JEC Forum DACH
ABOUT THE FORUM
The JEC Forum DACH is organised by JEC Group, in partnership with the AVK, gathering the composite materials community from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The event, is rotating every year in different cities of the DACH region, to promote the regional ecosystem of composites and enable closer connections with the local companies, research & development centers and applications sectors industries.
Organised for the first time in 2021 in Frankfurt, the 2022 edition has been held at Messe Augsburg. The third edition will be held in Salzbug on October 24 and 25, 2023.
The event focuses on three pillars :
- BUSINESS MEETINGS: The digital platform reserved for buyers and suppliers before the event enables to schedule one to one business meetings between buyers and suppliers from the whole value chain of composites.
- CONFERENCES : The program includesbusiness conferences and market perspectives presented by the AVK. as well as workshops from suppliers, enabling them to present their products and solutions.
- INNOVATION : The prestigious AVK Awards and the JEC Composites Startup Booster competition will designate the best startups of the DACH Region.
WHO CAN ATTEND?
Participation to the event is limited to 500 participants and subject to accreditation, enabling access to the digital matchmaking platform and to the event on site, including all conferences and networking events. Participants can register in one of the following categories:
- Buyers: Individuals who participate in the purchasing process of their company and who join the forum to meet new suppliers, learn about new products & technologies.
- Suppliers: Companies attending the forum to sell products and meet potential partners on their booth
- Guests: Individuals invited by suppliers, AVK or JEC Group. Guests with buyers’ profiles will be registered as buyers with the benefits described in the buyers’ section.
The number of guests will be limited to 30 persons. Guests will have limited access to the event.: Individuals invited by suppliers, AVK or JEC Group.
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JEC FORUM DACH 2022
BUSINESS MEETINGS
2 FULL DAYS DEDICATED TO BUSINESS
The digital platform available to all participants before the event enables to schedule one to one business meetings between buyers and suppliers from the whole value chain of composites, as well as informal networking during breaks, lunches and evening event.
WHY REGISTER TO THE BUSINESS MEETINGS PROGRAM?
- Save time and be efficient
- Identify the right suppliers and buyers
- Check when they are available for a meeting
- Request directly a meeting with them
- Enjoy the assistance of our teams, before, during and after the event
- Enjoy 2 full days of networking opportunities
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The online business meetings platform opens before the event to allow you to prepare your meetings schedule.
For Suppliers: As of October 3rd, suppliers can register on the platform and describe their products & services offer.
For Buyers: As of October 3rd, buyers can register and specify what kind of products & services their are looking for.
- As of October 3rd: every participant access online to the profiles of the suppliers and buyers
- They select the profiles they want to meet and specify their availabilities
- They confirm or decline, according to their interests, the meeting requests received from other participants
- One week before the event, your business meetings schedules are sent.
Only registered buyers and suppliers can participate to the business meetings program.
After the event, you will receive a summary of your leads including:
- Approved business meetings request
- Contact details of the business meetings that could not be made due to lack of availability
PARTICIPATE AS A BUYER
WHY PARTICIPATE AS A BUYER?
Participate as an accredited buyer is the way to save time and benefit from efficient meetings at JEC Forum DACH. Our business meetings platform will help you:
- Identify your target suppliers
- Build your schedule and your visit, with meetings, conferences and networking
- Plan meetings with your target suppliers based on your both availabilities
- Attract new technologies & new suppliers by describing your challenges
As an accredited buyer, you will be entitled to benefit from:
- One hotel night offered by JEC on October 24th
- Full access to the event: conferences, business meetings, workshops, networking reception
- Food & beverage during the 2 days
- Subscription to the JEC Composites Magazine
- Proceedings of the conferences
- Access to the Composites Tour on October 23rd
- Discounts on JEC Composites Publications and AVK Market Surveys
WHO CAN APPLY AS A BUYER?
- General managers, R&D and engineering managers, purchasing, procurement, materials and sourcing specialists from large groups,
- SMEs and start-ups from public and private laboratories, research centers, consultancy and engineering firms, distributors and more.
Please take notice that any registration to the JEC Forum DACH as a Buyer is submitted to accreditation by JEC.
To ensure a successful conduct of the event and a smooth and efficient operation of the business meetings activities, accredited Buyers must commit to attend at least 7 business meetings with suppliers they have selected.
In case of unforeseen unavailability to attend the event, the registered buyers should be in position to designate a colleague/representative to attend the business meetings.
JEC reserves the right to deny/cancel the accreditation of participants who do not follow the event code of conduct, in order to save time for buyers and suppliers participating to the business meetings activities.
In return for these free services, buyers agree to participate in a minimum of 7 business meetings with suppliers. Buyers also agree to be represented by a colleague if they are unable to attend the forum.
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PARTICIPATE AS A SUPPLIER
WHY PARTICIPATE AS A SUPPLIER?
- Identify & connect with your target buyers prior to the event to set meetings
- Meet with the buyers of the DACH Region
- Develop your business
- Focus on your ROI with our all-inclusive, easy to operate offers
- Network with your peers
The suppliers packages include many services such as:
- A schedule of meetings with qualified buyers looking for new suppliers and with precise needs and projects
- A turnkey booth, easy to operate, enabling you to focus on the business meetings opportunities
- A company presentation in the online platform to present your products and services to the buyers
- The opportunity to present your company during a specific workshop, integrated in the event’s program
For your registered staff during the event as well as for your guests:
- Full access to the event’s content: AVK business conferences, keynotes and suppliers worskhops
- Attendance to the AVK Awards ceremony and to the JEC Composites Startup Booster competition
- Invitation to the networking reception on October 24th
- All-inclusive food & beverage at coffee and lunch breaks during the two days
- Free subscription to the JEC Composites Magazine
- Copy of the available speakers presentations
Please take notice that the registration to the JEC Forum DACH as a supplier is limited to 50 suppliers, for capacity and floor space reasons as well as to offer the adequate balance of buyers and suppliers.
Registrations are processed by the JEC sales team on a first come/first served basis and according to previous JEC Forum DACH participations.
To ensure a successful conduct of the event and a smooth and efficient operation of the business meetings activities, suppliers must commit to fulfil the online platform information in due time and follow the invitation process of the business meetings with the buyers they have selected.
JEC reserves the right to deny/cancel accreditation to participants who do not follow the event code of conduct, in order to save time for buyers and suppliers in their business meetings activities.
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PROGRAM
CONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS
Get inspired by our program featuring:
- The AVK Composites Market Report
- Keynote speeches
- Workshop sessions run by suppliers
- The JEC Composites Startup Booster competition
- The AVK Awards Ceremony
2022 PROGRAM
DAY 1
Welcome of the participants
9.45am – 10.15am
Keynote and Plenary Conference Session : Market Developments
10.15am – 11.45am
Moderator: Dr. Michael Effing, Chairman @ AVK
- Developments of the Composites Markets in Europe and in the DACH Region
Dr. Elmar Witten, Managing Director @ AVK - Innovations and Future Applications for Composites
Prof. Klaus Drechsler, Institute Director @ Fraunhofer IGCV - A Challenging Market Environment: Raw Materials and Energy
Volker Mathes, Business Development @ AVK
Business Meetings
11.45am – 1.15pm
Welcoming speech of Eva Weber, Mayor of the city of Augsburg
11.45am – 12.15pm
Startup Booster Pitches
12.15pm – 1.15pm
Networking lunch
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Workshop sessions
2pm – 3pm
Business Meetings
2pm – 4pm
Workshop sessions
3.10pm – 3.50pm
Networking break
4pm – 4.30pm
Keynote and Plenary Conference Session: Sustainability of Composites
4pm – 5.30pm
Moderator: Dr. David May, Junior Research Group Leader TopComposite @ Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH
- Efficient high-volume production of sustainable lightweight composites
Udo Steinhauer, Director Business Development & Marketing @ Profol GmbH - Challenges in the use of bio-based fiber-plastic composites in sports equipment
Dr. Jörg Kaufmann, Managing Director @ silbaerg GmbH - Sustainable composites based on SolidResin Systems
Marcel Schubiger, Managing Director @ Swiss CMG
AVK Awards and Startup Booster ceremonies
5.30pm – 6.30pm
Transfer to Evening Networking Event
6.45pm – 7.15pm
Evening Networking Event
7pm – 10pm
DAY 2
Welcome of the participants
8.30am – 9am
Keynote and Plenary Conference Session: Recycling of Composites
9am – 10.30am
Moderator: Prof. Stefan Schlichter, Managing Director @ Institut für Textiltechnik Augsburg GmbH
- Composites Recycling in the DACH Region
Prof. Hans-Josef Endres, Institute Director @ IKK - Sustainable Cost-efficient Materials for High-Volume Lightweight Applications using Glass Fiber and recycled Carbon Fiber Reinforcements
Burak Baser, Advanced Composite Development Manager @ Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials
Workshop sessions
11am – 12pm
Business Meetings
10.30am – 4.30pm
Networking Lunch
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Workshop sessions
2pm – 3pm
Keynote and Plenary Conference Session: Innovations: Raw Materials, Processes and Applications
3.15pm – 4.45pm
Moderator: Yannick Willemin, Head of Marketing & Business Development @ 9T Labs
- Modular building of large composite structures without the waste from tooling
Tahira Ahmed, Director @ Curve Works - “H2 Storage Systems for High Volume Production”
Carolin Cichosz, Head of Design Development @ Voith Composites SE & Co. KG
Event's Closing
4.45pm
DAY 3
Optional Company site visits
8.30am – 1pm
- (ITA) Institut für Textiltechnik Augsburg GmbH:
Sigma Technopark Augsburg – Werner-von-Siemens-Straße 6 Halle 15 – Personeneingang B – Wareneingang O – 86159 Augsburg - Augsburg Innovationspark GmbH:
Am Technologiezentrum 5 – 86159 Augsburg
STARTUP BOOSTER
Startup Booster is the leading startup competition in the world of Composite & Advanced Materials.
Startup Booster is the leading startup competition in the world of Composite & Advanced Materials.
Launched in 2017, Startup Booster has been organized in three different regions (Europe, USA and Asia) and has already fostered the emergence of 700+ innovative projects from 60+ countries, 80 finalists and 25 winners, including Arevo, Continuous Composites, FibreCoat, Fortify and Vartega.
Open to entrepreneurs, SMEs, startups and academic spinoffs building innovative composite and advanced materials projects, based in Germany, Austria or Switzerland (DACH).
Startup Booster competition categories include:
- Materials & Products
- Process, Manufacturing & Equipement
5 Startups will be selected to participate in JEC FORUM DACH 2023 in Salzburg (Austria), to pitch in front of a jury composed of industry experts and materials investors.
The 5 startups will benefit from:
- A Pitching Session in front of a jury of leading industry experts and materials investors during JEC Forum DACH 2023 (5’ elevator pitch + 3’ Q&A with the jury)
- 2 Registrations to JEC Forum DACH 2023
- A booth at JEC Forum DACH 2023
- Online Visibility through a dedicated communication plan (website, press release, emailing and social media)
- A personal coaching for the pitch before the show
- A direct access to the jury members
- Registrations to JEC World 2024 in Paris
- Out of the 5 finalists, 1 winner will be selected by the jury of the competition.
The winner will be directly qualified for the final of Startup Booster at JEC World 2024 (among the 20 finalists), will be featured in the Startup Village of JEC World 2024 and will pitch in front of the main sponsors of the competition (Airbus, Mercedes-Benz and Magna).
2022 WINNER
Closing the loop on Composite Materials
Composite Recycling has developed a highly energy efficient and sustainable process to separate the resin from the fibres. With the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the team has designed a post-treatment to clean the fibres and make them reusable in new composites, closing the loop.
2022 FINALISTS
Closing the loops
BioWerkz is founded on three pillars of resource efficiency, circular economy, and renewability to address the need for development of alternative materials for construction and furniture industries to tackle their impacts on climate change. At BioWerkz a new class of bio-based, resource-efficient, and CO2-negative material called “NEWood” is developed using only wood waste and agricultural waste bound using fungal mycelium; the root network of mushrooms as a natural binder without the need for any synthetic binders.
Water soluble salt cores for the production of hollow carbon fiber parts
CAVICORE produces ready-to-use water soluble cores for the realization of hollow composite parts. Our “lost cores” have the advantage of being temperature-resistant, stable as well as eco-friendly and recyclable, as they consist of pure salts without binders. There is no need for expensive tools, the cores are manufactured mechanically.
High-Performance Biobased Composite – Superior by nature
“bufo technology” has developed the high-performance composite material HARDCORK® made from cork, fibers and a thermosetting matrix. The recipe can be set completely biobased, that leads to a very good CO2 balance! HARDCORK® can be manufactured as a core material, sandwich panel or complex molded part.
Imagineering a sustainable future
Agile and modular microwave plasma and selective depolymerization technology for molecular recycling, fiber recovery and nanomaterial creation.
2022 JURY
Johannes
BORN
Airbus Operations
R&T Project Leader for Additive Manufacturing of Polymers & Composites
Willem
BULTHUIS
Corporate Ventures Advisory
CEO
Klaus
DRECHSLER
TUM – Institute for Carbon Composites
Professor & Director
Inga
GRIEGER
BMW i Ventures
Business Development Manager
Ulrike
TAGSCHERER
KUKA
Chief Innovation Officer
2022 PARTNERS
USEFUL INFORMATION
2-DAY BUSINESS MEETINGS EVENT
Dates:
October 24, 2023: 9.45am – 6.30pm
Networking Event: 7pm – 10pm
October 25, 2023: 8.30am – 5pm
October 23, 2023: Optional Composites Tour / Subject to company confirmation.
Location:
Salzburg
AUSTRIA – IMLAUER HOTEL
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AVK
As the German Federation of Reinforced Plastics, AVK is the professional German association for fibre-reinforced plastics and composites. It represents the interests of manufacturers and processors both in Germany and at the European level.
Its range of services includes specialised workgroups, seminars and conferences as well as the provision of market-specific information (www.avk-tv.de).
In Germany, AVK is one of four support organisations of GKV, the General Association of the Plastics Processing Industry. Within Europe, it is a member of the European umbrella association for composites, EuCIA (European Composites Industry Association).
AVK is a founding member of Composites Germany.
ORGANIZED BY JEC GROUP
JEC Group is the world’s leading company dedicated entirely to the development of information and business connections channels and platforms supporting the growth and promotion of the composite materials industry.
Publisher of the JEC Composites Magazine, the industry’s reference magazine, JEC Group drives global innovation programs and organizes several events in the world, including JEC World (the foremost and world-leading international exhibition dedicated to composite materials and their applications), which takes place in Paris.
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