Know your costs
CU and 4cost agree on cooperation - advantages for CU members

Via a web portal, members of Composites United e.V. (CU) and other interested parties will soon be able to access a state-of-the-art cost analysis for fiber composite technology via a web tool. This is the result of a workshop of the CU working group „cost estimation“ and 4cost GmbH. The market knows the commercial tool of the Berlin based calculation experts. Fiber composites have always been calculated here – now it is easy to use even for untrained users. CU members will be able to use the tool at special conditions.

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Cycling made easy
First carbon thermoplastic e-bike Made in Germany - test ride for CU members

The vehicle fleet of the CU regional department CC East in Dresden now includes a Nuvelos. This is the name of the e-bike brand that the polymer specialist Rehau AG + Co launched on the market in July 2019 – with a highly resilient carbon fibre reinforced frame made of thermoplastic material.

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Guide to the treasure of knowledge
Digital knowledge management in small and medium-sized enterprises

Knowledge alone does not help in everyday work; it must also be applied in the right place. Digital learning is a good way to convey knowledge, because every company can create its own instructional videos, knowledge maps or virtual scenarios. The CU joint project “Education 4.0 for SMEs – Competitive edge in lightweight construction through digital learning” provides the tools for this.

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The future starts today
“Ready 4.0 future work“ enthuses ninth-graders for the working world of tomorrow

For two days Crowdworking, Design Thinking and Work 4.0 were on the curriculum of classes 9a and 9b of the Konradin-Realschule in Friedberg, Bavaria. 56 students participated in the first two project days of “Ready 4.0 Future Work”.

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Awarded Theses
Study prizes awarded in 2019 – the baton passes from CCeV to CU

An CCeV Study Award 2019, each worth 1000 euros, received Amon Krichel and Michael Gnädinger respectively for their final theses on improved nonwoven orientation and the consolidation behavior of fiber steering preforms. 2020 is the first year in which the CU awards these prizes for the best bachelor and master theses relevant to lightweight construction.

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Study and try out
Practice day for CU trainees at the IVW in Kaiserslautern

For the first time, the successful trainee program will take place in the current academic year 2019/20 under the banner of Composites United e.V. (CU). Organization and implementation, however, remain in good hands. Therefore, the first practical day of this year’s trainees in Kaiserslautern went like clockwork.

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Racy Meeting
CC Austria caters CU-Forum at the Red Bull-Ring in Spielberg

With around 100 participants the CU Forum at the Red Bull-Ring in Spielberg, Austria, was very well attended. There Carbon Composites Austria hosted the networking event at the end of 2019.
Overall the forum convinced with a varied lecture program and extensive poster expo as well as with fast-paced side events next to and on the slopes.
The guests from science and business followed the presentations of the top-class speakers with great interest. The topics ranged from automotive, mechanical engineering and medical technology to aerospace.

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Swedish-Swiss solidarity
Successful first business trip from CC Switzerland to Sweden

For the first time CC Switzerland offered its members the opportunity to go on a Trade Mission to Sweden. Co-organiser of the trip from 18 to 22 November 2019 was LIGHTer, Sweden’s strategic innovation programme for lightweight technologies. For the entrepreneurs and scientists, exchange and networking were the main focus, especially on lightweight materials and additive manufacturing. All participants rated the trip a success, and a follow-up meeting in Switzerland has already been arranged.

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Big in Japan
Successful internationalization of Composites United continues

At the end of 2019, CU successfully completed the conception phase of the BMBF funded project “Internationalization of Leading-Edge Clusters, Future Projects and Similar Networks” (InterSpiN+). The implementation phase, in which a total of nine CU members will receive BMBF funding for two technical projects over a period of three years, will start on 1 April 2020.

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Export hit lightweight construction
Composites United and Polish industrial region Katowice-Gliwice Śląskie want to cooperate

Jakub Chełstowski, Marshal of the industrially strong Polish Silesian Voivodeship, and Prof. Dr. Hubert Jäger, Chairman of the Board of Composites United (CU), declared their support for Europe as a strong lightweight construction location. In mid-January Chełstowski visited the Augsburg Technology Center (TZA) with a high-ranking delegation from science and industry.

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