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.
The composites industry currently has numerous innovations in its process technologies, especially for hybrid structures and integrated manufacturing, e.g. for high-performance SMC manufacturing with carbon fibre reinforcement, for thermoplastic components and for quality assurance.
The 4th international Composites Congress (ICC) will take place from 5 to 6 November 2018 in Stuttgart. One of the two series of talks will therefore address precisely these topics.