- Trade fair and International Composites Conference (ICC) to move closer in 2019
- No more separation between trade fair and lecture events
In future COMPOSITES EUROPE and the trade association Composites Germany will cooperate even more closely and organise the International Composites Conference (ICC) jointly from 2019. The conference structure will be significantly revised and the former separation between trade fair and lecture events will end. This has been announced by trade fair organiser Reed Exhibitions and Composites Germany.
Joint congress to be organised by Reed Exhibitions and the trade association Composites Germany
Reed Exhibitions and the trade association Composites Germany will be working together even more closely from 2019. Composites Germany combines the talents of the four most important organisations in the German composites industry: AVK – Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e. V. (AVK), Carbon Composites e. V. (CCeV), CFK-Valley and the VDMA working party for hybrid lightweight construction technologies. As part of the new plan, Reed Exhibitions and Composites Germany will organise the International Composites Congress (ICC) jointly in future. The announcement was made by the two parties at COMPOSITES EUROPE, which took place in Stuttgart from 6 to 8 November. Until now, the ICC has been organised by Composites Germany as a kick-off event for COMPOSITES EUROPE. In future, there will be an integrated concept for the whole event that brings the fair and congress closer together.
- Positive rating of the current business situation
- Optimistic expectations for the future
- Investment climate continues to be favourable
- Growth drivers are continuing to be stable
- Composites Index shows differing developments
This is the eleventh time that Composites Germany has identified the latest KPIs for the fibre-reinforced plastics market. Again, the survey covered all the member companies of the four biggest umbrella organisations of Composites Germany: AVK, CCeV, CFK-Valley and the VDMA Working Group on Hybrid Lightweight Construction Technologies.
As before, to ensure a smooth comparison with the previous surveys, the questions in this half-yearly survey had been left unchanged. Once again, the data obtained in the survey was largely qualitative in relation to current and future market developments.