October 11^th, 2024

Focus Topic: Carbon Fiber Propellers, Thermoplastic composite drone blades and rivalry of Propeller and Rotors

• Helix-Carbon GmbH | Nikolaus von Kummer | Innovative Carbon Fiber Propellers from Helix-Carbon GmbH
• Mitsui Chemical Europe GmbH | Dr. Christos Karatzias | Thermoplastic composite drone blades made of TAFNEX^TM CF-PP to increase the safety factor and readiness for large-scale production
• AZL Aachen GmbH | Konrad Dziamski | Propellers and Rotors – A Revival? And Running Activities on AZL Aachen GmbH

• AZL Aachen GmbH | Warden Schijve | Requirements & Materials for Electric Vehicle Battery Enclosures
• AZL Aachen GmbH | Ravi Bhairi | Relevant Fire Resistance Testing for Electric Vehicle Battery Materials
• AZL Aachen GmbH | Philipp Fröhlig | Running Activities on Emerging Battery Storage Technologies and Thermal Runaway Propagation Predictions

November 16^th, 2023
Focus Topic: Digitalisation, hybridisation & functionalisation of High-Performance SMC

• Persico | Sergio Gastaldi & Guido Arcangeli | New Developments in SMC Technology and Combining Different Technologies in Order to Make SMC More Attractive
• Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH & Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM | Dr. Hannes Grimm-Strele & Dominic Schommer | Optical Measurement of Fiber Orientation and Its Influence on the Mechanical Behavior
• FibreCoat GmbH | Alexander Lüking | EMI Shielding in SMC Processes with Aluminum Coated Fibres
• Simutence GmbH | Dr. Martin Hohberg | New Simulation Approaches for Sheet Molding Compound Process Simulation

May 25^th, 2023
Focus Topic: Additive manufacturing with composites and new opportunities with these innovative processes

• Anisoprint | Dr. Fedor Antonov | Composite Fiber Co-Extrusion: Flexible and on Demand Manufacturing of Complex Shape
• 9T Labs | Arne Büttner | Additive Fusion Technology: a New Era in Additive Manufacturing for Small Structural Parts at High Volumes
• Trelleborg Sealing Solutions | David Hauber | Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Composite Structures
• CEAD | Charléne van Wingerden | The growth of Large Format Additive Manufacturing with Thermoplastic Composites

November 30^th, 2021
Focus Topic: Electric vehicle battery casings and potentials of composite materials

• Audi AG | Dr. Florian Meyer | The Future of Electric Vehicle Battery Casings
• AZL Aachen GmbH | Warden Schijve | Use of Composites in Multi-material Battery Casings
• Lorenz Kunststofftechnik GmbH | Peter Ooms | E-mobility – Battery Casing & E-motors Made out of Thermoset
• AZL Aachen GmbH | Philipp Fröhlig | Introduction of Soon Starting Battery Casing Project Initiatives

September 23^rd, 2021
Focus Topic: Automated tape laying and rapid tow shearing in aerospace applications

• Laserline GmbH | Dr. Simon Britten | Laser-based Thermoplastic Tape Placement for High Productivity in Aviation
• GKN Fokker | Arnt Offringa | Automated Tape Laying and Fiber Placement of Thermoplastics in Aerospace
• iCOMAT Limited | Dominic Bloom | Rapid Tow Shearing: The New State of the Art in Fibre Steering
• Dutch Thermoplastic Composites | Peter Boer | Automated Tape Laying for Tailored Thermoplastic Composite Products

July 9^th, 2021
Focus: Sustainability strategies and approaches to sustainability and eco-impact factor analysis over the production and life cycle of cars

• Ford-Werke GmbH | Dr. Wulf-Peter Schmidt | Ford Carbon Neutrality Strategy and Implications for the Automotive Value Chain
• Conbility GmbH | Markus Breiing | Pragmatic and Integrated Carbon Footprint and Cost Evaluation
• fka GmbH | Alexander Busse | Sustainability as a Gamechanger in the Automotive Value Chain – Challenges for Suppliers and their Product Strategy
• Zenith GmbH | Dr. Claus Lüdtke | Success through Networking – the Example of the ForesIght Innovation Network

January 28^th, 2021
Focus Topic: Lightweight design enabling design for profitability

• AZL Aachen GmbH | Warden Schijve | Best Practices in Lightweight Design with Thermoplastic Composites
• Aniform | Sebastiaan Haanappel | Composite Forming Simulations Enable Thoughtful Process & Product Development
• Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University | Maiko Ersch | Uncovering Lightweight Potential Through Consistent Topology Optimization and Deeply Integrated Hybrid Design in Structural Components
• ThermoPlastic Composites Application Center | Ferrie van Hattum | Component Redesign using UD Tapes

September 29^th, 2020
Focus Topic: Using composites sustainably and recycling options and processes

• Chairman EuCIA WG Sustainability | Jaap van der Woude | Cradle to Gate LCA for Composites Parts ECO CALCULATOR LCA Tool for the Composites Industry
• nova Institut GmbH | Dr. rer.nat. Asta Partanen | Tools and Methods for Comparing the Sustainability of Renewable Composite Materials
• Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) at RWTH Aachen University | Martin Rieger | Research Project “Bio FML”: Mass Production of Sustainable Fibre Metal Laminates
• Sonnenwagen Aachen e.V. | Yusuf Can Arslan | Unlimited Range: Lightweight Meets with Solar Energy
• Conbility GmbH | Markus Breiing | Economic and Ecological Evaluation of Production Scenarios to Realize a Sustainable Production
• AZL Aachen GmbH | Philipp Fröhlig | Starting AZL Study: Identifying Potentials for Bio based Composites

August 13^th, 2020
Focus Topic: Technology solutions for thermoplastic tapes in injection molded parts

• Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH | René Laschak | Performance Improvement of Injection Molded Parts by the Use of Carbon Fiber UD Tapes
• Polyscope Polymers | Sem Sals | Hybrid Material Combinations in Composites
• AFPT GmbH | Arne Büttner | Automated Production of Composite Inlays
• Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) at RWTH Aachen University | Alexander Peitz | Ultra Fast Consolidator Individualized, Large Series Thermoplastic Tape Placement
• TPRC | Coen Hartjes | Overmolding of C/PAEK Composites
• simcon kunststofftechnische Software GmbH | Harold Kutschera | Simulation Aspects of UD Tapes in the Injection Molding Process

July 9^th, 2020
Focus Topic: Innovative applications and manufacturing systems for additive manufacturing technologies with composites

• Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Albany | David Hauber | Additive Manufacturing with Carbon Fiber Composites
• ARRIS Composites | Riley Reese | Convergence of Composites and High Volume Manufacturing, Delivering Next gen Consumer and Vehicle Structures
• Orbital Composites | Cole Nielsen | Mars and the Self-Replicating Machines
• Conbility GmbH | Kamran Samaie | New Table Based Machine System for Additive Tape Placement with Laser Assisted In-Situ Consolidation

May 28^th, 2020
Focus Topic: Lightweight design enabling design for profitability

• AZL Aachen GmbH | Warden Schijve | Best Practices in Lightweight Design with Thermoplastic Composites
• Aniform | Sebastiaan Haanappel | Composite Forming Simulations Enable Thoughtful Process & Product Development
• Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University | Maiko Ersch | Uncovering Lightweight Potential Through Consistent Topology Optimization and Deeply Integrated Hybrid Design in Structural Components
• ThermoPlastic Composites Application Center | Ferrie van Hattum | Component Redesign using UD Tapes