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JEC World 2025 - How composites help to transform the industry
Join Us at JEC World 2025 in Paris!
The industry is undergoing a transformation towards sustainability and a circular economy. New materials and technologies are often the key and starting point for innovative applications and sustainable value chains.
Over 3 days, experts from all over the world will come together in Paris to learn about and exchange current trends and highlights from various industries and applications. Engineering plastics and composites are making a decisive contribution to the electrification and decarbonization of future mobility applications in particular.
Highlight MegaMolding Batterycase:
Discover the world’s first injection-molded battery case in large format (1.8 x 1.4 m).
Cost and weight savings combined with significant component reduction and increased safety compared to conventional construction methods.
Hall 6, Stand R14
Find out more about Forward Engineering and how your company can learn and benefit from our global network and access to experts.
JEC 2024 - Material & Simulation Driven Design as a driving force for aviation, new space and automotive innovations
The new developments in aviation require a clear increase in the production volume of composite components. The sector can benefit from the experience of other industries, such as the automotive industry, in order to produce components in a more automated and cost-effective way.
Similarly, the automotive industry has been undergoing a significant shift towards electrification for years. The growing demands on future battery storage systems and the entire e-drive train are at the heart of this change. As a result, the use of high-pressure RTM (HP RTM) with glass fiber-reinforced plastics in the growth market of China, for example, has proven to be extremely competitive compared to other technologies and materials.
However, new material systems such as wood and wood-based products are also entering the market and are being rapidly enabled for new applications. Here, recyclability plays a decisive role for future value chains.
New markets, technologies and applications are paving the way for future innovations in large-scale production with composite materials. Material & Simulation Driven Design from FE supports your company in developing the right products for your success.
Let’s find out together what opportunities are available for your company and visit us in Hall 5/K110.
CAN WOOD MAKE THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY GREENER?
Join us at the IAA 2023 where Forward Engineering dives into this exciting question. With the industry’s shift towards sustainability and reduced carbon footprint, challenges appear for all stakeholders. Could a renewable, carbon-sequestrating material meet the complex needs and requirements of the automotive sector?
Prepare to be amazed by wood’s potentials and possibilities – shown in a door impact beam, together with our partner Weitzer Wood Solutions. Our collaboration sets the focus on the entire value chain: from conceptual multi-material-design and simulation to automated mass production and end-of-life recycling with wood as a material!
Let’s discuss your future opportunities together! Visit us in hall B1 booth E30.1 to learn more.
FORWARD ENGINEERING PRESENTS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN THE FIELD OF „DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY”, FUTURE BODY & BATTERY DESIGN AT JEC WORLD 2023 - SPECIAL: BOX THERMAL RUNAWAY TESTING ACCORDING TO UL2596
Meet our team and learn more about the latest developments and trends in sustainable product development with engineering plastics and how extensively real sustainability needs to be considered in the early phase of product development.
Another topic is the holistic battery development, its integration into the vehicle structure and the ever-increasing demands on the overall system. Forward Engineering will present a testing program developed in partnership with UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and Hyundai North America and how these materials tests help to improve battery safety and performance in line with the UL2596 test standard.
This standardized “box thermal runaway test” provides reliable predictions of material behavior under the influence of temperature, pressure and particle flow and is increasingly required by automobile manufacturers worldwide.
We are looking forward to your visit in Paris.
K-Show では、サーキュラーエコノミーについて我々は何を学ぶことができるのでしょうか。
10月19日から26日までドイツのデュッセルドルフで開催されるK-Showでは、業界のリーダーたちが一堂に会して見識を共有し、最新のプラスチックテクノロジーを紹介します。
今年のK-Showは、循環型経済と持続可能なプラスチック産業への道筋がどこまで進んでいるかを示す重要な指標となるでしょう。 原材料から最終製品、そしてそれらを製造するための高度な技術に至るまで、参加者は業界がグローバルな規制や市場の圧力にどのように対応しているかを直接目にすることができます。
フォワードエンジニアリングは、三井物産株式会社のブースで共同出展し、持続可能なソリューションの開発と検証を通じて、お客様のビジネスの持続的成長をいかにサポートするか、その見識を共有できることを嬉しく思っています。 簡単なライフサイクルアセスメントから包括的なサステナビリティ・ロードマップ開発プログラムまで、当社のチームはお客様の成長目標の実現を支援するユニークな立場にあります。
ホール7 ブース7AD32にてお待ちしておりますので、是非お立ち寄りください。
FRTP Battery Enclosures, Sustainability and LCA/PEF Analysis to be featured at Forward Engineering’s collaborative presentations during this year’s JEC WORLD EXPO 2022
JEC World 2022 is only a few days away! The Forward Engineering team is happy to support the event with personal contributions. Plan to meet up with our colleagues to learn more about the latest developments in BEV structures and sustainability. Georg Käsmeier and Dana Miloaga/ Johns Manville will jointly present the use of new organosheets in future battery housings. At our booth we provide information on the latest trends and experiences in the field of “Design for Sustainability” and the correct use of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA/PEF) in product development or for balancing composite materials. CU there!
FORWARD ENGINEERING JAPAN HAS MOVED TO THE “NAGOYA MITSUI NORTH BUILDING”
After two intense years and unimaginable circumstances, Forward Engineering Japan (FEJ) is excited to announce that we have moved to a new location. With the extensive resources available in Japan’s automotive industry center, Nagoya remains an excellent place for us to call home. Our new offices include enhanced multi-media conferencing which simplifies our ability to host multiple client meetings and workshops concurrently. The convenient location, adjacent to the Nagoya train station, will make it even easier for people to visit as we look forward to a post-covid return to in person meetings. We look forward to hosting you for a visit to our new location when conditions permit. In the meantime, please take note of our new address as outlined below and update our contact information in your files:
NAGOYA MITSUI NORTH BUILDING (8-18, Meieki 4-chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
450-0002, Japan)
FORWARD ENGINEERING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS DEVELOPS A NEW COST-EFFECTIVE MODULAR CELL-TO-PACK HIGH VOLTAGE GFRP SMC BATTERY ENCLOSURE
Through close collaboration with industry leading partners, Evonik Industries AG, Lorenz
Kunststofftechnik GmbH and LION Smart GmbH, Forward Engineering GmbH has developed an exciting
new composite intensive high voltage battery enclosure.
This fresh new modular mixed material approach enables a cost-effective scalable solution for a range
of vehicle applications. Featured within the design is a new high performance GFRP SMC compound
which delivers the unique combination of exceptional mechanical performance, extreme fire resistance
together with ease of manufacturing processability. Please see the attached release, or contact us
directly, to learn more about this exciting program.
COLLABORATION BETWEEN FORWARD ENGINEERING AND LEHMANN & VOSS
Design, Materials and Processing. DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing) encompasses all of these
elements. Forward Engineering North America´s collaboration with LEHVOSS Group of North America
and the establishment of our Additive Manufacturing Labs in Detroit and Munich is helping to
accelerate the development of functional structural 3D printed parts for the Automotive/Mobility
industry. Together we are helping OEMs and Tiers leveraging the power of Additive Manufacturing
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MIXED MATERIAL BATTERY ENCLOSURE
17 rd July 2020, 9:00 – 10:00, Webinar of Composites United e.V.
Speaker: Denis Schmitz, Forward Engineering GmbH
Forward Engineering presents challenges and concepts for the development of mixed material battery
enclosures. The presentation material is in English, spoken in german.
"(IT'S NOT EASY) BEING GREEN" - A HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR A SUSTAIN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
3 rd June 2020, 9:00 – 10:00, Webinar of Composites United e.V.
Speaker: Markus Beer, Forward Engineering GmbH
Forward Engineering will show the development framework “Design for Sustainability” with examples of
applications how to adopt the methodology to your product portfolio.
