You‘re spoiled for choice. This also applies when you’re seeking out a suitable recyclate. As a start-up, Plastship supports companies in this venture, aided by digitalization along the way.

Konstantin Humm (left) and Andreas Bastian (right) founded the start-up four years ago and now serve over 800 customers.

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Recycling

Umweltmanagement

Start up

Wirtschaft

Unternehmen und Unternehmer

Ehrhardt, Melanie

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Kreislaufwirtschaft

„We Want to Simplify the Use  of Recyclates“

The pathways to plastics can be many – even metalworking in the case of AIM3D. That is what first got this start-up up and running. Fast forward to now and the young Rostock company can cover both bases.

Versatile: the 3D printer developed by this young company can process virtually all fusible materials.

Verfahren für die additive Fertigung

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, andere

Anlagen für die Additive Fertigung

3D-Drucker (für FDM, FFF, etc.)

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, Metall

Additive Fertigung

When We Break through  Material Boundaries

For the eighth time, the international Formnext Start-up Challenge has recognized young companies from the world of additive manufacturing for their innovative business ideas and technical developments.

The winners of this year‘s Formnext Start-up Challenge have been announced.

The Winners of the Start-up Challenge

New Plastic Heroes: The start-up ForPET worked with industry partners to develop a technology for the production of foamed rPET.

Sergey Nikitenko (in the photo) founded the start-up in 2021 with Mikhail Iakobachvili and Dmitrii Rastorguev. 

ForPET worked with industry partners to develop a technology for the production of foamed rPET.

New Plastic Heroes: ForPET

Polyethylenterephthalat

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Verpackungstechnik

Recycling: Foaming instead  of Dreaming

Anybrid from Dresden makes light, mobile and flexible injection-molding machines. The start-up combines the disciplines of plastics technology and lightweight construction in a way it says has never been imagined before.

Founders from left to right: Michael Stegelmann, Michael Krahl, Tony Weber and Jan Luft

Spritzgießen

Leichtbau

“Mobile Injection Molding Needs Time to Mature”

Amazon is looking for early-stage start-ups with a focus on recycling: the second Amazon Sustainability Accelerator is starting, and European companies can still apply until March 17.

Amazon Sustainability Accelerator 2023: the deadline for applications is 17 March 2023 and successful applicants will be announced in the Spring.

Amazon Looks for Innovative Recycling-Start-ups

Recycling as a business model: the start-up HolyPoly wants to bring more high-quality products made from recycled plastic onto the market.

Johanna Bialek, co-foundeer of the start-up and head of human resources and organizational development , and Fridolin Pflüger, founding member.

“Recycling Is More than a  Trendy Topic“

AVK and SMC BMC Alliance launch SMCCreate 2022 Design Conference.

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Dienstleistungen

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Andere Werkstoffe

Design in SMC and BMC Composite Materials

Thermoplastic tapes are expected to shape the next generation of thermoplastic composites. This calls for highly accurate tape stacking. Engel contributes this technology to achieve a breakthrough by combining high-precision control software with camera technology in tape stacking.

For high production efficiency, a tape stacking unit is best equipped with two robots and one camera station

Software-Based Tape Stacking with the Aid of Camera Technology Paves the way for Thermoplastic Composites

Anlagen zur Composite-Herstellung

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

UD-Tapes

Verstärkungsstoffe

Kameras

Fertigungsautomation

Bildverarbeitung

Automatisierungstechnik

Optische Mess- und Prüfverfahren

Qualitätssicherung

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

An Eye for the Essential

Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) are being used in more and more components. Their production is also becoming more and more effective. In the event of damage, however, business continues to be carried out manually. For this reason, greater automation is desirable when repairing CFRP. Automated laser processes could be one way of doing this.

Stepped scarfing on slat demonstrator: scarfing is a challenging step in CFRP repair

Automated Repair of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastics

Kohlenstofffasern / -matten

Laserschweißen

Verbindungstechnik Verfahren

Thermisches Fügeverfahren

Lasertechnik

Laser Substitute Manual Work

Threaded inserts ensure a secure connection of hybrid components. Under continuous load, effects can occur with thermoplastics due to pressure and temperature, which means that a durable screw connection is no longer guaranteed. Such effects can be prevented by thread inserts with a special surface structure.

Metal thread insert with surface structuring on both sides prevent settling behavior of thermoplastic polymers in multi-material components

Structuring of Surface Ensures Reliable Anchoring of Thread Inserts in Organic Sheets

Automotive

Elektronik

Kunststoffe

Photonik

Optik

Reduced Settling Behavior in Multi Material Components

A number of examination methods can be used to identify weaknesses caused by incorrect fiber orientation. In particular, the fiber volume content and fiber distribution permit conclusions to be drawn regarding the stiffness and tensile strength behavior. A new ultrasound method offers the flexibility to capture these parameters on the finished component.

Ultrasound coupling: a shear wave probe contacts a glass fiber-reinforced plastic test specimen via a viscous couplant

Methods for Determining the Fiber Orientation in Reinforced Plastics

Ultraschall-Sensoren

Messtechnik

Sensoren / Messwertaufnehmer

Computer-Tomografie-Systeme

Werkstoffprüfung

Optische Mess- und Prüftechnik

Ultraschallprüfgeräte

Kunststofffasern

Röntgenprüfgeräte

Software für Optische Messtechnik

Groundbreaking Ultrasound  Shear Waves

Many people have good ideas and intentions. Few have the courage and determination to put them into practice. The young rezemo entrepreneurs Julian Reitze and Stefan Zender are one successful example. In 2019, some three years after their start-up was founded, the company was already producing well over one million compostable coffee capsules per year.

Sawdust and wood shavings from the woodworking industry, PLA as a binding agent – the recipe for ecologically compatible coffee capsules

A Start-up Produces Organic Coffee Capsules Made of Wood and Plant Starch in Millions

Biokunststoffe

Holz

Successful with Wood

Thermoplastic injection molded parts can be reinforced with local continuous fibers in combination with metallic load application elements. This also makes them suitable for structural applications such as transverse control arms and transmission mountings. A 3D winding technology was tested for potential use in a large-scale production process.

Robot-based fiber winding of complex injection molding inserts. The complex contours cannot easily be draped with flat reinforcing semi-finished products

Local Continuous Fiber-Reinforcement through 3D Skeleton Winding Technology

Industrieroboter

Montagetechnik

Three-Dimensional Fiber Skeleton

The traditional markets for glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastics remain stable. Thermoplastic composites are gaining fast with 3D-printing and hybrid processing techniques. The fiber composite industry is tackling the recycling issue with pragmatic ideas.

The Oechsler Drivematic drive actuator can be integrated into the 3D-printed CFRP monocoque frame of an Arevo „e-bike“

The Manifold New Collection of Reactive Systems and Thermoplastic Composites

Glasfasern / -matten

Reaktionsharze

Duroplaste

Sekundärfasern

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Fasern

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

Aramidfasern

Harzsysteme für Composite-Herstellung

Phenolharze

Harzwerkstoffe

Werkstoffe für additive Verfahren

Harze, Epoxid

Duroplastische Werkstoffe

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Fiber-Reinforced Plastics

JEC Composites Startup Booster: the 2022 winners have been announced

This JEC Composites Startup Booster is a unique opportunity to network and shine a light of what will be the future of the composites industry. Two pitches sessions took place on May 3rd at JEC World, and on this day, May 4th, the four winning startups were finally awarded.

Launched in 2017, Startup Booster celebrates its fifth Anniversary in 2022. The competition has been organized in three different regions (Europe, USA and Asia) and has already fostered the emergence of 500+ innovative projects from 50+ countries, 80 finalists and 30 winners, including Arevo, Continuous Composites, ComPair, Fortify and Vartega.

This challenge not only represents an opportunity to the winners of the trophy – who will benefit from a visibility and contacts with key decision-makers- but to all the parts involved: participants, jury, official partners and the worldwide audience of JEC World. It brings the entire composites value chain together, creating future business opportunities.

<b>Category „Products & Materials“</b>

Graphene for climate: Many have tried to make graphene possible, but cost, quality and quantities never allowed this material to become a real business case. Blackleaf (France) closes the business case thanks to a 2-pillars technology:

<ul><li>A green and water-based production process</li><li>A set of patents to apply graphene as a coating on any substrates with a conventional spraying technique</li></ul>

Making High Performance Materials Affordable: FibreCoat (Germany) develops and markets high-performance fibre materials. The aluminum basalt fiber „AluCoat“ is the first market-ready product. Unlike currently used conductive polymer yarns, the metarial from Germany is thermally and electrically conductive as well as temperature resistant up to 600°C. Compared to pure aluminum fibers, AluCoat can be produced at one-tenth the cost. As a result, the material has the potential to become the much-needed, affordable shielding material for the electromagnetic shielding of electric cars and 5G devices of the future.

<b>Category „Process, Manufacturing & Equipment“</b>

Building the World’s First 36.000-ton Wind Blade / Composites Recycling Factory: Continuum (Denmark) have developed a composites transformation technology in the world that allows us to sustainably turn End-of-Life composite materials and manufacturing waste into valuable, high performance and fully circular products for the built environment. The startup is currently designing our first 36.000-ton factory together with the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, to open in 2023. A second UK factory is also planned.

For a Green Future: Dongnam Realize (South Korea) produces „CXP wood“, made with disposals from agriculture and forestry. It can be produced in general plastic production plants and replace normal plastic, is biodegradable and carbonized easier than regular plastics.

Jec Composites  

https://www.jeccomposites.com

In a few years, JEC Composites Startup Booster has became a reference for entrepreuneurship in the composites industry worldwide.