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100 years AVK – Anniversary celebration

The AVK – German Federation of Reinforced Plastics celebrated its 100th anniversary on 22 October 2024 as part of the JEC Forum DACH. Composites have

30. October 2024

Your Insights Needed: Advancing Circular Strategies for Fibre-Reinforced Composites

At the Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) we are strongly committed to the sustainability and circularity of composite materials. As part of

29. October 2024

High-precision processing robot with innovative drive train – Made in Lower Saxony l Germany

Resource-efficient, flexible automated production – Newly developed milling kinematics on a linear axis enables versatile and efficient machining of lightweight materials to metals up to

29. October 2024

AVK Innovation Award 2024 – the winners have been announced

We congratulate all the winners of this year’s AVK Innovation Award and are really pleased that so many members of our network are among the

28. October 2024

ILK wins AVK prize 2024 for Innovative Product Development with Rauch Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH and thoenes®

The consortium consisting of the CU members Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology at TU Dresden and thoenes® as well as RAUCH Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH

28. October 2024

Composites Germany – Results of the 23rd Composites Market Survey are available

Critical assessment of the current business situation Future expectations deteriorate Investment climate remains subdued Expectations for application industries vary Growth drivers with little movement Composites

20. September 2024

The Practimum-Optimum™ Algorithm for Manufacturing Scheduling: A Paradigm Shift Leading to Breakthroughs in Scale and Performance

Introduction Generating an optimal production schedule is essential for manufacturing operations, having a significant impact on the efficiency and productivity of the whole operation and,

10. September 2024

Multi-Ply Components Ltd Boosts Efficiency and Production Throughput with Plataine’s AI-powered Production Planning & Scheduling

New AI solution cuts planning time from hours to minutes, optimizes decisions for purchasing additional resources and automates both short and long-term planning of over

4. September 2024

GreenOffshoreTech project: Investor Round and Innovation Award Competition

The GreenOffshoreTech (GOT) project, an initiative funded under the EU’s Horizon 2020 program, hosted the two-day “GreenOffshoreTech Final Event” in Hamburg in June. On the

26. August 2024

Closing the loop for aviation production waste

A new approach to creating aircraft parts has been developed by reusing production waste from the manufacturing of clips and cleats for the Airbus A350.

19. August 2024