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   Composites
Europe - 2010
European Trade Fair and Forum for Composite Materials,
Technology and Applications
 Time of realization:
September 14-16, 2010.
Venue:
Essen Exhibition Centre, Germany.
Organizer
of russian exposition: Exhibition Company "Mir-Expo".
 Press
information on activity:
- Composites
industry recovers faster than expected
- COMPOSITES
EUROPE 2010 again records more than 8,000 visitors
After two
difficult years, the European market for fibre-reinforced
plastics has noticeably recovered. The upswing in the sales
markets already led to an increase in composites production
by up to 25 per cent and to the opening up of new markets
this year. These impulses were also reflected at the
COMPOSITES EUROPE 2010 specialist fair in Essen. 294
exhibitors from 25 countries showcased technologies and
products from the entire value creation chain of fibre-reinforced
plastics. 8,101 visitors (previous event in Stuttgart 2009:
6,451, Essen 2008: 8,061) came to Essen where COMPOSITES
EUROPE was held simultaneously with the ALUMINIUM World
Trade Fair.
Industry recovering faster than
expected
The
production of fibre-reinforced plastics – most notably of
GRP and CFRP – is increasing noticeably gain. This is the
result of the European market report presented by the
specialist association AVK (Federation of Reinforced
Plastics) in Essen at its international conference during
COMPOSITES EUROPE. In 2010 GRP production in Europe rose by
1.015 million tons or app. 25 per cent compared to the
previous year. This means that the pre-crisis level of 2008
has almost been reached again. “The market for composites
will develop much better than was forecast even last year”,
says Dr. Elmar Witten, AVK Managing Director.
The
composites industry mirrors developments within its
application industries – most notably the recovery in the
transport and construction sector but also the growing
demand from the wind power industry. This boom is driven by
Germany, among others, where production grew at an above
average rate over the last year.
“The
composites industry has a large potential for innovation,
both with regard to products and to services and processes”,
says Dr. Elmar Witten. The important point will be, Witten
continues, to further promote the image and the profile of
fibre-reinforced plastics and to supply further evidence for
the sustainability of these materials.
Good prospects for the future
The visitors
at COMPOSITES EUROPE had a similarly positive view of the
business prospects, as was shown in a representative survey
conducted at the trade fair. 57 per cent of the visitors
interviewed rated the current economic situation in their
respective industries “good” to “very good”.
Even more
optimistic was the view of the future of those interviewed:
about 80 per cent expected the economic prospects for their
industry to improve significantly. This corresponds to the
expectations expressed by the exhibitors: 18 per cent rated
prospects “very good”, another 51 per cent “good”.
“COMPOSITES
EUROPE in combination with the International AVK Conference
once more proved to be the leading force in the German trade
fair market for fibre-reinforced plastics. Once again, the
trade fair was the source of important impulses for the
industry“, says Hans-Joachim Erbel, Managing Director of
Reed Exhibitions, Deutschland GmbH, the organiser of
COMPOSITES EUROPE.
One of this
year’s points of attraction at the fair was again the
Product Demonstration Area, where companies and research
institutions presented innovative products as well as
processing procedures and scientific research projects. The
spectrum of the special exhibition ranged from RTM live
demonstrations to automotive parts made of CFRP to new
material structures for application in the aviation sector.
COMPOSITES
EUROPE 2011 will take place in Stuttgart from 27 to 29
September.
About COMPOSITES EUROPE:
COMPOSITES
EUROPE – European Trade Fair & Forum for Composite
Materials, Technology and Applications was held for the
fifth time in 2010. It is organised by trade fair organiser
Reed Exhibitions in cooperation with the European industry
association EuCIA and the international specialist journal
Reinforced Plastics. AVK (Federation of Reinforced Plastics)
has also been supporting the fair right from the start.
Since 2006, its international conference has been the
opening event for COMPOSITES EUROPE. The ALUMINIUM Word
Trade Fair, which is also organised by Reed Exhibitions and
where 873 companies from 47 nations presented themselves,
was held concurrently in Essen from 14 to 16 September.
Together, both trade fairs with a total of 1,167 exhibitors
form one of the largest platforms for lightweight
construction topics.
New composites fair in China
In addition
to the European market which is growing again, the rapidly
expanding Asian market will offer gigantic opportunities to
companies from Europe in future. After the success of
COMPOSITES EUROPE in Germany, trade fair organiser Reed
Exhibitions is now also entering the Chinese market with a
new event. COMPOSITES CHINA will take place for the first
time in Shanghai from 13 to 15 July 2011.
It will be
held there concurrently with ALUMINIUM CHINA, taking over
the Essen trade fair concept of COMPOSITES EUROPE in
combination with the ALUMINIUM World Fair. China is one of
the most rapidly growing markets for fibre-reinforced
materials. Especially in the application industries wind
power (where China is the world’s largest market),
automotive, aviation and shipbuilding, demand is rising
steadily.
www.composites-europe.com
Comments on COMPOSITES EUROPE 2010:
“The
market for composites will develop much better than was
forecast even last year […] The composites industry has a
large potential for innovation, both with regard to products
and to services and processes.”
Dr. Elmar Witten, Managing Director, AVK
(Federation of Reinforced Plastics)
“For
us as a mechanical engineering company, composites are an
industry with a bright future. The visitors at COMPOSITES
EUROPE are of a very good quality and quite international.
More than half of the visitors at our stand came from abroad
– India, Australia, China, Pakistan and Russia.”
Thomas Haurenherm, Sales Management, Breton
Sales, Germany
“The
rise in demand is noticeable in all industries. The response
at the trade fair was better than in previous years.
Especially the combination with ALUMINIUM was interesting
for us.”
Klaus Kröger, Duroplast Sales, Röchling
Engineering Plastics KG
“All
the discussions we had were with qualified decision-makers.”
Jacqueline Claudia Kellner, Marketing &
Communication, Lectra Deutschland GmbH
“This
was our first time as exhibitors at COMPOSITES EUROPE – it
was the right decision. We are very satisfied with the high
visitor quality and numbers.”
Ulrike Exner, Teijin Aramid GmbH
“The
industry is doing fine, it is extremely dynamic. The trade
fair was a great success for us. We had a lot of enquiries
from the automotive sector.”
Herwig Krichberger, Head of Busienss
Development
“Our
expectations were fulfilled. We met a large number of
suppliers from the fields of automation and plant and
process technology at the trade fair. The crisis had hit us,
too, but now we feel the recovery.”
Frank Fetscher, Director Sales + Marketing,
Benteler SGL GmbH & Co KG
“CE
is an entirely specialist trade fair, and visitors come here
with technically challenging questions. We see a trend in
the field of renewable energies.”
Klaus Ahlborn, Technical Sales Representative,
Huntsman Advanced Materials (Germany) GmbH
“Visitor
pressure at our stand was more than strong. For us taking
part in the trade fair is worthwhile particularly because an
increasing number of raw materials suppliers are exhibiting
here. We have already booked our stand for COMPOSITES EUROPE
2011 in Stuttgart.”
Andrea Piotrowski, Manager Sales, Toho Tenax
Europe GmbH
List of exhibitors of the "Composites
Europe - 2010" exhibition:
3A COMPOSITES GmbH Singen Germany
3B Fibreglass Hoeilaart Belgium
3D Innovation GmbH & Co.KG Rostock-Warnemünde Germany
ADCO GmbH Aachen Germany
ADETE Kaiserslautern Germany
ADM-ISOBLOC GmbH Brüggen Germany
Advanced Composites Group Limited Heanor United Kingdom
AEC Polymers S.A.S. Le Barp France
Aerovac Systèmes France Saint Jean France
Ahlstrom Glassfibre Oy Kotka Finland
Airex AG Sins Switzerland
AKPA ORGANIC PEROXIDES & INITIATORS Istanbul Turkey
Amberplastic Vilnius Lithuania
AMF ANDREAS MAIER GmbH & Co. KG Fellbach Germany
AOC LLC Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom
Armacell Benelux S.A. Thimister-Clermont Belgium
Ashirvad Industries Chhatral (Guj.) India
Assocompositi Milano Italy
Atlanta Nisseki Claf, Inc. (ANCI) Aix En Provence France
AVK Frankfurt am Main Germany
BALSATEC GmbH & Co. KG Kirchheim/Teck Germany
Barthels-Feldhoff GmbH & Co. KG Wuppertal Germany
BASF SE Ludwigshafen Germany
J.H. vom Baur Sohn GmbH & Co. KG Wuppertal (Ronsdorf)
Germany
Bodo Möller Chemie GmbH Offenbach am Main Germany
Braca-sport Budapest HUNGARY
Breton S.P.A. Castello di Godego Italy
BÜFA Gelcoat Plus GmbH & Co. KG Rastede Germany
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung Berlin
Germany
CADFEM GmbH Grafing Germany
CAM ELYAF SAN. A.S. / SISECAM Kocaeli Turkey
Carbon Composites e.V. Augsburg Germany
CMS Deutschland GmbH Kulmbach Germany
Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH Dormagen Germany
Colbond bv Arnhem The Netherlands
Collano Adhesives AG Sempach-Station Switzerland
Publishing House Composite World St. Petersburg Russia
COMPOSITE-EXPO Moscow Russia
CORATEC AG Gunzgen Switzerland
Corex Honeycomb Huntingdon United Kingdom
CREI - Centro Ricerche Edit. Intern.li Srl Milano Italy
CT Platon GmbH Werkendam The Netherlands
Dassault Systemes Deutschland GmbH Fellbach Germany
DD-Compound UG Ibbenbüren Germany
Dennert Poraver GmbH Schlüsselfeld Germany
D.F. Edizioni S.r.l. Arluno Milano Italy
DIAB GmbH Hemmingen Germany
DLR Köln Germany
Dr. Gupta Verlag Ratingen Germany
DYNA-MESS Prüfsysteme GmbH Aachen/Stolberg Germany
ELKOM GmbH Bad Oeynhausen Germany
EM-Systeme GmbH Oberhausen Germany
Emil Frei GmbH & Co. KG Bräunlingen Germany
EPTA European Pultrusion Technology Association Frankfurt
Germany
Epurex Films GmbH & Co. KG Bomlitz Germany
ERBO GmbH Magstadt Germany
SunMedia Verlags GmbH Hannover Germany
ESC GmbH Herford Germany
ESI GmbH Eschborn Germany
ETAI Antony Cedex France
EuCIA Brussels Belgium
EURO-COMPOSITES S.A. Echternach Luxembourg
Euroresins Europe Holding GmbH & Co. KG Böblingen Germany
EURO-RTM-GROUP Frankfurt am Main Germany über PDA
Exel Composites Oyj Mäntyharju Finland
Expert Systemtechnik GmbH Bielefeld Germany
Farécla Products Ltd. Herts United Kingdom
Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. Bremen Germany
fenopreg Beelitz Germany
Fiberforge Corporation Glenwood Springs United States
First COMPOSITES GmbH Niederbreitbach Germany
Flugzeug-Union Sud GmbH Ottobrunn/Riemerling Germany
Formax UK Ltd Narborough United Kingdom
Fraunhofer Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT) Pfinztal
(Berghausen) Germany
Fraunhofer Institut Halle Germany
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur München Germany
Fraunhofer-Institut für Betriebsfestigkeit Darmstadt Germany
Fraunhofer Institut für Fertigungstechnik Bremen Germany
Fraunhofer Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik
ITWM Kaiserslautern Germany
Fraunhofer-Institut für Freiburg Germany
FutureCarbon GmbH Bayreuth Germany
ISOVOLTA Gatex GmbH Wackersdorf Germany
Gaugler & Lutz oHG Aalen Germany
GEISS AG Sesslach Germany
Gustav Gerster GmbH & Co. KG Biberach Germany
GMA-Werkstoffprüfung GmbH Stade Germany
Göller Verlag GmbH Baden-Baden Germany
Gößl & Pfaff GmbH Karlskron Germany
Gühring oHG Albstadt Germany
GUNNAR International, Weissenberger AG Rebstein Switzerland
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH Wiesbaden Germany
HAINING XIANGYU IMP.&EXP.CO., LTD Haining City China
HARKE Chemicals GmbH Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
HELD Technologie GmbH Trossingen Germany
HELM AG Hamburg Germany
Hennecke GmbH Sankt Augustin Germany
Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal (FH) Magdeburg Germany
Höfer Presstechnik GmbH Taiskirchen Austria
Hoppenstedt Publishing GmbH Darmstadt Germany
HP-Textiles Schapen Germany
HUBER+SUHNER AG Fehraltorf Switzerland
Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme GmbH Bobingen Germany
Huntsman Advanced Materials GmbH Basel Switzerland
INASCO Hellas Argyroupolis Greece
Infinities1st GmbH München Germany
IKV Aachen Germany
Johns Manville Slovakia AS Trnava Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
KREMPEL GmbH Vaihingen/Enz Germany
KARODUR-Pressplatten GmbH Troisdorf Germany
KauPo Plankenhorn e.K. Spaichingen Germany
Kelteks d.o.o. tvornice tekstila Karlovac Croatia
KEMROCK INDUSTRIES AND EXPORTS LIMITED Vadodara India
KLEIBERIT - KLEBCHEMIE M.G. Becker GmbH & CO. KG Weingarten
Germany
KP Verlag Norderstedt Germany
Gummiwerk KRAIBURG & Co. KG Waldkraiburg Germany
KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH München Germany
Kretzer Scheren GmbH Solingen Germany
kringlan composites AG Otelfingen Switzerland
KTM-Technologies GmbH Salzburg/Anif Austria
Jakob Lach GmbH & Co.KG Hanau Germany
Lightweight Structures B.V. DELFT The Netherlands
LAMILUX Heinrich Strunz GmbH Rehau Germany
Lange+Ritter GmbH Gerlingen Germany
Langzauner Lambrechten Austria
Lectra Deutschland GmbH Ismaning Germany
Lubrizol Deutschland GmbH Ritterhude Germany
Lucintel Dallas United States
MAG Europe Headquarters Stuttgart Germany
Mahr Metering Systems GmbH Göttingen Germany
Metawell GmbH Neuburg Germany
MINMETALS INTERNATIONAL Beijing China
Möller Neue Medien Verlags GmbH Ahrensfelde Germany
Moritz Diamantwerkzeug- Treuen Germany
Münch Chemie-International GmbH Weinheim Germany
Nanjing Loyalty Composite Equipment Manufacture Co. Ltd.
NanJing, Jiangsu China
NECUMER-PRODUCT GmbH Bohmte Germany
NetComposites Chesterfield United Kingdom
NEW-COAT A/S Lynge Denmark
NIDAPLAST COMPOSITES Thiant France
Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH Hamburg Germany
OBO-Werke GmbH & Co. KG Stadthagen Germany
P-D Glasseiden GmbH Oschatz Oschatz Germany
PANADUR GmbH Halberstadt Germany
Permabond Engineering Adhesives Ltd Winchester United
Kingdom
Phoenix Equipment Co. Memphis United States
PICCADILLY Internationaler Handel GmbH Kaarst Germany
Plascore GmbH & Co KG Waldlaubersheim Germany
plasticker.de Kaarst Germany Recruiting Area
POHRIS FIBER GmbH Neukyhna Germany
Potters Europe Barnsley United Kingdom
Powerweb S.a.s. Teramo Italy
PROCUT Weiß & Sauer GmbH Solingen Germany
Pultex Kunststofftechnikhandel GmbH Simmerath Germany
PULTREX Limited Lawford, Manningtree, Essex United Kingdom
Qpoint Composite GmbH Dresden Germany
Rebstock Consulting GmbH & Co.KG Albstadt Germany
Reed Business Information GmbH München Germany
RESPECTA Maschinenbau GmbH Wülfrath Germany
Rexim Werkzeug GmbH Maulbronn Germany
RH Schneidtechnik Solingen Germany
Robuso Stahlwarenfabrik Solingen Germany
Röchling Engineering Plastics KG Haren (Ems) Germany
ROMAY AG Oberkulm Switzerland
Rostock Business Rostock Germany
RUCKS Maschinenbau GmbH Glauchau Germany
Rühl Puromer GmbH Friedrichsdorf Germany
de Ruijter Consultancy Heerenveen The Netherlands
Saertex GmbH & Co. KG Saerbeck Germany
Schlösser & Cramer KG Haan Germany
Schott & Meissner Blaufelden Germany
Schuler SMG Waghäusel Germany
Schuler-Durocomm Pleidelsheim Germany
Scott & Fyfe Ltd Tayport United Kingdom
Scott Bader Wellinborough United Kingdom
SHANGHAI BESTON PLASTICS CO., LTD. Shanghai China
Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Krefeld Germany
Siempelkamp Handling Systeme GmbH Wolfratshausen Germany
Sika Deutschland GmbH Bad Urach Germany
Taizhou Huangyan Shuangsheng Plastic Mould Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang China
Specialinsert s.r.l. Turin Italy
Spheretex GmbH Hilden Germany
Stadur Produktions GmbH & Co. KG Hammah Germany
Störk Umwelttechnik GmbH Emmingen-Liptingen Germany
Stükerjürgen Aerospace GmbH & Co. KG Rietberg-Varensell
Germany
Stünings Medien GmbH Krefeld Germany
SW color Lackfabrik GmbH Bindlach/Bindlacher Berg Germany
SynView GmbH Bad Homburg Germany
Taizhou HuangYan Dasheng Mould Taizhou Zhejiang China
TAJIMA GmbH Winterlingen Germany
Tata Technologies Europe Ltd. Stuttgart Germany
TCR Composites Weber United States
Techflex Germany GmbH Bergisch Gladbach Germany
Technical Fibre Products Ltd Kendal United Kingdom
Technische Universität Dresden Dresden Germany
Technische Rundschau Laufenburg Switzerland
TechnoPartner Samtronic GmbH (TPS) Göppingen Germany
TECNEDIT Milano Italy
Teijin Aramid GmbH Wuppertal Germany
Teufelberger GmbH Wels Austria
THE WALL AG Ratingen Germany
Tissa Glasweberei AG Oberkulm Switzerland
Toho Tenax Europe GmbH Wuppertal Germany
Top Glass Spa Osnago (Lecco) Italy
Trocellen GmbH Troisdorf Germany
TTI Technische Textilien International GmbH Helmbrechts
Germany
Technische Universität Chemnitz Chemnitz Germany
TU Chemnitz Chemnitz Germany
Institut für Leichtbau und Kunststofftechnik Dresden Germany
TUBUS WABEN GmbH & Co.KG Rottenbach Germany
VELOX GmbH Hamburg Germany
verlag moderne industrie GmbH Landsberg Germany
VOSSCHEMIE GmbH Uetersen Germany
Weiss Chemie + Technik GmbH & Co.KG Haiger Germany
Well Diamant-Drahtsägen GmbH Mannheim Germany
HW-Verlag Mering Germany
WICKERT Maschinenbau GmbH Landau/Pfalz Germany
Wihag Composites GmbH & Co. KG Rottenbach/Thüringen Germany
Wolfangel GmbH Ditzingen-Heimerdingen Germany
Zajons Zerkleinerungs GmbH Melbeck Germany
Zoltek Zrt. Nyergesújfalu Hungary
Zyvax Inc. Ellijay United States
Organizing
Committee:
+7 495 988-1620
compo@mirexpo.ru.
Contact person: Konstantin A. Fateev. | 
March 29, 2024
