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6th Workgroup Meeting “Circular Design & Production”

September 30, 2026 @ 11:00 - 16:00

Focus Topics

  • Regulations and technologies impacting circularity in composites
  • Recycled materials in battery casings
  • Debonding on demand
  • Novel circular composite materials
  • High performance flax composites
  • Recovery of glass fibres from end-of-life wind turbine blades and boats

Agenda

11:00Welcome and Introduction
Philipp Fröhlig | AZL Aachen GmbH
11:15Developments in Regulations
Warden Schijve | AZL 
11:45Digital methods for product development and circular production of sustainable lightweight structures – DigiPRO²green 
Dan Belke & Dr. André Hürkamp | TU Braunschweig, Institute of Joining and Welding & Open Hybrid LabFactory
12:15Debonding on Demand: Technologies and Applications
Elena Gambera | Flanders Make
12:45Lunch Break
13:15Development of cellulose fiber reinforced PP materials (preliminary title)
Dr. Marton Kardos | Volkswagen USA
 
13:45Self-reinforced Composites – a multi morphological approach to close the loop
Anna Krüger | Fraunhofer ICT
14:15Tentative title: High performance flax composites
Dr. Gilles Koolen | BIOFIBIX
14:45Enabling Circular Composites Through Recycled Glass Fiber Reinforcements
Dr. Nour Halawani | Verretex
15:15Summary, Open Discussion
15:30End of Meeting

 

Registration

 

 

Zoom-Meeting

Online Session
The link will be sent shortly before the meeting,

Expertise/ background in:

Production and development of composite parts
Materials: thermoset and thermoplastic resins, continuous fiber composites, metals and plastic-metal hybrids
Process: prepreg, autoclave, resin infusion, RTM, milling, tooling, joining, quality assurance
Design: CAD design and design to process
Networking: Matchmaking with academic and industrial partners

I will support you in:

  • Process selection, evaluation and implementation
  • Evaluation and benchmarking of solutions
  • Identification of applications
  • Benchmarking with market companions state of the art solutions
  • Identification and elimination of pain points
  • Connect with the right partners for industrial implementation