JEC Asia to focus on latest developments in composite tech

The 3-day conference sessions will include 40+ international speakers and 450+ business meetings. The conference sessions topics include carbon fibre, automotive and aeronautics.

The Carbon fibres session is part of the International Carbon Festival Conference, where in world-class experts will discuss carbon fibres and other forms of carbon materials and their latest developments on Nov 13 from 11 am to 6 pm, with JEC's partner KCTech.

Claudio Jarreta Neto, non-metallic materials consultant at Petrobras, will speak about composites for off-shore applications at 11:25 am. Professor Sung Ha, Hanyang University, will give a review of hydrogen pressure vessel technology at 11:50 am. Tadashi Uozumi, principal engineer from Murata Machinery will speak about multiple filament winder - high-speed production system for CFRP high-pressure hydrogen vessels at 12:15 pm.

In the Automotive session, speakers from various tier companies will discuss composite golden triangle and new hybrid solutions on Nov 14, from 9 am to 4 pm.

Dr. Bin Wei, senior manager lightweight at NIO, will open the automotive full-day conference with an exclusive presentation on the future of electric vehicles, lightweight and composites' innovations at 9 am. NIO is a global-Chinese electric vehicle company offering premium smart electric vehicles and providing the best user experience. G Kalkoffen from Carbon TT will present its latest composite innovations at 12 pm. Choon Soo Lee, team leader at Hyundai Motor group, will speak on the subject of 'Development Status of Continuous Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Automotive Application' at 2 pm.

There will be an Aeronautics session about faster processes and new materials on Nov 15 from 9 am to 3:30 pm with JEC's partner, CFK Valley.

The various speakers will be professor Dr. Ing Axel Herrmann, head of predevelopment at Airbus Coe Vtp; Jens Boelke, head of composites & new technologies at Thomas Technik; Georg Lonsdorfer, business developer at Airbus Americas Engineering; Dr. Joachim H Henning, director innovation and communication at CFK Valley.

Charlotte Troubat, marketing manager at Chomarat, will speak on high-performance thermoplastic multiaxial reinforcement in aerospace structure. Sean Henson, global product manager at Aero Ascent, will hold a session on 'Aerospace on Composites & Additive Manufacturing Composite Tooling & Additive Manufacturing'. In addition to this programme, the 2019 edition of JEC Asia will welcome for the first time the eMove360° ASIA exhibition and conferences focusing on the critical topics of electric mobility, charging and energy, battery & powertrain, as well as vehicles and mobility concepts.

eMove360° ASIA conference sessions themes include 'Trends of E-mobility and Self-Driving Vehicles: trends and future of e-mobility in Asia', 'Battery and Power Train', 'E-mobility Charging and Energy'.

This year JEC Asia will feature an exclusive Innovation Stage Programme to put the spotlight on the start-ups that participate in Startup Booster competition. Communications and business experts will host several sessions on business, management, and marketing as a way to provide insights and advice on how to run a successful startup business, leverage funds, find new investors and so on.

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