Startup Booster Hall of Fame

The Winners

The Winners

3DFortify (USA)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

3DFortify is an advanced manufacturing startup that aims to disrupt additive manufacturing, ushering in a new generation of custom, high performance products. 3DFortify has developed a patented process that combines 3D printing and magnetics to create carbon fiber composites with magnetically aligned reinforcement. Their flexible platform technology can be applied to custom medical devices, aerospace, defense, and other related verticals.

AirGo Design (Singapore)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

Founded in Singapore in 2013, AirGo Design is Asia’s first developer of aircraft seats for economy class. Our flagship product defines a new standard in economy class seating. It introduces state-of-the-art composite materials technology to the industry and combines it with an award-winning design which has been praised as the “Future of Airline Seating” by the likes of ABC News, USA Today, Reuters, The Economist, NBC News and Daily Telegraph in over 200 news articles and more than 15 languages.

Agrona (Egypt)

JEC World Startup Booster 2023

Making Wood Without Cutting a Single Tree
Two Billion trees are cut down every year just to supply wood to the furniture and the construction industry making deforestation the second leading cause of climate change. Agrona manufactures the first 100% eco-friendly wood panels in the world out of agri waste and bio-based resins without cutting a single tree. For every ton of panels produced by Agrona that helps to save three trees and avoid five hundred cubic meters of CO2 emissions. Agrona’s aims to expand it is operations to Europe in the next 2 years.

Anisoprint (Russia)

JEC Asia Startup Booster 2019

Anisoprint has developed a technology for design and production of optimal composite structures through the new way of continuous fiber 3D printing—Composite Fiber Co-extrusion. We have developed 3D printers, materials (carbon, basalt) and software for manufacturing anisoprinted composite parts: stronger, lighter and cheaper than metal or non-optimized composites.

Arevo (USA)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

AREVO is delivering the future of composite manufacturing today through breakthrough advancements in software, materials, and robotics. By enabling the 3D printing of large, mass-produced parts and structures, AREVO is revolutionizing mainstream manufacturing as well as the global supply chain.

Blackleaf (France)

JEC World 2022

Graphene for climate
 Many have tried to make graphene possible, but cost, quality and quantities never allowed this material to become a real business case. BLACKLEAF closes the business case thanks to a 2-pillars technology:

1. A green and water-based production process. BLACKLEAF produces up to 50 kg of high-quality graphene daily. 
2. A set of patents to apply graphene as a coating on any substrates with a conventional spraying technique 

Composite Recycling (Switzerland)

JEC Forum DACH 2022 / JEC World 2023

Closing the loop on Composite Materials
Composite Recycling has developed a highly energy efficient and sustainable process to separate the resin from the fibres. With the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the team has designed a post-treatment to clean the fibres and make them reusable in new composites, closing the loop.

CompPair (Switzerland)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

CompPair Technologies Ltd. brings the first commercially available healable and sustainable composite materials, reducing repair time from hours to minutes and improving circularity. Composite parts can be fully repaired in place, multiple times, simply with heat. We provide a range of unique prepregs compatible with existing production lines of structural composites. Our technology acts during the whole lifetime of products, helping manufacturers, consumers, and the planet.

Continuous Composites (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019 / JEC Composites Connect 2021

Continuous Composites is a disruptive startup with their patented composites manufacturing technology, Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D®). CF3D® combines high performance continuous fiber with rapid curing thermoset resins to enable affordable manufacturing of complex composite structures. CF3D® is an industry agnostic automated solution comprised of configurable hardware, proprietary software, and tailorable materials solutions for strong, lightweight applications.

Continuum (Denmark)

JEC World 2022

Building the World’s First 36.000-ton Wind Blade / Composites Recycling Factory

Continuum have developed the most advanced mechanical composites transformation technology in the world that allows us to sustainably turn End-of-Life composite materials and manufacturing waste into valuable, high performance and fully circular products for the built environment. We are currently designing our first 36.000-ton factory together with the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, to open in 2023. A second UK factory is planned. 

Elemental Coatings (USA)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

Elemental Coatings has developed advanced anti-icing technology that prevents the buildup of ice on a variety of materials. We formulate coatings that look, feel, and function like normal paints, but have the remarkable property of making it very hard for ice to stick to surfaces. The coatings are highly customizable, leading to applications in aerospace, automotive, trucking, power transmission and generation, and the consumer space.

Dongnam Realize (South Korea)

JEC Korea 2021 / JEC World 2022

Developing wood bioplastic CXP (Cellulose X-linked Polymer) materials & carbon storage for CXP products

Dou Y’s Chem (South Korea)

JEC Asia Startup Booster 2019

Founded in 2018, Dou Ys’ Chem Co., Ltd. has developed some unique dispersion technologies of several nanomaterials, to yield optimal performances. Dou Ys’ is pronounced “Doo-wise” and means the duo of Y’s (the co-founders). Our main business is concerned with quantum dots and cellulose nanofibers.

FibreCoat (Germany)

JEC Forum DACH 2021 / JEC World 2022

Making High Performance Materials Affordable

FibreCoat develops and markets high-performance fibre materials. The aluminum basalt fiber “AluCoat” is the first market-ready product.  Unlike currently used conductive polymer yarns, AluCoat is thermally and electrically conductive as well as temperature resistant up to 600°C. Compared to pure aluminum fibers, AluCoat can be produced at one-tenth the cost. As a result, the material has the potential to become the much-needed, affordable shielding material for the electromagnetic shielding of electric cars and 5G devices of the future.

H-PreC (France)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

H-PreC designs and manufactures thermosetting composite parts with its exclusive patented fabrication processes.

Imagine Intelligent Materials (Australia)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017 & JEC Asia 2019

We use graphene to create smart materials. These materials sense and report real-time changes in stress, temperature and moisture. Our functionalized graphene transforms ordinary materials into electrically conductive, “intelligent” materials. Graphene is a complicated material to use. We develop “drop-in” solutions for large-scale manufacturing processes. Our graphene composites and coatings create high value-added products for high-volume manufacturing. Imagine X3, our first product, coats textiles and fibers to make them sensors and can be applied to synthetics, natural fibers, glass fiber and carbon fiber.

Inca-Fiber (Germany)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

Inca-Fiber has a new electroplating procedure to metallize carbon fibers in a single step using environment-friendly electrolytes to enhance the properties of carbon fibers. These fibers can be used to create functional CFRP as well as new fiber-reinforced metals.

INCA Renewable Technologies (Canada)

JEC World 2023

INCA innovates and manufactures high performance, cost competitive, and sustainable composite substitutes for petroleum-based plastics, rainforest plywood and balsa wood.  Our team pioneered use of natural fibre for the automotive industry and have now created the next generation of patented prepreg for Toyota.  We have also developed natural fibre composite solutions for Winnebago, Gurit and others.  We are acquiring fibre from industrial hemp grown on the Canadian Prairie for protein and will refine it to automotive standards in Alberta, Canada.

Lavoisier Composites (France)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

LAVOISIER COMPOSITES is a French start-up specialized in the development and manufacture of composite materials and parts with low environmental impact. Its first innovation CARBONIUM®, is a new generation of material entirely sourced from carbon composites of the aerospace transformation sector. Implemented following a process that has been the subject of 3 patents, CARBONIUM® brings its structural properties and a totally unique aesthetic to the parts obtained.

N12 Technologies (USA)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

N12 Technologies introduces vertically aligned carbon nanotubes at inter laminar interfaces to allow tougher, lighter, and more durable composite structures.

Pond (Ireland)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

Pond produces biobased resins with a biosourced content of at least 90 % and always full degradability in nature. In November 2015, via LAUNCH, Pond was pointed out to be among the 10 most promising sustainable material innovators worldwide by the NASA, the US Department of State, and Nike, for our patent pending resins. We offer a portfolio of resins applicable with most composite processing techniques with both short and long fibrous reinforcements: VaRTM, RTM, injection moulding, extrusion, airlaid and compression moulding. The resins offer excellent adhesion through covalent bonding to both natural and conventional fibers. The biobased resins are a direct substitution for conventional petroleum based resin due to their processability with known techniques, good mechanical properties and competitive pricing. Thereby, the resins provide the technological leap to produce fully green and sustainable composites and make composites a key component in a sustainable material future. Further, the resins have a positive impact on human health as they are free of harmful substances as bisphenols, epoxy, styrene and isocyanate.

Sound Bounce (Ireland)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

Has developed a novel patented material which provides over 100 times better noise attenuation in a smaller package compared to conventional materials. This solution could greatly facilitate the adoption of composites in many sectors.

Vartega (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

Vartega is a recycler of advanced materials—specifically strong and lightweight carbon fiber. We are cultivating a sustainable future through the development of enabling technologies designed to preserve resources and achieve systematic sustainability. Our modular patent-pending carbon fiber recycling process scales like software to rapidly address a gap in the composites supply chain.

Visolis Biotechnology (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

Visolis aims to displace petrochemicals with carbon negative materials by combining the best features of synthetic biology with chemical catalysis. Our platform molecules are produced from a variety of biomass feedstocks and create drop in replacements in industries like industrial solvents, resins, and plastics.

Woodoo (France)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

Founded late 2016, Woodoo has won more than 30 innovation awards internationally. Woodoo offers advanced bio-based materials for the automotive and transportation sectors and generated significant early traction from major manufacturers and OEMS. Woodoo transforms wood at the molecular scale and manufactures novel light-weight wood materials which are translucent, waterproof, fire-resistant and touch-sensitive for pioneering HMI and interior applications.

The Finalists

The Finalists

9T Labs (Switzerland)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

We offer a manufacturing solution that leverages the latest developments in automation technology, software and materials to make performance parts easily accessible.

Addyx (Italy)

JEC World 2023

Unlock the Full Potential of Advanced Composite Materials with Topological Optimization and Innovative Manufacturing Solutions
Addyx is revolutionizing the design and manufacturing of complex-shaped hollow high-performance composites through innovative additive manufacturing techniques and advanced topology optimization. Our patented water-soluble inflatable mandrel, together with the patented Carbon exoskeleton technology, enables greater design freedom, reduced manufacturing costs, and lighter and stronger composite components. Join us in opening new frontiers for the composites industry.

Adesso Materials (China)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

Adesso Materials solves recycling and reuse requirements of carbon fibers in the automotive sectors. Our solution reduces the cost of raw materials by more than 30% and the manufacturing cost by more than 50%.

AEON-T (Spain)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

AEON-T is a spinoff of TU Madrid and supported by the Business Incubation Program of the European Space Agency. The company has developed, together with leading research institutions in Madrid, an innovative preforming technology that allows to drape both dry and prepreg fibers into complex shapes with quasi-isotropic layup configuration in less than a minute. After more than 5 years of development, the technology leads to a breakthrough towards mass production of composite 3D parts.

Airbond (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

AIRBOND aims to manufacture customizable through-thickness permeable prepreg. Our patent pending innovation will make it easier, faster, and less expensive to produce high-quality composite structures. Our team of experts will work directly with customers to develop tailored prepreg materials.

Airlite (UK)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

Airlite is a revolutionary technology, 100% natural, that is applied like a normal paint on any kind of surface. Activated by light, it reduces air pollutants, unpleasant odors, prevents the growth of mould and bacteria and, if applied outdoors, by reflecting the warm component of sunlight, it keeps rooms cool helping to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

Algreen (UK)

JEC World 2023

Algreen provides the most sustainable solutions to petrol-based polyurethanes, which represent 8% of world plastics
Algreen provides the most sustainable solutions to petrol-based polyurethanes, which represent 8% of world plastics. Polyurethane foam, adhesive and coating are widely used in automotive, cosmetic, packaging, and fashion industries. Conventional polyurethanes come from carbon intensive petrol refineries and end their life in landfill generating significant Greenhouse Gases. Algreen invents fully biobased and biodegradable polyurethanes eliminating petrol-based polyurethanes. The global polyurethane market will be 29.2 million tons (2029). By replacing 1% of petrol-based polyurethane, Algreen eliminates 88bn kgCO2eq annually.

Antefil Composite Tech (Switzerland)

JEC World 2022

Reinforcement and matrix. In every fibre.

Antefil’s affordable and sustainable hybrid fibres enable a more cost- and energy-efficient production of composites with a guaranteed high laminate quality. Our glass fibres, which are individually clad in a precise amount of thermoplastic matrix polymer, save cycle time and can be welded and recycled – at any scale!

ANYBRID (Germany)

JEC Forum DACH 2021 / JEC World 2022

ROBIN, the world’s first mobile injection moulding machine, completely rethinking the production of hybrid components

With lightweight engineering, we have transformed a stationary injection moulding machine into a mobile one that can move freely in space. With this unrivalled technology, we unite the benefits of polymer processing with the flexibility of robotics to completely rethink the production of the future.

Atomic-6 (USA)

JEC World 2022

Manufacturer of the World’s Highest Performance Composites for the Most Demanding Environments

Atomic-6 is an advanced composites manufacturing firm.  Our proprietary process brings composites to the next stage of innovation; creating highly customizable products that are stronger, lighter, and produced faster than ever before.  Atomic-6 is committed to bringing next-generation composites to the forefront of Aerospace, Defense, Space and Logistics.

BCircular (Spain)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

BCIRCULAR produces advanced materials from all kinds of carbon fiber composites that have finished their useful life (aircraft, cars, wind blades, bicycles, etc.). Through the recycling technology developed by the company itself, BCIRCULAR offers a solution to the global problem arising from the management of composites.

BIOwerks (Germany)

JEC Forum DACH 2022

BioWerkz is founded on three pillars of resource efficiency, circular economy, and renewability to address the need for development of alternative materials for construction and furniture industries to tackle their impacts on climate change. At BioWerkz a new class of bio-based, resource-efficient, and CO2-negative material called “NEWood” is developed using only wood waste and agricultural waste bound using fungal mycelium; the root network of mushrooms as a natural binder without the need for any synthetic binders.

Biprocel (Spain)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

At Biprocel, we aim to change the way we build our future. That’s why we’ve created a new generation of reclaimed, high-end & plant-based material with a fully circular processing model. We harvest cellulose waste from paper mill industry and process it locally to transform this compound into a fiberboard product. How do we do it? Our innovative process is inspired by nature, using enzymes to bond the cellulose fibers. The result is a robust product with the highest possible negative carbon footprint.

BPREG Composites (Turkey)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

BPREG is an advanced material company solely focused on natural fiber reinforced composite technologies. BPREG has developed natural fiber reinforced thermoplastic unidirectional prepreg with its patent-pending manufacturing technology. Our unidirectional and woven prepregs are ready-to-use; there is no need to use extra thermoplastic sheets.

Carbon Axis (France)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

Carbon Axis is specialized in automating composites processes. Our vision is to make composites manufacturing more affordable and more repeatable through automation. Our range of products, hardware and software, along with our consulting services enables us to provide tailored solutions to various industries.

Carbon Cleanup (Austria)

JEC Forum DACH 2021 / JEC World 2022

Looping valuable materials and making carbon fiber green

Carbon Cleanup has been found in 2020 to solve the problems related to carbon fiber recycling and to stop landfilling of these materials. Carbon Cleanup develops technology to bring back valuable materials to the cycle and to reduce CO2 emissions thereby. Waste fiber materials are collected in a dedicated Collection Pod and classified with vision AI. Then treated in a mobile and patented Cleanup Unit to produce new products from there.

Carbon-Drive (Germany)

JEC Forum DACH 2021 / JEC World 2022

Shaping the Next Generation of Light and Powerful Electric Drives

We are the world`s first manufacturer of ultra-light electric drives made entirely out of advanced carbon composites. Our technology overcomes the physical limits of steel and sets new standards regarding power-density, dynamics, durability and energy efficiency.

Carbonhexa, Inc. (South Korea)

JEC Korea 2021

Reducing Production time of fibre-reinforced composites by using the TLP method (Thermo Liquid Pool)

Carbon Waters (France)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

Carbon Waters designs and produces carbon-based nanomaterials (graphene and carbon nanotubes). Thanks to its innovative water-based solution process, the company brings a new, safer and stable paradigm to nanocomposites and coatings.

CarbonTT (Germany)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

Our focus is on the development and economical serial production of load-bearing components made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) for light commercial vehicles. With the aim of increasing profitability while at the same time conserving resources. Our focus is on our customers’ demands. We design intelligent solutions—quickly, practically and economically. We develop, manufacture and validate high-strength light-weight components, as well as their respective manufacturing and joining processes.

Catack-H (Korea)

JEC World 2023

CFRP Recycling via an eco-friendly and Sustainable Solvolysis Process
Catack-H is an innovative recycling company that uses a 100% eco-friendly technology to recover high-quality recycled carbon fibers from waste carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), materials that would otherwise go to the landfill or get incinerated.

Cavicore (Germany)

JEC Forum DACH 2022

Water soluble salt cores for the production of hollow carbon fiber parts
CAVICORE produces ready-to-use water soluble cores for the realization of hollow composite parts. Our “lost cores” have the advantage of being temperature-resistant, stable as well as eco-friendly and recyclable, as they consist of pure salts without binders. There is no need for expensive tools, the cores are manufactured mechanically.

cellEQ (Germany)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

CellEQ develops and produces equipment for material analyses and quality control of multi-component thermosets. Focusing on dilatometry, the main activities include the design and manufacture of innovative devices and sequences. With those, the same realistic conditions are achieved in the laboratory analyses as the materials experience in industrial processing. This includes high-pressure mixing and dosing combined with a high degree of automation. This even enables the analysis of ultra-fast curing resin systems. The generated data is directly usable for efficiency increases in production environments and simulations.

Cobratex (France)

JEC World 2023

Enabling Industry to have a positive impact on the Environment by bringing bamboo in composite materials
COBRATEX manufactures innovative bamboo reinforcements using its patented technology to extract bamboo strips that are then welded together to obtain a unique continuous ribbon of unidirectional fibres. This ribbon is very different to the standard rovings. It is a composite structure by itself as it is composed of fibre bundles and closed honeycomb-like structures, offering a sustainable alternative with many technical advantages. COBRATEX provides the full range of reinforcements:

• Dry Fabrics: UD and woven
• Prepreg Fabrics: thermoplastic and thermoset

Composite Research (Italy)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

Composites Research contributes to an innovative technological solution, called MadFlex, for the creation of an ultra-light composite material panel with unique mechanical features, which makes it flexible on one face and crushproof on the other.

COPRO Technology (Germany)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

COPRO Technology GmbH specialises in roll forming technology for composite preforms. From concepts to series production machines—developed to your specifications. Our processes based on the patented COPRO®-Technology are highly innovative and efficient. We develop customized solutions for the production of composite profiles for you, supporting you in reducing your production times and costs.

Cortex Composites (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

Cortex GCCM represents a new category of construction material—Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mats (GCCMs)—which is a cost-competitive and less resource-intensive alternative to traditional ready-mixed concrete and shotcrete.

Coyotex (Germany)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

Coyotex reduces spending for multiaxial carbon fiber reinforcement by 20-40%, thanks to its brand-new industrial 4.0 production process. The company produces bespoke near-net-shape carbon fiber stacks.

CtoC Materials Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

JEC Korea 2021

Production of a functional catalyst material impregnated with a metal catalyst on a fully spherical activated carbon surface

Eflow Co., Ltd (South Korea)

JEC Korea 2021

Micromobility as e-bike and moped with hydrogen fuel cell.

Endeavor Composites (USA)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

Endeavor Composites, Inc. unique patent allow the dispersion of Long fibers (>2.5 cm) leading to mats formation with no defects and high tare resistance. In addition, the system can disperse multiple fibers at high volume concentration in respect to the mixing tank, providing a unique system that generates commingled preforms with multiple functionality.

Free Form Fibers (USA)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

Free Form Fibers’ (FFF) technology will likely influence our lives in ways we can only imagine. Not since the introduction of carbon fiber has an idea come along that will disrupt so many large markets, from jet engines and gas turbines, to composite airframes, nuclear energy, and beyond. Revolutionary fibers can now be laser-printed. This is a sweeping change in fiber production technology. It enables high-performance materials that have typically been out of reach and fiber functionalities that are unheard of. For example, high-purity Silicon Carbide, Boron Carbide, and Tungsten Carbide fibers have been laser-printed for application in energy-efficient ceramic matrix composites. So have Boron fibers with 2-3 times the specific strength of carbon fibers for super lightweight composites airframes and space structures. New capabilities never before available are emerging: Fiber-embedded micro-sensors and actuators for smart composites and health monitoring.

Fiberneering (Netherlands)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

We are a producer of 3D printed fibre reinforced composite parts, passionate about materials and new technologies. We help our customers create beautiful, strong and lightweight products in almost any shape.

Fibraworks (Germany)

JEC World 2022

Revolutionizing the large-scale production of multiaxial thermoplastic cross-ply laminates

Winding the Future is both company motto and lived practice at Fibraworks. Contributing to a greener future is the core of our corporate vision. We offer ideal composite solutions by providing tailored products, our so-called Organo-Coils, out of a patented, continuous, cost- and waste effective winding process with fiber-orientations and lay-ups our customers really need.

FVMat (Israel)

JEC World 2022

Taking Composites Beyond Their Capabilities Through Intelligent Design of Meta-Materials

At FVMat we have invented a new concept of meta-materials that enables the production of materials with extraordinary characteristics. We design and manufacture materials with controllable density, stiffness, heat transfer, electro-magnetic coefficients and additional physical properties.
Our novel meta-materials are dynamically adjusted to the environment and can adapt to external conditions. Manufacturing of these meta-materials combines traditional 3D printing with a unique additive manufacturing technology. The basic concept is ground-breaking, and the applications are vast!

GAS Composites (Brazil)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

GAS Composites is a startup headquartered in Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. GAS Composites contributes to the improvement of people’s lives and also diffuses composite materials for thousands of people by offering products made of composite materials and distributed through the shared economy. This way, every day thousands of people will have access to carbon fiber, aramid and glass composites, through an integrated system with potential to disrupt the urban personal transport market.

Grafren (Sweden)

JEC World 2023

Enabling Multifunctional and Green Composite Materials by Graphene Nanoscale Coating
Grafren AB has a proprietary technology on manufacturing the high quality graphene materials and coating of the fibers-based substrates. Coating occurs on the fibers surface – nanoscale level via layer-by-layer mode, and is therefore extremely uniform, thin and lightweight. Since graphene is electrically and thermally conductive and fire and mechanically resistant, coating only 4-5 grammes of graphene per square meter of the fibres is enabling the new functionalities to the composites, favouring their way to the market.

Graphy (South Korea)

JEC Asia Startup Booster 2019

Graphy Inc. is specialized in 3D printing based technology which is an important element of the 4th industrial revolution as well as new material and medical convergence technology. We have developed and manufactured 3D printing new materials (photocurable resin) S Plastic, Tera Harz. We are in the unique position in these business fields in Korea and have been globally recognized. In particular, we export our materials all over the world selected by the world’s largest chemical company as an official partner in the 3D printer material business. We have already singed NDA and supply contracts with leading companies in the world and aim to be the world’s largest company in the material business.

Green Axis (Nigeria)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

At green axis we believe that waste is an infinite resource. We invented a bio composite material made out of our every day trash, using a low cost technological process that converts plastic waste and organic material from different waste streams whether it being leftover kitchen foods from unsorted households waste, plant residual or biomass from Agro residual waste and industrial waste or wood and plastic from construction and demolition waste. We at green axis take the bio-composite material and mould or extrude them into panels. We also created a sourcing platform that also serves as data intelligence platform to integrate informal waste aggregators into our supply chain.

Green Gen Technologies (France)

JEC World 2023

Let’s develop together your eco-designed containers
Green Gen Technologies is a French start-up founded in 2017 that aims to revolutionise the packaging industry. These containers are made in France from bio-based, renewable and biodegradable materials.
The Green Gen Bottle is the first ever packaging used for FMCG (wine, spirits and soon cosmectics), using the composite technology.

herone (Germany)

JEC World 2022

herone develops and produces ultralight profiles with tailored performance from recyclable composites

herone – innovate composites for sustainable living. We invent ultralight composites profiles with tailored performance to provide solutions to overcome limits and contribute to solve global societal challenges like making aviation emission free. Our technological core is the herone technology. It combines automated textile preforming of thermoplastic tapes with efficient press forming to produce recyclable parts at scale and provide cost-effective solutions to our customers.

Bufo Technology – HARDCORK (Germany)

JEC Forum DACH 2022

High-Performance Biobased Composite – Superior by nature

“bufo technology” has developed the high-performance composite material HARDCORK® made from cork, fibers and a thermosetting matrix. The recipe can be set completely biobased, that leads to a very good CO2 balance! HARDCORK® can be manufactured as a core material, sandwich panel or complex molded part.

HPCi®-Transfer (Germany)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

HPCi®-Transfer is a project group at Fraunhofer IWS which intends to commercialize tools for high-speed joining of composites to metals by means of HPCi®-Technology. Opposite to adhesive bonding or mechanical joining, additional materials like glue or rivets are unnecessary and the joints can be stressed right after joining.

Hycco (France)

JEC World 2023

HYCCO Develops Carbon Fiber Bipolar Plates for the Next Generation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells

HYCCO has developed a new concept of bipolar plates, a key component of hydrogen fuel cells, which represents 75% of their weight for 30% of their cost. The materials used simultaneously increase the lifetime of the fuel cells (x4) and reduce their weight (-50% to -90%), without compromising their compactness. With a prototype production line in place, HYCCO® aims to deploy a pilot production line of carbon fiber bipolar plates for hydrogen fuel cells by 2024.

Hyconnect (Germany)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

Hyconnect aims to make the construction of lightweight structures easier. By avoiding adhesive bonding, the FAUSST-Technology enables a standardised method to join metal and fibre-reinforced plastics, one of the major lightweight material groups. Our vision is to boost the use of lightweight materials in all transport modes, were today production and joining issues are obstructing their usage.

iCOMAT (UK)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

iCOMAT is a University of Bristol spin-off that has developed the world’s first tape placement system capable of placing wide tapes along curved paths (fibre-steering) without generating defects. Fibre-steering drastically improves structural and production performance and is set to revolutionise the use of composites.

Lineat Composites (UK)

JEC World 2023

Forming the Future of High-Performance Sustainable Composites

Lineat Composites is an advanced cleantech manufacturing start-up based in Bristol (UK). It uses its patented Aligned Formable Fibre Technology (AFFTTM) to produce next generation advanced carbon fibre composites, solving key problems related to cost, productivity and sustainability. The process turns low value chopped fibres into a new highly aligned fibre material that can compete with continuous fibre performance, closing the loop for technical carbon fibre re-use and bringing unique forming advantages for faster and more complex part manufacturing.

Lingrove (USA)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

Lingrove makes wood without trees. We develop materials with plant fibers to meet the diminishing supply of high-quality wood. Our signature material, Ekoa® natural composites, is lighter than carbon, stiffer than fiberglass and features a beautiful natural grain finish evoking qualities of the best timber. Ekoa® is not wood-it’s better.

Linudans (Norway)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

Linudans has developed environmentally responsive and economically efficient high voltage tower structures and energy infrastructure of the 21st century. The work is based on modern composite engineering methodologies with hybrid fiber reinforced composite materials and resin transfer molding (RTM). According to our business plan, we´ll design and produce heavy load-bearing profiles which enable us to create any shape of a very durable lightweight load-bearing structure, in almost any color. Our innovation is reflected by engineering design of profiles, their adhesive joints and our “Green Energy Infrastructure“ concept, which is unique. Our innovation brings huge environmental, economical and technical advantages to a discipline that has suffered from stagnation for too long and is begging for changes.

Mallinda (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

Mallinda is developing composite materials to enable high volume production of composite parts. Mallinda makes thermoset prepreg laminates that are pre-cured and indefinitely shelf stable under ambient conditions. The company’s prepreg laminates can be compression-molded into a final part in a minute or less. In addition, Mallinda’s technology enables circular recycling back to monomer for the recovery and reuse of resin and fully-intact reinforcing fibers.

Mantis Composites (USA)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

Mantis Composites has developed true carbon fiber 3D printing to deliver incredibly light, flight-capable components for parts that are traditionally machined out of metals due to geometric complexity and system integration. 5-axis mobility, full strength fiber, and intricate nozzle manoeuvrability, is combined with design software and extensive in-situ process monitoring and control to deliver a new generation of aerospace parts for far lighter aviation and space systems.

Micro-Composite, Inc. (South Korea)

JEC Korea 2021

Manufacturing of fine particle surface treatment, nano-materials synthesis and dispersion, functional plastic composite compound and masterbatch with these nanomaterials embedded and microstructure-controlled arrangement.

Microwave Solutions GmbH (Switzerland)

JEC Forum DACH 2022 / JEC World 2023

Imagineering a sustainable future

Agile and modular microwave plasma and selective depolymerization technology for molecular recycling, fiber recovery and nanomaterial creation.

MIGHTYM (South Korea)

JEC Asia Startup Booster 2019

MIGHTYM is a startup specialized in manufacturing CFRP based on industrial design. By designing precisely with 3D modeling and 3D printing, we are producing CFRP products with our own technology. We have successfully commercialized our technology by designing and manufacturing motorcycle CFRP products and luxury CFRP bags.

Molecular Plasma Group (Luxembourg)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

Molecular Plasma Group’s unique technology combines the advantages of atmospheric plasma surface activation with the ability to graft specifically chosen functional groups to any surface in one single, solvent-free step. Typical applications are adhesion improvement on inert materials (MolecularGRIP™), silicone-free non-stick coatings (Leaf Technology™) and replacement of toxic primers. We offer customized application development, R&D equipment, pilot production and industrial systems.

Multimechanics (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

MultiMechanics helps companies accelerate innovation and the product development lifecycle by virtually predicting failure at an unprecedented level of speed and accuracy. Our multiscale simulation software allows engineers to zoom into their material microstructure, giving them insight into how, when, and why their material may fail.

Mushroom Material (New Zealand/Singapore)

JEC World 2023

Sustainable Packaging

We’ve developed a mushroom-based alternative to polystyrene (Styrofoam) by combining agricultural waste with the root structure of mushrooms, better known as “mycelium”. Our material is completely sustainable and 100% biodegradable. It has the same protective properties as polystyrene and naturally degrades in your garden or landfill.​

Mussel Polymers (USA)

JEC World 2023

Developing Specialty Coatings that Adhere to Wet and Low Energy Surfaces and Enhance Surface Functionality with Applications in Composite Strengtheningstrong>

Mussel Polymers manufactures and sells a biomimetic version of the glue that mussels use to stick to rocks. Poly (catechol-styrene) binds to wet and low energy surfaces and confers valuable surface functionalization. MPI partners with companies to develop new solutions for their customers. Current products or those in development include an innovative coral adhesive for use in aquariums and reef restoration, an underwater adhesive (US Navy), anti-corrosion primers, dental adhesives and remineralization agents, and a composite-strengthening sizing for carbon fibers.

NanoArchitech (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

NanoArchitech, Inc is a Silicon Valley nanocomposite company with a global agenda to provide resilient and sustainable building materials and systems globally. The company evolved from the research and development of a top scientific consultant in response to the crisis of 9-11 at the request of the US Federal Emergency Management to advance construction integrity.

Nova Carbon (France)

JEC World 2023

High-Performance Sustainable Carbon Fiber Semi-Finished Products

Nova Carbon’s mission is to democratise the use of carbon fibre by developing a range of high performance semi-finished products made from carbon fiber waste. Our disruptive approach is based on Long Fiber Realignment, a technology patented by the University of Bordeaux that maintains the high performance of carbon fiber. Nova Carbon semi-finished products are designed for the composites industry.

Ora Graphene Audio (Canada)

JEC World 2022

Advanced Nanomaterials for High Performance Audio

Ora Graphene engineers and manufactures advanced diaphragm materials used in acoustic transducers. Their patented nanomaterial, GrapheneQ™ is one of the world’s first high-content graphene technologies commercially available, the first in the audio industry. With a very rare combination of being both rigid and lightweight, GQ™ allows for smaller, louder, more energy efficient loudspeakers; all while producing new levels of sound quality. Ora is the global leading producer of graphene oxide membranes and continues to grow through R&D explorations of future high-impact applications outside of audio.

Pangolin Defense (France)

JEC World 2022

Developing Flexible Ballistic Protection for Vehicles, Platforms, and Personal Protection

Thanks to different patented solutions, we can now protect any type of structure with lightweight and cost-effective solutions against the most advanced threats. By working with the finest materials and developing our own patented technologies in composites, ceramic, and glass technology, we are developing a complete set of ballistic protection, entirely made in France. 

Phononic Vibes (Italy)

JEC World 2022

New Patented Metamaterial Technology with Unprecedented Performances in Vibration and Noise Control, with a Circular Economy Approach

Noise is present in our everyday life and can seriously impact our health and living environment. A bypassing train, a nearby construction site, noisy home appliances or neighbors are just some examples.  Phononic Vibes is introducing meta-material technologies to prevent you from those disturbances. Meta-materials “go beyond” the raw material itself, by achieving unprecedented noise and vibration reducing  effects through physical shapes and geometries; independent from the chosen material itself. This makes the solution material agnostic, suitable to the specific use-case in different industries: for example, light  weight (automotive, home appliances), transparent (infrastructure) and always recycled and environmentally friendly.

PIQUANT (South Korea)

JEC Asia Startup Booster 2019

PiQuant makes component detecting sensors and devices using light. The sensors can measure any substances up to a molecular unit regardless of the form of solid, liquid, and even gas. The strong point is non-contact and non-destructive, so the target does not need to be damaged. Most of all, it is small and affordable enough, so that anyone can use it anytime, and anywhere. PiQuant Dreams of A World where Everyone Does Quantitative Analysis with Spectroscopic Sensor in Their Everyday Lives.

Plyable (UK)

JEC Asia 2019 / JEC World 2023

Automating the Design and Manufacture of Composite Tooling

Plyable is a first-of-its-kind solution. We use the latest in AI and machine learning technology to create a proprietary software that automates the design and manufacture of composite tooling. All the user needs to do is drag and drop component CAD data into Plyable. The Plyable portal can then automatically generate a tool design, provide instantaneous prices for manufacture in a variety of different materials and deliver to your door. Plyable has taken a multi week process and condensed it down to seconds!

RadiSurf (Denmark)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

RadiSurf is a pioneer in the use and large-scale industrial implementation of solutions based on the highly versatile polymer brush technology. Nanometer-thin polymer brush coatings bring transformative solutions to major industrial challenges, including unprecedented possibilities for joining of challenging materials, such as plastics to metals, glass and carbon fiber.

REVOLVE AIR (Germany)

JEC World 2022

The Wheelchair in a New Form

REVOLVE AIR approaches the wheelchair in a new revolutionary way that makes it the world’s first active wheelchair that fits the standards of a universal cabin luggage size restriction. It folds in the same amount of time as a common foldable wheelchair, but it saves up to 60% more space when both revolutionary 24 inches foldable wheels collapse along the same hub together with the seat and the backrest, guaranteeing a unique compactness and transportability, not found elsewhere.

RVmagnetics (Slovakia)

JEC World 2022

The Smallest Custom Passive Sensor in the World

RVmagnetics has developed the smallest passive sensor in the world – MicroWire. It measures pressure, temperature, position, vibration etc. in contactless. Final applications are tailormade according to client’s requirements in Composites, MedTech, IIoT, Industry 4.0 and other industries.

Smart Resilin (Israel)

JEC World 2022

Resilin, a bio-based super-performing material for sustainable applications with superior features

SMART RESILIN produces Resilin and develops Resilin containing products. Resilin is an elastomeric protein found in the cuticle of most insects. It exhibits high resilience and fatigue resistance that insects utilize for leaping and flight. Having near-perfect elasticity, resilin can be implemented within a wide range of products such as: sports goods, flexible screens, hair straightening, 3D printing, etc. Resilin can replace plastic, nylon and rubber in many products. As it is a non-toxic material, these resilin-based products are environmentally beneficial game changers for multiple applications.

SPACE WALKER (Japan)

JEC World 2022

Space Travel is no Longer a Dream

SPACE WALKER Inc. (Tokyo Japan, CEO Akihide Manabe) is a university startup conducting research and development of winged reusable suborbital space planes. The company’s mission is to make commercial space transportation as accessible as boarding an airplane today.

Steelhead Composites (USA)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

Steelhead Composites enables the next generation of space travel and decarbonizing the earth with novel, lightweight, high-pressure composite pressure vessels for propulsion and hydrogen storage.

Synthesites (Belgium)

JEC World 2018 / JEC World 2023

Intelligent Process Monitoring for Composites: Cure it Faster and Better

Synthesites is aiming in automating the curing process of composites, in order to save up to 100% extra curing time. Since 2015, Synthesites developed the Online Resin State software that provides on the spot and accurately the glass transition temperature of a thermoset under curing. After tested successfully in a wide variety of liquid resins, prepregs or adhesives, Synthesites is working with the leading OEMS in aerospace and wind energy to apply this technology in serial production.

Teratonics (France)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

See Through the Matter… This is the solution proposed by Teratonics to the industry for the reduction of its non-quality costs. Teratonics markets an innovative non-destructive testing solution based on ultrafast terahertz pulses to perform dimensional control and defect detection during the cycle time.

TerraWaste (Netherlands)

JEC World 2023

Next-generation Advanced Material Company that is Turning Waste into New, Circular Materials

TerraWaste is developing a platform technology which focuses on recycling plastics, dry, wet and mixed waste through an advanced chemical recycling pollution-free process resulting in high-value chemicals, oil and biochar. The technology used for this process is a high-pressure/high-temperature Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) system whose design includes highly efficient use of energy, water and catalysts producing zero waste whilst converting waste plastics into value.

TIKAT (Italy)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

With its In-K strain system, TIKAT offers a new approach to structural health monitoring. This stand-alone solution is standard and low-cost, and it measures strain, temperature, tilt and seismic activity for infrastructures with no wiring.

Thermolysis (Taiwan)

JEC World 2023

Recycled Carbon Fiber Boosts Both Environmental Sustainability and Remarkable Strength

The Thermolysis’s Recycled carbon fiber is an excellent choice for those who prioritize environmental sustainability and strength. This material is made from recycled carbon fibers, which reduces waste and supports sustainability efforts. Additionally, it has remarkable strength and durability, making it a popular choice in various industries such as automotive, aerospace, and construction. Choosing recycled carbon fiber not only benefits the environment but also provides top-notch performance.

Touch Sensity (France)

JEC Forum DACH 2021 / JEC World 2022

The Sensity Tech: The Innovative Touch Sensity Technology Making Materials Speak

Touch Sensity develops the Sensity Tech, an innovative technology that makes materials sensitive to physical interactions. This non-invasive technology allows to recover in real time all the data from pressure, extension and deformation on a material, while respecting the topology and without using any sensors.

UBQ Materials (Israel)

JEC World Startup Booster 2019

UBQTM Materials are bio-based composite thermoplastic materials that can replace existing raw materials in hundreds of applications. Produced through the proprietary conversion of municipal solid waste, UBQTM Materials can substitute oil or plant-based polymers, wood or minerals. When replacing conventional polymers, UBQTM materials reduce 15 times their weight in CO2 equivalent emissions. UBQTM material is the most climate positive thermoplastic material on the planet. Even when used in low concentrations, finished parts can be climate positive.

UDERIVE (South Korea)

JEC Asia Startup Booster 2019

UDerive studied how to produce new composites in a new way consistently as UDNANO. Meaningful products which can reduce the consumption of existing resources and save energy was our goal. This effort led to new raw materials, composites, and products. Our hope is that these innovations will be useful in the right places to benefit our customers, nature, and humanity.

Urban Canopee (France)

JEC World Startup Booster 2017

Urban Canopee offers innovative solutions to fight against the effects of climate change by deploying plant canopies over the city in order to: combat heat islands by deploying oasis of freshness, restore urban biodiversity, give many ecosystem services, fight against air pollution, improve the quality of life for citizens.

Weav3D (USA)

JEC Forum Chicago Startup Booster 2019

WEAV3D Inc. has developed a patent-pending, high-volume, continuous composite forming process that forms woven composite lattices from unidirectional, fiber-reinforced tapes. These thermoplastic lattice materials act as “Rebar for Plastics” when integrated into injection molded parts, dramatically increasing the stiffness, strength, and toughness.

XARION (Austria)

JEC World 2022

Laser Ultrasonic Sensors for Inspection of Composite Materials

XARION is the world’s first company to measure ultrasound based on its property to change the speed of light. In combination with a pulsed laser for signal generation, XARION’s Optical Microphone is appraised by leading air and space companies for ultrasonic composite inspection. In contrast to conventional methods, XARION’s technology requires no coupling liquids such as water or gel and works completely contact-free. This feature allows easy robot-integration and perfectly matches the industries need for automated non-destructive inspection methods.

Yoneshima Felt (Japan)

JEC World Startup Booster 2018

Yoneshima proposes ultra-thin sandwich structures for smartphone micro-speaker diaphragms. The company has developed high-precision ultrathin slicing of foam and a highly productive manufacturing system.

Yuyo (France)

JEC Composites Connect 2021

Thanks to large format 3D printing and biocomposite materials, we have totally rethought the way surfboards are made to offer surfers a sustainable alternative to traditional boards, in line with their environmental convictions : local production, zero waste politic, recycled plastic, natural basalt fiber and plant based bioresin.