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Evonik named key partner in IACMI led composites program

14 Feb '15

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US President Barack Obama has named Evonik Corporation as a key partner of the Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation Institute (IACMI), Evonik said.

IACMI is a $250 million public-private partnership of academia, federal, state government and companies.

This partnership seeks to advance commercialisation of novel material sciences and composites solutions to the automotive, wind energy and compressed natural gas tank industries.

Led by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the IACMI reflects a $70 million commitment from the US Department of Energy and $189 million from IACMI’s partners.

IACMI is the fifth named institute of President Obama’s National Network for Manufacturing Innovation.

“Evonik is proud and excited to have an opportunity to work with technology leaders across academia and industry to bring composite solutions to life,” said Dr Matthias Kottenhahn at Evonik.

He added, “Evonik’s participation in IACMI is right in our sweet spot, as we have a strategy of offering the world commercially viable ideas on how to utilise resources more efficiently.”

“Our involvement complements other investments we have made, including a Composites Project House which is working to develop new materials and innovative light-weight systems,” he explained.

Evonik manufactures a range of products that can be found in almost all components of fibre-reinforced composites.

The company supplies core materials for sandwich construction, thermoplastic and thermosetting resin matrices, as well as components such as crosslinkers, catalysts, impact strength modifiers or processing and process additives.

Some of these products are used in sizings for glass or carbon fibres and in adhesives for joining fibre-reinforced composites. (AR)

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