Dear friends!

Composite-Expo 2024 starts today!

‼️ Please note: due to security measures, the passage time to the territory of the Expocentre Fairgrounds may be increased. Please take this into account when planning your visit to the exhibition.

The main event of the composite industry will be held at the Expocentre Fairgrounds for the 16th time. More than 180 exhibitors from different countries will be located in pavilions 1 (1st, 2nd floors) and 5. Visitors will enjoy three days of active communication at stands and business program events.

🕒 Exhibition opening hours:
March 26 and 27: 10.00 - 18.00
March 27: 10.00 - 16.00

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Some of the participants: Attica, Vist Composite, VitaReaktiv, BauTex, BMP Technology, Vitrulan Textileglass, Glasstex, Dugalak, ETS SP, ITECMA, Carbon Studio, Kamensky FKP Plant, Composite Group, MegaPlast, Melitek, Neva Technology, Peleng, Polimerprom, Polipark , Polotsk-Steklovolokno, Rusatom Steklovolokno JSC, Siberian Analytical Systems, Slantsy-Chem, Sibur, Tatneft-Presscomposite, Terra Composite, F2 Innovations, Formula Carbon, HimSnab Composite, Shelangersky Chemical Plant Sayver, Epital ENPC, Umatex JSC and many others.

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As part of the business program of the exhibition, the 5th scientific and practical conference “Practical aspects of the use of composite materials in various industries” will be held on March 27.
Venue: Expocentre Fairgrounds, Pavilion 1, Conference Hall 2, 2nd floor (between towers B and C). Work starts at 10.30.

🔸 Conference program

In parallel with COMPOSITE-EXPO, from March 26 to 28, the 15th International Specialized Exhibition POLYURETHANEX 2024 will be held in pavilions 1 and 5 of the Expocentre Fairgrounds. The predicted number of event visitors is 15,000 specialists over three days.

See you at exhibitions and business program events!

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The Composite-Expo 2024 exhibition continues its work!

Today the Fifth Scientific and Practical Conference “Practical aspects of the use of composite materials in various industries” will be held.

Organizers: “VK “Mir-Expo”, “Composite World” Magazine.

Venue: Expocentre Fairgrounds, Pav. 1, Conference room 2, 2nd floor (between towers B and C).

Conference program:

10:30 – 10:40
Greetings to conference participants
Bannikov Vladimir Alekseevich (General Director of VK Mir-Expo)

10.40 – 11.00
Materials for the manufacture of lightweight three-layer panels and structures
Speaker: Vlasenko Fedor Sergeevich Ph.D., Tech. director
LLC "Composite-Izdeliya", Russian Federation, Moscow

11.00 – 11.20
Ensuring technological independence of domestic manufacturers of composite electrical products. Replacement of imported infusion and matrix resins with Etal-Inject and Etal-200TVT compounds
Speakers: Dmitry Anatolyevich Kuchenev (Comm. Director), Tatyana Valentinovna Lapitskaya (General Director, Doctor of Technical Sciences)
JSC ENPC "Epital", Russian Federation, Moscow

11.20 – 11.40
Unique materials and designs from NIIKAM for aerospace and other industries
Speaker: Aristov Vasily Fedorovich (General Director)
"Research Institute of Space and Aviation Materials" LLC / "NIIKAM", Yaroslavl region, Pereslavl-Zalessky

11.40 – 12.00
Practical aspects of the use of new composite materials created using three-dimensional weaving technology in various industries
Speaker: Senchev Ivan Nikolaevich
LLC "CARBONTEKS", RF, Moscow

12.00 – 12.20
Polyester shipping. The use of polyester resins in the manufacture of hulls for river and sea transport
Speaker: Nikita Sergeevich Kotov, Technical Manager. customer support
Attika LLC, Leningrad region

12.20 – 12.40
Creation of large-sized equipment for laying out PCM using additive technologies
Speaker: Matveev Evgeniy Vladimirovich
LLC "F2 INNOVATIONS", RF, Perm

12.40 – 13.00
ITECMA adhesives for the production and repair of PCM products
Speaker: Mikrin Vadim Evgenievich (Deputy General Director)
ITECMA LLC, RF, Moscow

13.00 – 13.20
Experience in the development and application of automated non-destructive testing systems for composite products
Speakers: Ilya Olegovich Kotovshchikov, Ph.D.
Locus LLC, Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

13.20 – 13.40
Development of a composite cluster in the Ulyanovsk region
Speakers: Polina Gennadievna Salyukina, head of investment attraction
JSC "Ulyanovsk Region Development Corporation", Ulyanovsk, Russian Federation

13.40 – 14.00
Domestic engineering software for modeling composite structures, capabilities and examples of industrial projects
Speaker: Bormotov Alexander Sergeevich
Nova-engineering LLC, Russian Federation, Ekaterinburg

14.00 – 14.20
Technical solutions for composite prefabricated structures for Arctic conditions
Speakers: Litvinov Andrey Vladimirovich, Deputy. gene. director for production preparation and implementation of innovative products
JSC NPP ALTIC, Biysk, Altai Territory, Russian Federation

14.20 – 14.40
Manufacturing of high-temperature composite equipment using Composite-Products materials
Speakers: Rubtsov Maxim Aleksandrovich, product manager, Vlasenko Fedor Sergeevich, Ph.D., technical. director
LLC "Composite-Izdeliya", Russian Federation, Moscow

14.40 – 15.00
Development of applications of high-tech polymer materials in Russia
Speaker: Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Stepanov
LLC "SIBUR PolyLab", RF, Moscow

15.00 – 15.20
Preparation of high-temperature composite materials based on silicon carbide and refractory metal disilicides
Speakers: Kaledin A.V., Shikunov S.L., Zubareva Yu.N.
Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Solid State Physics named after Yu.A. Osipyan of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPTT RAS)

15.20 – 15.40
High thermal conductivity polymer composite materials
Speaker: Mikhail Artemovich Garshenin (lead engineer)
LLC "NIAGARA", RF, Moscow

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Today is the final day of the Composite-Expo 2024 Exhibition!

Leading industry companies will be glad to see you at their stands.

🕒 Exhibition opening hours March 28: 10.00 - 16.00

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Dear exhibitors and visitors!

The official press release on the results of the Sixteenth International Exhibition "Composite-Expo 2024" is posted on the Composite-Expo website and the business program within its framework, held from March 26 to 28 at the Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia.

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Dear exhibitors and visitors!

A 📸 Photo report on the 16th International Exhibition "Composite-Expo 2024", held from March 26 to 28 at the Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia, was posted on the "Composite-Expo" website.
500 photos of the exhibition exposition, samples of products and equipment presented at the participants’ stands, as well as active communication between visitors and exhibitors.

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Airbus flies bio-based carbon fiber helicopter nose panel

Proof-of-concept part used bio-based acrylontrile precursor with same performance as conventional CFRP but with significantly less CO2.

As revealed in a recent Airbus (Toulouse, France) article, “Developing biocomposites that are fit to fly,” the aerospace company is introducing bio-derived materials to aircraft production that can remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

Carbon fiber composites are produced from fossil fuels. They can also be made from sustainable organic materials. Airbus reports that it has created an experimental helicopter panel using such “bio-derived” fibers with a production process that starts with capturing atmospheric CO2.

Airbus is committed to leading aerospace’s decarbonization. While this clearly implies reducing the CO2 emissions of its products over their life cycle (Scope 3), any contribution helps, including cutting carbon from production. To that end, Airbus specialists are examining alternatives to fossil fuel-derived carbon fibers that are used to build structural aircraft components, such as fuselage shells or wings.

The aim is to develop, and eventually industrialize, a bio-based carbon fiber with the equivalent performance and safety of today’s petroleum-based composites. Airbus believes this can be achieved by adopting “power to X” technology that converts renewable energy into chemical products including synthetic hydrocarbons. These can then be used to produce bio-fibers — including a bio-based replacement for the petroleum-derived polyacryonitrile (PAN) precursor for carbon fiber. The process requires renewable carbon, which can originate from non-fossil sources such as biomass, or from capturing CO2 directly from the atmosphere.

Airbus researchers have used an acrylonitrile-derived biofiber to manufacture a proof-of-concept composite nose panel for Airbus Helicopters’ H145 PioneerLab. The non-structural nose is a safe test part and small enough to produce quickly and cost effectively. The panel was flight-tested in May 2024 to demonstrate the alternative fiber’s airworthiness and is reportedly as stiff and strong as the conventional part.

The Airbus team used a chemically identical, sustainable alternative to the conventional PAN precursor to produce the bio-based carbon fibers with the same performance level. The alternative acrylonitrile is derived from sustainable International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC)-certified non-fossil feedstocks such as wood and food waste, recycled cooking oils and/or algae, as well as renewable sources of ammonia and propylene.

Notably, full life cycle analysis (LCA) undertaken by Airbus suggests that producing sustainable acrylonitrile (and other bio-based chemicals and intermediates) generates significantly less CO2 than conventional petroleum-based materials. However, industrializing these new alternatives is still nascent. Scaling up to where corresponding CO2 reductions move the dial will require regulatory commitment and massive capital investment.

For now, the PioneerLab nose panel remains a proof of concept. The challenge for Airbus and other manufacturers is to work with supply chains to make bio-fiber production economically viable, and to ensure it can be ramped up cost effectively to meet accelerating aircraft production.

Bio-materials are just one of many pathways Airbus is pursuing to enable low-carbon aviation and mobility. Still, the less a vehicle weighs, the less it emits. Composites’ proven performance means they will play an important weight-saving role for many more years to come.

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Photo: bio-based acrylonitrile was used in this demonstrator carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) nose panel flown on the Airbus Helicopter H145 PioneerLab in May 2024. Source | Airbus

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Dear participants and visitors!

The final video report on Composite-Expo 2024 is posted on the official website and Youtube channel of the exhibition.

The Video materials 2024 section also contains exhibitors video interviews.

Stand bookings for 17th Exhibition Composite-Expo 2025 and 16th Exhibition Polyurethanex 2025 are actively underway!

Midnight production aircraft completes full transition flight

This is Archer’s second full-scale eVTOL aircraft to achieve this milestone, critical to being able to carry commercially viable passenger payloads.

At the beginning of June, Archer Aviation Inc.’s (Santa Clara, Calif., U.S.), Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft completed transition flying at a speed of 100-plus miles per hour. Archer has now achieved transition with two different full-scale eVTOL aircraft; at ~6,500 pounds, Midnight is believed to be one of the largest eVTOL aircraft to complete transition, which is critical to being able to carry commercially viable passenger payloads.

A transition flight occurs when the aircraft takes off vertically like a helicopter, accelerates forward, transitions from thrust-borne to wing-borne flight like an airplane with tilt propellers forward before decelerating and landing vertically.

Midnight is now the 7th full-scale eVTOL aircraft that Archer’s CTO, Tom Muniz, and chief engineer, Dr. Geoff Bower, have successfully built and flown in their respective careers. Archer’s first-generation full-scale eVTOL aircraft, Maker, successfully achieved transition in November 2022, 11 months after its first flight, and still flies regularly in the company’s flight test program. Midnight, Archer’s production aircraft, has followed his achievement just seven months later.

“Over the seven eVTOL aircraft I’ve built and flown in my career, they have gotten progressively larger as we pursued payloads that made the aircraft platform commercially viable says Bower. “Midnight is believed to be one of the largest eVTOL aircraft ever to achieve transition and one of the first that is purpose-built to carry enough passengers to be able to operate a successful air taxi business.”

Midnight’s flight test program will now continue its progress with plans to fly simulated commercial routes to demonstrate the aircraft’s operational readiness, executing high-rate flight operations, testing additional flight maneuvers that will be used in commercial settings along with continuing to expand its speed and endurance flight envelope.

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