JEC Innovation Programme Asia 2008

Presentation

The Programme

Since its creation in 1998, this top-level innovation programme has involved more than 950 companies from the USA, Germany, France, Brazil, Israel, Great-Britain, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Japan, Belarus, India, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Spain, Taiwan, and more. It has rewarded 86 of them, along with their 325 partners. For the first time, the competition is organised for the JEC Show Asia (Singapore, October 22-24, 2008) and is open to all companies worldwide, exhibiting or not at the Show.

The JEC Group created this programme to:

• Detect, promote, and reward the most innovating composite solutions worldwide,
• Encourage and enhance the visibility of companies involved in composites innovation and their partners.

This Programme is more than just a competition, it is a real Innovation database and also involves each year a great Award Ceremony gathering all the winners and their partners, and a showcase on the JEC Composites Show Asia.

Benefits for participants

The benefits for the innovation that is selected are multiple, as acknowledged by all former winners. Thanks to a comprehensive communication plan (including press releases, articles in magazines and websites), an increasing number of press partners, and a wide coverage of the programme in international trade magazines (JEC Group networks with 1200 titles worldwide, and spots more than 100 articles each year about the innovations), selected companies and their partners benefit from:

• Greater prominence on the international stage
• Business opportunities and potential partners
• International recognition and greater visibility
• Business growth
• Customer confidence

The JEC Composites Magazine and the two JEC e-letters actively support the programme by publishing complete reports on finalists and winners.

Selection criteria

In this programme, a composite innovation is defined as a new composite product or process - or a new application in the composite sector – that creates value and meets the following criteria:

• Technical excellence
• Chain of partners
• Market openings
• Benefits for end-users

How to participate?

It only takes a few minutes to complete our convenient participation form online, and it is free! You can apply in one or more categories : Raw Materials, Process, Applications

Conditions of participation

• This competition is open to every company worldwide in the composites materials business, exhibiting or not at the JEC Show Asia. Participation is FREE.
• The innovation presented must be available on the market (or about to be released).
• The product or solution must result from collaboration between several partners (raw material producer, processor, end-user etc.)
• Applications must be submitted online via our convenient electronic form and in English (international jury). It should include at least one illustration of the innovation (picture, etc).
• Incomplete application forms will not be submitted to the jury.
• The deadline to submit your application form is July 28^th, 2008.