The French Composites Exhibition has been held annually since 1965. It is the longest-running and most influential professional exhibition in the composites industry in Europe and even the world. It showcases and reflects the latest technologies and application results in the current composites industry. The exhibits are mostly applied in automobiles, ships and yachts, aerospace, construction materials, rail transportation, wind power generation, leisure products, pipelines and electricity. The wide range of industries covered is unmatched by other similar exhibitions. The French Composites Exhibition and Conference is the only exhibition that combines the global composites industry. It is also a platform for composites users and suppliers, relevant scientific researchers and experts to communicate extensively. It is also a symbol and path for an enterprise to go international.
New materials are one of the three common key technologies in the 21st century. They have become the driving force of the rapid growth of the global economy and the strategic focus of enhancing core competitiveness. As the foundation of the manufacturing industry, materials, especially the level and scale of new materials research and industrial development, have become an important symbol for measuring a country’s scientific and technological progress and comprehensive strength. According to information provided by AVK (German Composite Plastics Association), the average growth rate of the composite materials industry in Europe last year reached 5.6%, and it will continue to grow optimistically in the future; among them, the annual growth rate of the natural fiber composite plastics industry will reach double digits. The countries with the highest composite material production are Spain, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and France, and the composite material production of these five countries accounts for more than one-third of the total production in Europe.
Exhibits
Glass fiber: basalt fiber products, glass fiber raw materials, glass fiber chemical raw materials, glass fiber machinery, glass fiber special equipment, glass fiber reinforced cement products, glass fiber reinforced gypsum products, glass fiber cloth, glass fiber felt, glass fiber tube, glass fiber tape, glass fiber rope, glass fiber cotton and glass fiber consumption and processing machinery and special equipment, etc.
Raw materials and production equipment: resins with various properties, fiber precursors, rovings, fabrics, felts, various fiber sizing agents, surface treatment agents, cross-linking agents, release agents and other additives, fillers and various colorants, premixes, prepregs, as well as production technology and equipment for the above raw materials
Production technology and equipment: various new molding technologies and equipment such as hand lay-up, injection molding, winding, compression molding, injection molding, pultrusion, RTM, LFT, etc.; honeycomb, foaming, sandwich technology and process equipment, composite material machining equipment, molding mold design and processing technology, etc.
Quality and control: product quality inspection technology and equipment, production automation control and software, quality monitoring technology, non-destructive testing technology and instruments, etc.; ◆ Metal-based and ceramic-based composite materials products and technologies