JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #103 - March 2016 - 12

Germany's engine for the sustainable implementation of CFRP in
the country's leading industries
Carbon Composites e.V. (CCeV) is a
German-speaking association of companies and research institutes covering the entire value-added chain of high-performance
fibre composite materials. CCeV networks
research and business in Germany, Austria
and Switzerland. The association concentrates interests of a large variety of companies,

Partnership

sector with a US$ 8.5 million loan to Sonaca
as the aerospace company expands its facility
for aircraft wing components in Romania.
With the EBRD funding, the firm will build a
plant in north-western Romania to produce wing components for leading aircraft
manufacturers Airbus and Embraer. The new
plant is due for completion within two years.
The company is active in the development,
manufacturing and assembly of advanced
structures for large aircraft. It is known for
producing movable wing parts and serves
enterprises such as Airbus, Embraer, Dassault Aviation, Bombardier and Gulfstream.
Sonaca is headquartered in Belgium, with
production facilities in Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, China and Romania, and employs
over 2,500 people worldwide including 350

engineers. The company's Romanian plant
will be located some 30 km away from ClujNapoca, the second most populous city in
the country and its largest university centre,
with access to highly skilled labour. Sonaca is
committed to training local employees, contributing to an important transfer of skills,
knowledge and environmental expertise. The
EBRD is a leading institutional investor in
Romania. The Bank has invested over €7 billion in the country to date and also mobilised
more than €14 billion from other sources of
financing.
www.sonaca.com

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such as Airbus, Boeing, BMW, Audi, Voith,
Kuka and another 270 members, in order to
solve material-based issues they all have in
common. CCeV is a competence network
designed to promote the use of fibre composite materials. The activities of CCeV are
aligned with the product group "Marketable
high-performance fibre composite structures". The focuses concentrate on fibre composite structures with plastic matrices, which
are familiar to the general public from many
applications, as well as on fibre composite
structures with ceramic matrices with their
higher temperature and wear resistances.
CCeV was founded in 2007 and has today
around 280 members, including 54 research
establishments, 45 large concerns, 138 small
and medium-sized companies, 30 associated
members and 6 supporting organizations.
With this network and its headquarters in
Augsburg, CCeV became an important
strategic partner for JEC Group, as both
networks have their foundation and mission
in common: to boost the use of composites.
www.carbon-composites.eu

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http://www.sonaca.com http://www.carbon-composites.eu http://www.rohacell.com/

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