ITA and AMAC join forces
One-stop source for composite solutions to benefit from further industrial networking and pre-competitive joint projects.
21st April 2021
Industrial and business consulting company AMAC has announced a cooperation with the Institute for Textile Technology, (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University to strengthen and accelerate the opportunities for new textile-based developments in composites.
As one of the largest institutes on the campus of RWTH Aachen, ITA develops complete solutions, from the manufacturing of fibres to the processing of textile intermediates with thermoplastic and thermoset resins and textile-based parts manufacturing, based on technologies such as braiding, pultrusion and the in-situ impregnation of textile preforms.
Figure 1. Composites Index: current general business situation.
Composites Germany (Berlin, Germany), a trade association with an aim to strengthen the German composite industry, has recently made the results of its 16
th Composites Market Survey available, which identifies the latest key performance indicators (KPIs) for the fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) market.
The survey also covered all member companies of the three major umbrella organizations of Composites Germany, including Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe (AVK, Frankfurt, Germany), Leichtbau Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Germany) and the VDMA Working Group (Frankfurt, Germany). As before, to ensure a smooth comparison with the previous surveys, Composites Germany notes that questions in this half-year survey have been left unchanged. Once again, the data obtained in the survey was largely qualitative and related to current and future market developments.