JEC group pays tribute to the winners at JEC World 2018

The JEC Innovation Awards ceremony, which took place on the Agora stage on March 7th opened with a presentation by Yves Rossy, aircraft pilot and inventor of the first jet-powered wingpack.

The jury then 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,” explained JEC Group president & CEO Frédérique Mutel (pictured).

A new feature this year was that the jury revealed the winners during the ceremony, and the public could choose their favourite 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

11 AWARD WINNERS

AEROSPACE APPLICATION

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

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 - two 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 (Germany), BASF SE (Germany), Foldcore (Germany), Neenah Filtration (Germany) and SGL Carbon (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)

Mouldless process to manufacture one-piece parts

A new manufacturing process for oversized one-piece reinforced composite structures, without requiring the use of complete moulds.

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