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Innovation

Leveraging curiosity, openness and creativity, JEC Group assumes that innovation has no limits. We believe that celebrating innovation, teamwork and entrepreneurship inspires the whole Composites community to tackle new challenges, imagine, design and achieve new projects for the benefit of the industry.

Building on its international reach, our team is constantly looking for the latest innovations, collective achievements and promising early stage companies and is driving international programs to promote and celebrate the best of them.

The JEC Innovation Awards and Startup Booster programs have developed over time and are now the most sought-after recognitions in the Composites industry.

Innovation Awards

What are the goals of the program?

Identify, promote, and reward the most innovative composites solutions worldwide
Encourage companies that are involved in composites innovation along with their partners
And also enhance their public exposure; and contribute to the advancement of the composites industry

Gain a worldwide visibility:

The innovation Awards programs are available at JEC World, JEC Korea but also at JEC Forum DACH, partnering with the AVK and at CCE Shanghaï
JEC Composites Magazine: +50,508 subscribers/issue
Website: +44,906 unique visitors per month
Newsletter: +23,190 readers/week
A dedicated section in the Visitor’s Guide
Prize giving ceremony during the event
JEC Press Releases

The selection criteria for the JEC Innovation Awards are technical excellence, exemplarity of the chain of partners, market potential, and originality. Don’t miss your chance to submit your application and take part in the competition! International Jury Mr Sung HA, Professor, Hanyang University, Korea Mr Christophe BINETRUY, Professor, EC Nantes, France Mr Kiyoshi UZAWA, Professor/Director (Ph.D), Innovative Composite Center, Japan Mr Yann PENFORNIS, Managing Director, Multiplast, France Mr Robert BUCHINGER, Business Development Advanced Industry Systems, Swarco, Austria Mr Grahame BURROW, Global President, MAGNA, USA Mr Anurag BANSAL,Manager Global Business development, ACCIONA Infraestruras, Spain Mr Karl-Heinz FULLER, Manager hybrid materials, concepts and AMG DAIMLER, Germany Mrs Chantal FUALDES, Head of Airframe Certification, Executive Expert Composite Airframes, AIRBUS France Mr. Deniz KORKMAZ, Composite Technologies Director, EMEA, KORDSA, Turquie Mr Henry, SHIN, Head of Center, KCarbon, Korea. The JEC Composites Awards competition is open for major JEC events and partner events, among them: JEC World, JEC Korea, JEC Forum DACH, CCE, ICERP…

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Startup Booster

Startup Booster is the leading startup competition in the world of Composites and Advanced Materials

It enables companies to find and assess innovations with a potential impact on their industry, as a complement to the project they may be already involved in. Launched in 2017, Startup Booster has already fostered the emergence of 500+ innovative projects from 40+ countries, 60 finalists and 20 winners.

Discover Startup Booster Hall of Fame

The Competitors

The competition is open to entrepreneurs with innovative projects, SMEs and academic spinoffs, in 2 categories:

PROCESS:

Design 
Manufacturing
Digitalization / Industry 4.0 / Smart Industry 
Non-Destructive Testing Solutions
Sustainability & Recycling Solutions

PRODUCTS:

New composites materials including hybrid materials, bio-sourcing and intelligent composites, nano based solutions, Graphene solutions
New applications and markets for composites (Composites in new mobility applications i.e Fuel Cell Tanks, etc.) 
Intelligent surfaces & displays (glass transparency solutions) and smart textiles

 A Win-Win Program

FOR STARTUPS:

A business acceleration with a chance to reach key decision makers and to find industry partners and customers
A boost to the brand awareness of the industry players present at the show and the 100,000+ members of the JEC Group community

FOR CORPORATIONS / INDUSTRY:

Find and assess innovative, specialized composite startups that can have an impact on their business (process- or product-wise)
Take inspiration from a new generation of entrepreneurs
Position your brand with a successful program
Grow your network with universities, R&T and R&D centers, clusters, associations, industries and media

High-Level Jury

The competition features a strong jury composed of experts from international groups and companies involved in innovative materials, such as 3M, Airbus, Alstom, Altair, Daimler AG, GE Digital, Valeo, Vector Launch…

Strong Industry Partners

From its first edition, Startup Booster has received strong support from major corporations including:

Participate to the next editions of Startup Booster:

JEC Composites Connect Winners & Finalists Apply for our next Startup Booster Competition

Innovation Planets

Innovation Planets are showcase areas where companies and associations can highlight their latest projects in form of a part or finished product on one of the four themed display areas, called “Innovation Planets.” Our goal at JEC is to develop the composite industry by creating a platform throughout our media and events to showcase the vast potential and benefits of composites vs. or complementary to other materials in various industries. The Innovation Planets are developed to give substance to this approach by showcasing over 150+ innovative parts submitted by various companies and associations every year on our events in Europe and Asia.

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