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Asia

The effervescence of JEC Asia 2013 reflects a very dynamic Asian market
The 6 th edition of JEC Asia proved
itself again as a major event in AsiaPacific for composites professionals
to network and share knowledge. The
important number of events, conferences and activities on the platform
has animated the show over the three
days.
The content and the setting of the
event are totally dedicated to the local needs with a global organization.

First Successful partnership between JEC Asia and TUM Asia
The commonly organized conferences have brought complementarity
in the content presented. For the first
time, a Marine Offshore and Oil &
Gas conference has been presented to
the audience along with a Thermoplastics/Transportation conference.

Celebrating Innovation
in every corner of the event
JEC Asia 2013 thematics direct- The Innovation Awards Program
presented 16 trophies to advanced inly linked to regional needs
novations along with a Life AchieveThis year Innovative Composites
ment and a student Award. The cerSummit topics were dealing with
emony was honored by the presence
issues, developments and Innovations that directly concern the Asian of no less than 9 Ambassadors or
High Commissioners representatives:
markets. The Aeronautics conferAustralia, France, Germany, Italy,
ence, with full audience, brought up
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Spain,
composites “from the design to the
maintenance of the aircraft” whereas Taiwan and Turkey. Mrs Krithika
Tyagarajan, Senior Director at Frost
the Carbon Conference dealt with
& Sullivan, gave an insightful open“Advancements in the industry and
ing speech about Global Mega Trends
various applications”. Other papers
and Drivers for Aviation Composites.
such as “green projects in ComposThe traditional ‘koto’ harps opened
ites” or “the rise of composites in
Wind Energy” have also attracted del- the ceremony as Japan was the counegates from many countries in spite of try of honor this year.
Concurrently, in the technical posters
the unprecedented air conditions in
area, 40 posters presenting the breakSingapore due to the Haze.
ing innovations
and knowhow that
enable the
composites
materials
industry to
progress daily
were exposed
to the public
and live
demos took
place on the
exhibition
floor.
The Innovation Showcase
displayed 18
The effervescence of JEC Asia reflects a very dynamic Asian market
innovative

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parts from a Yike Bike to a Helicopter
door in Blow molding Technology,
so much that JEC Asia looked like a
composites museum.
Business, Announcements
and Contracts
JEC Asia shined again with the quality of its visitors as 70% of the participants declared themselves to be top
manager and decision makers. The
Business Meetings program, a service
of prearranged meeting between Buyers and exhibitors, was at full capacity
as more than 230 meetings have been
organized over the 3 days. This year
Composites Tour brought JEC delegation to Admiralty, a fiberglass and
carbon fiber shipbuilding company in
Singapore.

VCAMM Limited (Australia) and MAI Carbon
Leading Edge Cluster (Germany) signed a
M.O.U., officializing their collaboration in common researches

JEC Asia 2013 was also the stage
where VCAMM Limited (Australia)
and MAI Carbon Leading Edge
Cluster (Germany) signed a M.O.U.,
officializing their collaboration in
common researches that will help
industry participants and research
centers in the field of carbon fiber
manufacturing research and development. n
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