13.12.12
A Successful Start for Lightweights

New ITHEC 2012 event successful right from the outset

It was an exemplary start, but nothing less is to be expected from lightweights: 280 participants and 27 exhibitors came together in the Bremen Congress Center on the 29th and 30th of October 2012 to ...more

22.10.12
Einladung zum Pressegespräch

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

eine neue Werkstoffklasse macht die Welt der faserverstärkten Kunststoffe bunter und vielschichtiger: Verstärkungsfasern, umgeben von Thermoplasten. Daraus lassen sich im Minutentakt Hochleistungsbaut...more

22.10.12
Mit neuer Technik Produktion im Minutentakt

Neue Werkstoffe bergen enormes Potenzial / Neuer Kongress in Bremen

Schneller, leichter und energiesparender: Viele Branchen sehen sich heute neuen Herausforderungen ausgesetzt. Es geht nicht nur um die Reduzierung von Gewicht der Bauteile, sei es im Automobilbau, in...more

21.08.12
The difference between new CRP and CRP

Carbon fibre reinforced structures with thermoplastic matrix

Lightweight structures made of duroplasts with embedded carbon fibres have proven their worth. Even so, manufacturers of aircraft, motor vehicles and wind turbine rotor blades are constantly searching...more

21.08.12
Softer wind turbine rotors

Wind turbines - and therefore also their rotor blades - are getting bigger and bigger. While it is possible to make blades of up to 75 metres long from reaction resin, repairing any damage that may oc...more

08.02.12
Lighter weight structures for supreme performance

New event launched by Messe Bremen and Faserinstitut

Messe Bremen and Faserinstitut Bremen e. V. (FIBRE) are launching a new event! 29 and 30 October 2012 will see the very first ITHEC – International Conference and Exhibition on Thermoplastic Composite...more

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Structural aircraft parts of welded thermoplastic composites replace classic combinations of metal and duroplastic composites (Gulfstream 650, thermoplastic CRP elevators and rudders).


Robot-controlled 3D laying technologies permit complex thermoplastic composite parts for different high-performance applications.