Keynote Presentations

8.30am – 9.00am CET

This presentation will cover the evolution and the growth of the composites industry at global level, taking into account the sanitary crisis and its impact. Essential market size information, trends and forecast growth figures will be provided by key geographic regions and industrial sectors including aerospace, transportation and automotive, wind energy, marine, building and construction.

Speaker: Frederic REUX, Media Director and Editor-in Chief, JEC Group

8.30am – 9.00am CET

Starting in 2010, with the support of a national policy, over 50 new OEMs were founded in China in the BEV segment. After 10 years’ development, only less than 10 of the 50 OEMs are still survived. With their contribution, now BEV is not only well accepted by many common customers but also recognized by the giant OEM as current and future product mainstream.

The rapid growing of BEV is generating a new business area for lightweight technology esp. for composite technology. The current battery housing is mostly made by Alu stamping and extrusion as the compromise among lightweight, cost, and manufacturing efficiency.

With updates of GBT standards esp. the requirements of fire resistance and safety under hazard situation, composite technology is becoming to the most interested one. Using materials combining GF and CF, efficiency manufacturing technology e.g. WCM and pultrusion, and functional materials like fire resistance resin and/or fire veils, composite battery housing can provide even lower weight, improved safety features and high system efficiency for the growing BEV market demands.

In the last part, based on technology trends of battery and BEV architecture, potential development of battery housing will be discussed.

Speaker: Peng HE, CEO, Coleitec Composites Technology

8.30am – 9.00am CET

Moving forward on tomorrow’s clean propulsion solutions, Plastic Omnium aims to become a leader in mobility onboard energy supply and has bet on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV), developing a complete offer from high pressure gas vessels storage to fuel cell systems including management. Initially developed for space technologies, composite materials are an ideal solution for high pressure vessel conception, for both their robustness and lightweight. During this presentation, discover:

• The State of the Art of Composite Pressure Vessels for mobility applications
• The Potential Worldwide Market with focus on Korea
• The Role of Composite Materials and leading Korean manufacturers

Speaker: Axel SEIFERT, Business Line Director, Composite Pressure Vessels, Plastic Omnium New Energies