphrey Carter (Compo Tech PLUS)

Electric Cars and new Composite Solutions: Dr. Kai Fischer (AZL Aachen GmbH | Excellence in Lightweight Production)

Automotive comfort: Acoustic and sound absorption with Kraibon, Dr. Johannes Martin (Biesterfeld Group)

Automotive Composites Components Process Optimization: Dr. Alexander Chaloupka and Arne Büttner (sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing)

and last, but not least Composites for Classic Cars with David Lale (PRF Composite Materials)

Stay informed, connected, and inspired with CLET, 

#Composites360onTour and the Composites Lounge Enduser Panels.

CREATING

SUSTAINABLE

VALUE

Imagine a world where cutting-edge technology meets sustainability— PRF Composite Materials is making it a reality.

Welcome to Composites Lounge's first stop at JEC World 2025! 

On the first day of our #Composites360OnTour, we had an insightful conversation with Vincent Fawcett from PRF Composite Materials (UK) about their innovative approaches in the composites industry.

Innovation & Technology: PRF, established in 1982, has evolved into a leading pre-preg manufacturer with a unique end-to-end solution. They have heavily invested (£7 million since 2018) in infrastructure, including two woven pre-preg lines, a unidirectional pre-preg line, and a pilot line for R&D. Their advanced capabilities in cutting, kitting, and preforming set them apart in the industry.

Sustainability:

Sustainability is at the heart of PRF's operations. They have partnered with Gen2 Carbon to develop a recycled fiber pre-preg, aiming for a low energy cost per part model.

PRF has also established a circularity model, collecting waste from their production and customers, processing it back into recycled mats, and turning it into pre-preg. This closed-loop system supports waste management and promotes sustainable practices.

Market Sectors: PRF serves diverse sectors, including medical, aerospace, defense, automotive, and marine. Their innovative solutions, such as a recycled fiber pre-preg that quadruples cutting and preforming capability, address specific customer needs and enhance production efficiency.

Listen to the many usecases and applications Vincent relays to our community in this video.

Join us in celebrating these advancements and the commitment to a sustainable future.

Have you joined the reception drink at Composites UK - Trade Association, sponsored by PRF?

Cheers to innovation and sustainability!

Join our restream of our Composites Lounge Enduser Panel powered by JEC Group on The EVTOL Show in Stuttgart.

This is the recorded and edited panel, which we turned into a special edition of an Composites Lounge Engineering Talk No 4: eVTOL Special Edition.

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The Composites Lounge Enduser Panel powered by JEC is on materials designed for the advanced air mobility (AAM).

We will review the process of selecting, testing and validating modern lightweight materials, like carbon and other composites with material and system suppliers as well as an AI company involved in process optimization.

We will bring you the big picture on "the requirements for fiber-reinforced composites in eVTOLs."

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Our panel guests are:

Christian Heller, Owner of CH Aerospace

Simon Bendrey, Head of Design at Dufour Aerospace

Víctor Jiménez, BDM of Biesterfeld Group

Nicholas Ecke, Application Engineer at sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing

Steffen Kress, BDM of Mubea Aviation

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The Panel is divided into three sections and covers the following questions:

. Development

Where do we start from prototype to serial production of eVTOLs?

What are the key benefits of carbon in eVTOL?

What challenges do eVTOL producers face?

AI needs data sets: How do you rate the amount of eVTOL production data?

During development, do eVTOLs evolve more like cars or aircraft?

. Material

Which material to choose in which developmental phase?

Why is the interaction between the different materials so crucial?

How to increase passenger comfort while maintaining safety of the eVTOL?

Cutting cycle times: how can AI assist in this?

Besides the classical composites matrices thermoplast and thermosets, what about elastomers?

Are thermoplastic composites the go-to material for eVTOLs?

. Process Optimization

How do you reduce downtime as an eVTOL (aerospace) OEM?

How to bring eVTOL start-up cost down in terms of composites' use?

What factors should be considered when adapting automotive process technologies for eVTOL manufacturing?

Your Panel Host: Ilkay Özkisaoglu, Co-Founder Composites Lounge

Your Relationship Manager and Co-Pilot: Yannick Willemin - The Composites Catalyst, Catalysium

Composites Lounge conducts with its format Hashtag#Composites360onTour

in partnership with the JEC Group during JEC World 2025 further interviews on Innovation, Technology & Sustainability

Please visit the JEC World 2025 exhibitors on their stand:

sensXPERT JEC World 2025 Hall 6, Booth Q24

Biesterfeld SE JEC World 2025 Hall 6, Booth K16

Mubea Aviation JEC World 2025 Hall 6, Booth P24

Composites Lounge JEC World 2025, Hall 6 Mezzanine, PRESS CLUB

Moreover, Composites Lounge is covering the entire show and we have a few slots left for your spotlight with a video podcast interview. Contact us!

Please press the register button now for this online stream. It is FREE to attend.

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Pushing the Limits: under this slogan JEC World 2025 will be opening its doors on March 4, 2025 in Villepinte (Paris, France) and there are many premieres this year.

We will be talking about the news, topics and the program with the CEO of the JEC Group Eric Pierrejean and the showdirector Thomas Lepretre.

This year again JEC World will be "connecting the world through composites". It is a massive gathering and growing each year.

With this warm-up, we will be giving you guidance in some depth. It would go far beyond this live talk to explain you everything, but we promise you to introduce you the support tools to make JEC World 2025 your networking event of the year.

In the second part I have invited select exhibitors and composites experts and introduce them to you.

Chris Skinner of Owens Corning is a traditional exhibitor for many decades, whereas sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing is an AI corporate venture of the NETZSCH Group and Dominik Riescher will give you some insights as to why JEC World is essential for their business growth. Last, but not least we will have Dr. Johannes Martin, Composites Market Manager of Biesterfeld Group among us, who is a first time exhibitor and we will be curious to know, what exciting topics they will be showing to the public. Finally, we have Vincent Fawcett of PRF Composite Materials and Humphrey Carter of Compo Tech PLUS in our round for some fascinating composite solutions that are truly pushing the limits.

There are many more in our ecosystem, that I will be introducing you prior, during and after JEC WORLD with our Composites Lounge format 

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#Composites360onTour soon.

Press the participate button below the cover picture, so you do not miss this replay (original live been broadcasted at 11am (CET) over on Ilkay Özkisaoglu's channel). Looking forward meeting you on 13 Feb 2025 remotely here on LinkedIn and later in Paris in person CREATING SUSTAINABLE VALUE!

YouTube Episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/IiYp8xsFzpk

Welcome to our 3rd edition of the Composites Lounge Engineering Talks (CLET). This edition is all about requirements on composite materials for the sporting goods industry, including carbon bikes, hockey sticks and the like.

This episode is brought to you by our CLET Premium Partner: sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing represented by Arne Büttner, Sales Engineer and polymer expert.

Select experts from academia, like Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Siebert, consulting Yannick Willemin - The Composites Catalyst and OEMs like Sven Terhardt and Jan Philipp Hollmann, both representing igus GmbH, a major name in plastics.

These are some of our topics discussed:

1. why are composites so important in the sports industry?

2. what challenges are there in the manufacture of composite sporting goods? 3. how can cycle times be reduced in the production of sporting goods?

4. in which sports areas are the greatest potential for composites and smart manufacturing technologies?

5. what role does sustainability play in composite production for the sports industry? 

In conclusion:

Faster production cycles thanks to adaptive process control Increased process reliability through real-time monitoring Reduced material and energy consumption, which lowers costs and environmental impact Process Transparency and quality control Better reproducibility for consistently high quality were demonstrated. 

A best practice is the full plastics bike invented by IGUS GmbH, in which Sven and Jan are showing us with great behind-the-scenes material. Please leave your questions and comments below and our panel will answer those by tomorrow. 

Get in touch with Ilkay, if you consider joining our mission of CREATINGS SUSTAINABLE VALUE.

Our three formats are 

1. Composites Lounge Engineering Talks (monthly LinkedIn Live Video and Podcast about enduse applicatons) 

2. #Composites360OnTour (soon at JEC World 2025, save your spotlight slot) 3. Composites Lounge Enduser Panels powered by JEC (our contribution at subject matter exhibitions, conferences, shows, venues, events covering the entire value chain, from raw material, components to the Enduser)

Happy networking

Ilkay Özkisaoglu

Co-Founder Composites Lounge

and DER Social CEO

PS: Save-the-Date on our CLET automotive edition, which will take place on 10 April 2025

Gleich zu Beginn des Jahres 2025 wird nicht nur die weltgrößte BAU Messe in München veranstaltet, sondern auch wir tragen mit den Composites Lounge Engineering Talks (CLET), Ausgabe 2, zum innovativen und nachhaltigen Fortschritt im Bau- und Infrastruktur Sektor mit KnowHow zu Faserverbundwerkstoffen bei. 

 

Best Practices und Erfahrungsberichte von Endanwendern, Herstellern und Dienstleistern stehen bei den CLETs dabei im Vordergrund. 

 

Am 16.1.2025 darf ich Dr. Alexander Chaloupka, dem CEO/CTO von sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing begrüßen, welche auch die erste Staffel der CLETs präsentiert. 

 

Mit seinem Geschäftspartner Kai Diecks von der SAERTEX multiCom Group sprechen wir in der ersten Hälfte unserer Live-Talkrunde über die grabenlose Kanalsanierung, aka 

#CIPP (cured-in-pipe-place) und wie die Qualität im Untergrund berührungslos mittels künstlicher Intelligenz sichergestellt wird. Eine sehr herausfordernde Aufgabe, denn sind die Abwasserrohre einmal rehabilitiert, sollten diese viele Dekaden ihren Dienst auch weiter für die Haushalte und das Gewerbe leisten. 

 

Im zweiten Teil unseres Talks eine absolut spannende Anwendung: auch hier geht es um Rohre. Allerdings sind diese entlang des bundesdeutschen Schienennetzes verlegt und enden in einem Schacht, der einen Deckel hat. 

 

Warum gerade dieser Deckel mit Faserverbundwerkstoffen seitens Klaus Köhler Beton- und Fertigteilwerk GmbH angefertigt wird, das wird uns Lars Lehmann, der Geschäftsführer aus erster Hand berichten. Zur Matrix und deren Besonderheiten im Bau werde ich Leif Ole Meyer von Olin löchern. Warum gerade Pultrusion hier als Verfahren am besten abschneidet, das wird mein Composites Lounge Partner und Co-Founder Oliver Kipf, der auch der Inhaber der CG TEC GmbH I Carbonscout Onlineshop ist erläutern. 

 

Da Composites aber auch weitere interessante Ansätze im Bau liefern habe ich Roy Thyroff gebeten während der BAU Messe als Geschäftsführer rothycon CARBON BEWEHRUNG und CU Bau, eine Division der Composites United eine Präsentation für diese CLET vorzubereiten. 

 

Ihr werdet unglaubliche Lösungen sehen, die bis vor wenigen Jahren nicht vorstellbar waren. 

 

Selbstverständlich ist der BAU und die INFRASTRUKTUR auch in der Bundesrepublik stark reglementiert. Das nehme ich zum Anlass mit unseren Panelisten diese Herausforderung (immenser Aufwand, Dickicht an Regeln ...) zu durchleuchten und deren Meinung abzufragen. 

 

Meinungen sind da, um diskutiert zu werden. Deshalb sind wir auch an Deiner und der Meinung der Community interessiert. 

 

Wir freuen uns auf das Wiedersehen mit Dir im neuen Jahr! 

How does a cutting-edge measurement technology evolve into a solution that drives real-time insights and transforms quality control and efficiency in composites manufacturing for aerospace applications?

In this exclusive interview-style webinar, sensXPERT managing director Dr. Alexander Chaloupka will sit down with Jorge Blanco Fernandez, R&T engineer at Ensia (the Spanish entity of Testia, an Airbus Company), to uncover the story of how dielectric analysis (DEA), once a lab-based measurement tool, was transformed into a comprehensive solution for process control in the production of composite aerospace parts.

Discover how Testia is constantly seeking new technologies to improve manufacturing processes and chooses dielectric measurement for its potential — only to encounter the challenges of complex data analysis. Learn how sensXPERT took this challenge head-on, turning dielectric technology into a scalable solution with automated data analysis, real-time process adjustments and in-mold material behavior insights that directly connect to quality standards.

Introducing THE Composites Lounge Engineering Talks

Be part of our #Composites360OnTour not only at major events or on site, but also online live here on LinkedIn, Youtube and your favourite audio podcast.

Our first round of Composites Lounge Engineering Talks will be presented in partnership with sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing (NETZSCH Group) and covers 

AVIATION (already scheduled for 28 November 2024 see Link below)

CONSTRUCTION and INFRASTRUCTURE (December 2024)

SPORTING GOODS (January 2025)

AUTOMOTIVE (February 2025)

In March we will pause, because we all meet at JEC WORLD 2025 in Paris before we commence our new format from April with new verticals.

Said that Composites Lounge is primarily focused on the B2B side of things. We want to align the B2B world, which means in our panel discussions we will ensure to mirror the entire value chain from raw material, substrate and component manufacturing to assembling systems within the OEM industry and operating (enduse) the planes, cars, ships, trains, machines etc.

If you have an interest in a.m. verticals, or in raw materials, substrates, plastics, composites or any other advanced materials join us from 28 November 2024 (already 100+ registered participants).

The Engineering Talks will be recorded and subsequently available for the public on my personal account here on LinkedIn and over on our Youtube and audio podcast channels.

Stay tuned!

Welcome to our first edition of the Composites Lounge Engineering Talks.

With our partners we bring you the most pressing topics on your screen and discuss with panel guests that represent the whole value chain contemporary matters with advanced materials, like for example plastics and composites.

Our first editions in fall / winter 2024-2025 are brought to you by our Composites Lounge partner sensXPERT (NETZSCH Group) and will cover the aviation sector.

In particular we will delve deep into "Reinventing Quality and Efficiency in Aviation". To this end Dr Alexander Chaloupka will explain how advanced measurement technologies evolved into a game-changing solution that enable real-time insights, elevating quality control and efficiency in aviation manufacturing.

Join us on November 28 for our Composites Lounge Engineering Talks in a panel discussion-style LinkedIn (and in parallel on YouTube) livestream featuring Dr. Alexander Chaloupka, Managing Director at sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing, Christoph Lieske of Lufthansa Technik, Michael Kupke of Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. as our aviation material and process experts (edit.)

The first broadcast will be on my personal page at 11 am and you are cordially invited to discuss live with us in the chat and ask your questions. In the afternoon at 2pm there will be a restream on the Composites Lounge LinkedIn Event (Link in the comments) for those who could not make the first round.

This Livepanel is designed for endusers like the aviation, VTOL, drone, space and other airborne technologies.

Future editions will cover the construction, sporting gooods and automotive industry.

Happy Networking

Ilkay Özkisaoglu

Co-Founder Composites Lounge

sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing receives AVK Award on contactless cure testing in trenchless technologies

During the award ceremony Jens Ridzewski, Prof. Dr.-Ing. held the laudatio and reasoned the award as follows:

"If you also look at the production of liners or the application of liners, it used to be common practice to cure the liners, i.e. for the trenchless rehabilitation of pipes, using steam.

For some time now, UV curing has become established here. In itself a very, very nice topic, but you have to bear in mind that UV curing is of course controlled by how quickly you pull the lamps through the sewer, through the pipe and how thick the material is.

This all has an influence on the degree of cure of the material, and sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing (NETZSCH Group) has managed to install an in-line system here, which is therefore directly able to determine the cross-linking, the degree of curing, of these liners, and that is important to monitor the quality in-line and then, if necessary, to adjust the process parameters, for example to reduce the speed of passage.

The first two points are the result of this project. The advantage of UV curing over steam curing... the trenchless sewer rehabilitation compared to excavation, especially in urban areas, does not need to be clarified.

The point is precisely what the jury assessed here is the continuous process monitoring and the in-line control of the parameters for the cross-linking of the curing of the liner, so that in principle the risk of having to remove semi-cross-linked liners from the old pipe can be significantly minimized."

Ilkay Özkisaoglu took the opportunity at the JEC Forum DACH 2024 to speak to Dominik Riescher, who represented sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing after this year's AVK award ceremony.

AVK is the world's oldest plastics association with an impressive history of over 100 years now. For the past three decades they award innovation in the DACH region and foster a culture of collaboration between academia, institutions and manufacturers. Composites Lounge congratulates all members and the AVK leadership Elmar Witten and Michael Effing for leading the community and having a fine taste when it comes to groundbreaking technologies in plastics and composites!

JEC Group fantastic Forum in Stuttgart! Looking forward to JEC FORUM DACH in Italy, Central Europe and again in Germany (Dresden) in 2025!

YouTube Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB42gygZPWw&feature=youtu.be

Ever wondered how you can get the JEC Group innovation award as a sporting goods manufacturer?

This is exactly what I spoke about with Jörg Kaufmann during JEC World 2024.

His statement about his Silbaerg GmbH snowboard "it is the first serial product using the anisotropic coupling effects in a serial product. We started in 2011, one that is pure brand new award with this technology. And since then we are in the premium market with a very special product and a little bit more than the average price for these products and for being available also for other customers. We started to bring glass fibers also into the market.

And nowadays natural fibers are very interesting. We also want to reduce the CO2 footprint of our carbon snowboards and therefore we make a non-woven out of the cutting waste of our carbon snowboards together with the Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. (STFI). And this carbon non-woven is used in the snowboards compared with hemp fibers...: I think we have a the very important and innovative things that nowadays are important to composite technology.FF

First of all, our anisotropic based technology, this is something not a lot other companies have in a serial product. Then we use the dry fiber placement for placing the hemp fibers and these hemp fibers grew up in Saxony, 50 km away from Chemnitz. So I was there at the harvesting of the hemp... And then we have the recycled carbon fibers. So we are circular economy because we use the waste of our dry fiber placement, carbon fiber production for this non-woven. And we have also a bio based resin.

So I think it is a lot of things that are nowadays very important. And I think the combination was the thing why we won the award."

If you have a prototype that you believe deserves to be awarded by the jury hurry up and send your application to JEC for its 2025 round of awards.

Join also our discussions with Christopher Albe and Johannes Leis, both from the STFI about the composites ecosystem and circular Saxony with it's locations in Chemnitz, Dresden and Freiberg.

With this podcast episode we have covered over a dozen interviews from JEC World 2024 and are heading right after KOMPOZYT-EXPO to JEC Forum DACH in Stuttgart on 22/23 Oct 2024.

Remember also that the next stop of JEC FORUM DACH will be Saxony in 2025. Dresden to be precise.

But before we gather in Dresden, let's meet in Paris at JEC World in March 2025, JEC Forum Italy in June 2025 and JEC Forum Central Europe in September 2025.

For now we are looking forward to interview in Stuttgart

Kerry Lyons of Base Materials

Dominik Riescher of sensXPERT - Optimizing Plastics Manufacturing

Eric Pierrejean of JEC Group 

and more. 

Let our team know, if you have solutions that we can bring into spotlight and join our vision of CREATING SUSTAINABLE VALUE with our mission critical format 

#Composites360onTour hosted by Ilkay Özkisaoglu

#Composites360onTour

The Composites Industry in THE LÄND has gone through some restructuring.

Join our discussion with Markus Milwich of Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf (DITF) ahead of the JEC Forum DACH in Stuttgart in only about two weeks time.

Markus explains the new structure of Allianz Faserbasierte Werkstoffe Baden-Württemberg (AFBW) e.V. with their founding partners Composites United and LBZ.

He also underlines the importance of governmental support, which regrettably ceased for lightweight construction earlier this year.

As to JEC Forum DACH 2024 Markus says, quote many innovative SMEs and large companies conduct research and production in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg and the neighboring DACH region.

The JEC Forum, organized by JEC Group and AVK, connects the strong composite community of the DACH region in an effective discussion format. The JEC Forum DACH is an important event of the events and activities in the field of lightweight construction, bioeconomy and circular economy in Baden-Württemberg, including the Lightweight Construction Congress on November 6th, the Natural Fiber Congress on October 9th and the Carbon Recycling Congress on February 19th, 2025.

Register on this AFBW event here: https://leichtbau-bw.eu/

JEC Group posted about its JEC Forum DACH today:

"Only 2 weeks left before JEC Forum DACH 2024, which will take place on October 22nd and 23rd 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany!

Don’t miss the opportunity to:

- Maximise business opportunities by meeting industry experts, innovators and decision-makers

- Attend conferences to stay up to date on the latest trends and innovations in the composites market

- Take part in a Special Composites Tour!

Register now! https://lnkd.in/eRhXNmxg

See you in Stuttgart soon!

Join us as we redefine innovation, technology, and sustainability in the world of advanced materials and composites manufacturing.

We're bringing together the

- brightest minds

- influencers and

- subject relevant matters

this fall with our attendance of events like the DLR Innovation Lab EmpowerAX and Science Days Braunschweig (Germany), MEET4COMPOSITE | International Composite Show Istanbul (Türkiye), KOMPOZYT-EXPO Krakow (Poland), JEC Group's JEC FORUM DACH Stuttgart (Germany), and of course JEC World in Paris (France, 2025).

We are still in the process of onboarding the best products, usecases, solutions and invite you on our tour. Simply contact Ilkay Özkisaoglu or his team, if you have stories to tell.

Stay also tuned for our brand new Live format, THE Composites Lounge Engineering Talks, hosted by İlkay Özkısaoğlu soon to be released.

Let's push the boundaries and create a greener world together!

Welcome to another podcast episode where we will talk about the JEC FORUM DACH format with the Regional Director Mrs Anne-Carole Barbarin of the JEC Group (Paris, France) and Elmar Witten of AVK (Frankfurt, Germany).

The programme of JFD is diverse and very exciting. Actually, the JFD runs even into the 24th of October 2024 and if you are fast register for the tours that are organized by the JEC Group including, but not limited to Mercedes-Benz AG 's site in Sindelfingen (Germany).

JEC Forum DACH will be held at the Maritim Hotelgesellschaft mbH Hotel in Stuttgart (Germany) and owing to its particular format business encounters are guaranteed through a matchmaking system between buyers and sellers. For instance last year in Salzburg (Austria) more than 800 scheduled meetings were realised and many many more on site, too.

AVK is the topics organizing partner and we are delighted to have Elmar Witten, Managing Director in our panel as well. We will run quickly through their traditional AVK innovations awards. We want to know, which categories will be priced on site.

#Composites360OnTour