Networking
At JEC Group, we believe that activating a global community from the business, manufacturing, research and academic worlds and enabling networking is a catalyst for new ideas and creates growth opportunities.
We enable professionals from the composites industry and its application sectors to network effectively by organizing exhibitions, meetings and events.
Our business meetings program, available at all our events, takes networking to the next level, generating one-to-one contacts and boosting partnership and business opportunities.
As part of our mission to expand and broaden the adoption of composites in all application sectors, JEC Group regularly promotes composites solutions for specific industries, such as automotive/mobility and construction/infrastructure.
By highlighting the properties and benefits of composites materials we aim to inspire people to imagine, design and achieve innovative projects for the benefit of all.
JEC World
JEC World is the only global trade show dedicated to composite materials and applications. Taking place in Paris, JEC World is the industry’s leading annual event, hosting all the major players in a spirit of innovation, business and networking. JEC World has become a celebration of composites and a “think tank” featuring hundreds of product launches, awards ceremonies, competitions, conferences, live demonstrations and networking opportunities. All these features unite to make JEC World a global festival for business, discovery and inspiration.
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JEC World in figures (2024 edition)
43,500+
professional visits
1,300+
exhibitors
8,000+
business meetings
76,000
sqm of showfloor
JEC Forums
JEC Forums are business meetings event for composites materials, bringing industry professionals together in specific geographical areas.
The aim of these events is to connect:
- BUYERS: individuals with concrete purchasing needs or projects from the following departments: purchasing , R&D, design office, sourcing, general managers. Buyers are issued from the whole value chain of composites materials.
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- SUPPLIERS: Sales Specialists, at management or sales representative level, willing to discover the geographical market or already active in it.
JEC Forums are organized in the DACH region, in ITALY, in CENTRAL EUROPE and in ASIA. Check out the websites of our JEC Forums:
If you are interested in being a SUPPLIER of our next JEC Forums, please contact our Sales Team.
If you are interested in participating as a BUYER at one of our next JEC FORUM, please contact our Business Meetings Team
Register as a Supplier Register as a BuyerBusiness Meetings
Our Business Meeting programs gather over 5000 participants annually and are accessible across all our primary events, including JEC World, Forums, Summits, and select JEC partner events.
This service complimentary service has been offered since 2011 allowing our participants to connect, explore cutting-edge technologies, and efficiently manage their time before and during the event.
Our dedicated team and digital platform support participants in scheduling face-to-face meetings during our events.
Please be advised, to maintain high-quality meetings and a beneficial networking experience, access to the Business Meetings Program is subject to approval. Only eligible visitors can participate in the program.
For any further information, please contact [email protected]
Talks
JEC Composites Talks are networking events gathering the composites community from a country or a region to exchange about business & markets trends, share knowledge and experiences, and activate business opportunities. These meetings, on invitation/accreditation only, are exclusive opportunities to connect with professionals from the industry and from the composites applications sectors to foster the development of local as well as international projects. They offer to the JEC partners and sponsors the opportunity to present their activities, to identify potential markets and contacts within the participants. For JEC they are essentials moments to connect with local composites ecosystems to involve them, share knowledge and highlight innovations.
Next JEC Composites Talks
- In Brazil, on August 19th, in Sao Paulo (Program to come…).
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- In Brazil, on August 24th, in Sao Paolo.
- In South Korea, on December 6th, 2022 hosted at KITA Startup Branch
- In Japan, on December 8th, 2022 hosted at the conference center Hibikoku
- In India, on December 14th, in Mumbai.
- In Dubai, on February 22nd, 2023 at HILTON JUMEIRAH BEACH.
Composites Solutions Events
JEC Group is taking a step forward in its strategy aiming to democratize and publicize the use of composites materials among end-user segments that are OEMs and Applicative Markets Manufacturers.
Our ambition is to grow the use of composites in these Industries with a solution-driven and targeted approach:
- Solution-oriented examples and didactic cases-studies to develop a greater and broader understanding of the benefits and possibilities composites can bring to end-use manufacturers and final parts processors,
- Targeted approach towards the Design, R&D / R&T, Manufacturing and Procurement Communities from those industries,
- Specific activations to facilitate networking and business in End-User shows.
Since 2018, JEC Group has invested in a significant representation of Composites Pavilions at key Automotive events in Europe and America.
Composites Solutions Events for Mobility
Composites are being increasingly integrated in the automotive development, as well as in the production processes, and they play a key role in the range of materials that engineers can select while developing new vehicles and components. With new bonding techniques, allowing to combine metal and composite materials, new opportunities have opened, as they are enabling to choose the right material for the right use, making the automotive development a composition of materials and technologies, including composites.
The various types of technologies, from thermoplastics to thermosets, from glass fiber to carbon fiber and with the added-value of high tech simulation, optimization and production techniques, composites are offering a broad arena of applications. The main benefits and applications are:
- Lightweighting
- Design Freedrom, Aesthetics & Flexibility
- Resistance & Resilience
- Strength & Stiffness
- Part count Reduction & Functions Integration
- Hybridization & bonding with other materials
- Fuel Storage of Hydrogen – & LPG – powered vehicles
- Battery Housing & Integration in Electric/Hybrid Vehicles
- Connectivity Integration
Composites Solutions Events for Infrastructure and Construction
Composites have a very high potential in this sector. For instance, composites are used to reduce installation, repair and lifecycle costs as well as to decrease weight and improve corrosion resistance and durability which makes them a perfect choice for Building and Infrastructure applications – whether for new construction or in rehabilitation projects. Additional and specific key benefits in the sector are: easy handling, low rate of mechanical property deterioration, electromagnetic wave transparency, reparability, fire resistance, low smoke emission and low toxicity, thermal insulation, reduced lifecycle costs and the possibility for off-site manufacturing, freedom of design.
Benefits of Composites in the Building & infrastructure:
- Light weight
- Corrosion resistance
- Off-site Manufacturing
- Durability and lack of property deterioration
- Electromagnetic wave transparency
- Non-conductive of electricity
- High strength to weight ratio
- Freedom of form and design
- Customized surface texture
- Aesthetic appeal
- Built-in no fade color
- Translucency
- Fire resistance, low smoke emission and low toxicity
- Thermal insulation
- Impact resistance
- Integration of parts
- Good compability with structural adhesives
- Excellent reproduction capability
- Ease of repair
- Mechanical fixings an be designed to built-in
- Excellent weather and water resistance