COMPOSITES EUROPE 2012 Blog

With new themes, new special forums and a 15-percent increase in exhibitor numbers, the COMPOSITES EUROPE 2009 specialist fair is gaining momentum. At its fourth edition to be held from 27 to 29 October in Stuttgart, more than 300 exhibitors will present technologies and products covering the entire value creation chain of fibre-reinforced plastics. The spotlight will be on innovative solutions for important application industries such as vehicle construction, aircraft construction and aerospace as well as the building and construction sector.

Key players of the industry such as AOC Resins, Exel Composites and Huntsman will once again be present in Stuttgart. In Krauss-Maffei, RAMPF Tooling, Henkel, DSM Composites Resins, Carbon Composites e.V., Zoltek and Cam Elyaf, however, COMPOSITES EUROPE could also win major new exhibitors this year. The organisers succeeded in bringing almost the entire sector of automated cutting to Stuttgart with Gerber Technology, Lectra, Expert Systemtechnik, Topcut-Bullmer and Zünd Systemtechnik AG.

The International AVK Convention and the 2nd Biocomposites Congress will mark the start of the fair. For the fourth time already, the International Convention of the AVK (Industrievereinigung verstärkter Kunststoffe) will mark the start of the fair. From 26 to 27 October, some 500 participants are expected at the International Congress Centre Stuttgart (ICS) who will take advantage of the lectures to catch up on innovations in the field of reinforced and filled plastics.

For the first time, the nova-Institut will hold its Biocomposites Congress as part of the annual AVK Convention and of COMPOSITES EUROPE. The Congress will focus on the latest developments in materials and products which will be presented and discussed in Stuttgart. The Congress targets materials specialists, developers, manufacturers and users from the automotive, building, consumer goods and packaging industries.

Green Composites
In addition to the Biomaterials Congress, COMPOSITES EUROPE plans to further expand the “green“ materials segment. The European industry association and trade fair partner EuCIA will, among other things, present the latest materials developed by the EU funded “BioStruct“ project. The focus here will be on structural and multifunctional components made from wood and cellulose-reinforced composites. Together with Fraunhofer ICT and the project partner NetComposites, EuCIA will showcase the latest innovations in Hall 2.

In Stuttgart the “Bio Concept Car“, the world’s only racing car of its class featuring a body shell made from natural-fibre reinforced plastics, will also be on show. In this car which singer Smudo will also take to the track for the 24–hours race on the Nürburgring, among others, the bonnet, wings, doors and spoiler are all made from natural fibres and liquid bioplastics.

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