JEC has announced the winners of its Innovation Awards.
The company rewarded companies who demonstrated excellence in categories ranging from passenger cars to heavy trucks, focusing on their weight savings, innovative processes, designs, shortened process times and reduced costs.
The winners are:
Passenger cars – Fraunhofer ILT (Germany), hybrid roof bow
Off-road vehicles – Faurecia (France), lightweight vehicle underbody protection
Public transportation – TPI Composites (USA), design and fabrication of an integrated monocoque composite 40ft plug-in electric transit bus
Heavy trucks – Saprex (USA), self-molding, high heat composite insulation system
Sustainability – Bcomp (Switzerland), light-weight automotive interior parts with natural fiber reinforcement.
This story is reprinted from material from JEC, with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier.
