GOCarbonFiber moves into 2012
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GOCarbonFiber2011 took place in Seattle, USA last month to great acclaim from a high level crowd of carbon fibre composite experts and business leaders. A stallar speaking line up including Automobili Lamborghini SpA, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Lotus Engineering, SGL Automotive Composites, and Vyatek Sports.
The programme was very well received by the audience of over 120 delegates from 15 countries as far afield as Australia, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Turkey.
Attendees were treated to a comprehensive social programme with a pre-conference site visit to the Automobili Lamborghini SpA Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory, followed by a well attended registration reception hosted by Washington State Department, and the Grand Evening Reception in the Red Barn, Boeing's original factory at the Museum of Flight, sponsored by Quantum Composites.
IntertechPira is pleased to announce that John Davidson, President of Carbon Fibre Technologies International will be the Chairman of the 2012 conference in London. Read more about John.
Not in Seattle? What did you miss...
- End-user perspective from leading players across automotive, aerospace, wind energy, sporting goods and industrial applications
- Trends in demand, production and pricing
- Novel application and new regions of opportunity
- Latest developments in the recycling process and what can be done to create new composite structures from the reclaimed materials
Who attended last year?
Adidas
AJR Consultant LLC
Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayi A.S.
Akureyri Region Business Agency
Aldila Composite Materials
American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA)
Andritz Inc.
Andritz Kuesters GmbH
Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc.
Asahi Kasei America, Inc.
Automobili Lamborghini ACSL
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
BASF SE
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
C A Litzler Co Inc
Carbon Fiber Gear
Carbon Fibre Technologies International Ltd
Cytec Engineered Materials Inc
Deakin University
Durr Systems, Inc.
Dynamic Innovations LLC
Eisenmann Corporation
ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd (ELG Group)
ELG Haniel GmbH (ELG Group)
Ford Motor Company
Fraunhofer ICT
Gamesa Innovation and Technology
Gaylord Chemical Company
General Motors
Georg Sahm GmbH & Co. KG
Global Composite Solutions
Globe Machine Manufacturing Company
Harper International
Harper International Corporation
Heatcon, Inc.
Hexcel
Honda Research Institute USA Inc.
Instron
Intellectual Ventures
Invest in Iceland
Jaguar Land Rover
K.U.Leuven Materials Research Centre | Leslie Cooke & Associates
Lignol
Lotus Engineering
M.A.E. S.p.A.
MAKE ConsultingMaterials Innovation Technologies, LLC.
Method X Composites
Monitor Group
Mubea Carbo Tech GmbH
Neenah Technical Products
Newcap Partners Inc.
North Carolina State University
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Omnia LLC
Owens Corning
Pira International
Plasan Carbon Composites
POGGENPOHL Möbelwerke GmbH
Precision Technology DOD, LLC
Puget Sound Business Journal
Quantum Composites
Quickstep Technologies
Sabic
SABIC Innovative Plastics
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers
Sumitomo Corporation Europe
Teijin Limited
The Boeing Company
The Composites Group
Thistle
TNT Motorsports
Toray Carbon Fibers America
Toray Composites (America), Inc
TU Chemnitz
UB Koltrefjar
University of Dayton Research Institute
University of New Brunswick
University of Nottingham
University of Western Ontario
VCAMM Ltd
Vello Nordic AS
Volvo Car Corporation
VyaTek Sports
Weyerhaeuser
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Adam Opel GmbH, Airbus Industrie, BAE Systems, BMW AG, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Clariant Produckte GmbH, Harper International, Hexcel Carbon Fibers, Huntsman, Hyosung Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Samsung Cheil Industries Inc, Saudi Arabian Oil Co, SGL Technologies,GMBH, Structil , Sumitomo Corporation, Toho Tenax, Toray Carbon Fibers, Toyota Motor Europe, Wacker Chemie, Zoltek Companies Inc and many others attended IntertechPira's previous carbon fibre events. Click here to see the complete list -...view document
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Key Speakers
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
Maurizio Reggiani is Vice-President of Research & Development and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. since July 2006. He is in charge of developing long term R&D strategy at Automobili Lamborghini including body and chassis technology, powertrain and suspension, design, and electronics.
Gamesa Innovation and Technology
Gamesa Innovation and Technology
Enrique García is the Head of the Blades Department at Gamesa in Pamplona, Spain. Previously he was Chief Engineer, leading the development of new technologies that enable the automation of the blade manufacturing process.
Dr. Khalid Lafdi has more than 20 years experience in carbon science and technology from macro to nanometric scale. At this time, Khalid Lafdi has published more than 140 articles and chapters in refereed journals and edited four books in nanocomposites and thermal management.
Gregg Peterson is Senior Technology Specialist for Lotus Engineering. His responsibilities include technology transfer to Lotus, including integrating low mass materials into vehicle design, as well as program management.
Ing Karl Wagner is CEO of Mubea Carbo Tech GmbH, Austria