Nine Composites Companies to be recognised at the 2013 JEC Innovation Awards Program
23 October 2012
23 October 2012
The inaugural JEC Americas Composites Show and Conferences on November 7th – 9th, 2012 will host JEC’s Innovation Awards Program and highlight the nine most cutting-edge advances to emerge from the world-wide composite industry this year.
The nine companies are:
The Awards ceremony will take place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on November 7th at 4:00 pm at the Agora 3 of the JEC Americas exhibition.
Saertex is introducing two new products focusing on fire protection.
Sumitomo Chemical reports that its polyethersulfone (PES) micro-powder additive SumikaExcel 5003P boosts fracture toughness and resistance to micro-cracking for fibre reinforced epoxy composites over a broad temperature range without negatively impacting dimensional stability, flame/smoke/toxicity (FST), creep resistance, modulus, impact, or yield strength.
Renault, Webasto, ARRK-Shapers and Polyscope Polymers won the People’s Choice award for the most innovative composite part at the 18th annual Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) sponsored by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).
