CAMX Show Directory & Program 2023

2023

THE CAMX AWARD

2019 ACE AWARDS ACMA’s Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE), a prestigious composites industry competition held for over 20 years, recognizes outstanding achievement and innovation in technology, manufacturing and product development.

2023 CAMX Awards Finalists

Sponsored by Composites One

The flagship CAMX Award recognizes innovations that have the potential to significantly impact composites and advanced materials in the marketplace. The CAMX Award will be awarded to two game-changing entries that reflect the depth and breadth of the CAMX theme: Combined Strength. Unsurpassed Innovation. The CAMX Award provides industry recognition and prestige to deserving and groundbreaking industry work, and we are excited to present the 2023 finalists. DESIGN CATEGORY MOST CREATIVE APPLICATION Join fellow industry peers at the CAMX Theater in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday, September 24 at 2:00 PM to celebrate the innovative companies that are shaping composites as the 2019 ACE winners are revealed and receive their awards.

This award is presented to the composites product that showcases composites use in a unique, new application or uses composites’ attributes in imaginative, innovative, or artistic ways. The composites product should show evidence of significantly replacing traditional materials, or show innovative use or refinement of existing composites materials that impacts current or new markets. Candidate product entries for this award include both production and prototype/research and development.

Combined Strength Award This award is presented to the composites product that clearly demonstrates a team approach and effort that brings together knowledge, resources and talent to produce an incredible example of the best use of composites materials that solves a problem. • World’s Longest Pultruded FRP Clear Span Bridge at 152' Long Installed in Bermuda | Creative Composites Group • Electro-Resistivity Characterization for In-Situ Defect Detection in Additive Manufacturing | Florida State University • Graphene Sized Recycled Carbon Fiber: Combining Strength and Sustainability, without Compromising Performance | MITO Materials • Ultimate Performance Cases with Minimum Environmental Impact | Paua • Advanced Composite Vertical Wind Turbine with Solar Integration | Structural Composites • BioHome3D: World’S First Fully Bio-Based, Fully-Recyclable, Composite 3D-Printed House University of Maine • FRP Pedestrian Bridge in a Box | West Virginia University ENTRY # ACE19-0029 First 3-D Printed, all-Polymeric Lightning Strike Protection System for CFRPs Oak Ridge National Laboratory ENTRY # ACE19-0028 State-of-the-art Integrated ICME and Data Management Solution e-Xstream engineering ENTRY # ACE19-0030 CrossTrack MTL (Material Tracking Lite) v5 JETCAM International s.a.r.l.

Unsurpassed Innovation Award This award is presented to the composites product that clearly demonstrates a novel design that incorporates low-cost materials for high-volume applications or with high performance applications with low-volume materials which delivers a product that is innovative and has the potential to either significantly impact existing or open new markets. • Agile Automation for Winding and Open Shape Applications Across Diverse Industries | Addcomposites • Game Changing Towpreg Technology for Parts Makers Century Design Inc. • Ultra-Lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite Door Assembly | Clemson University • Prepreg and Towpreg Manufacturing Solution for More Sustainable, Lower-Cost, Higher-Rate Composites Cygnet Texkimp and ASCEND • Speeding up Leak Detection in Vacuum Bags with Ultrasound Imaging | Distran • AFP In-Process Inspection using OCT Technology | Fives Lund LLC • Stepwise Composite Material Optimization for the Entire Value Chain | GE Renewable Energy • High-Toughness, Low-Cost, Bioinspired Helicoid EV Battery Enclosures | Helicoid Industries • Advanced Acoustic Materials - Powerful, Lightweight, Thinner, and Sustainable | Lios • World’s Fastest Custom Cycling Shoe - 3D Printed with Continuous-Fiber | Orbital Composites • Upcycling of Thermoplastic Composites through 3D Printed Continuous Fiber Preforms | Purdue University • ASPERA Welded Thermoplastic Fuselage Demonstrator Panel | Spirit AeroSystems • 200' All Pultruded Structure Makes Wireless Energy Transmission Possible | Strongwell ENTRY # ACE19-0047 Virtual DMA to Characterize the Viscoelastic Behavior of Complex Microstructures MultiMechanics ENTRY # ACE19-0053 3D Printing Magnetically Aligned Composites Fortify ENTRY # ACE19-0054 Automating the Design & Manufacture of Composite Tooling using AI Mouldbox ENTRY # ACE19-0037 Carbon Fiber Braided Arched Beams in Park & Recreation University of Tennessee University of Tennessee

ENTRY # ACE19-0032 Composite Light Pole Appalachian Plastics, Inc.

MANUFACTURING CATEGORY EQUIPMENT AND TOOLING INNOVATION AWARD

This award is presented to the equipment, tooling, production aid, or software that is designed to improve manufacturing production, environmental sustainability, or product quality and performance in composites manufacturing. The entry must demonstrate improvement or efficiency in the manufacturing of a specific end-use composites product.

ENTRY # ACE19-0041 Air Press Molding: A New Way Towards High-Quality Products HP Composites SpA ENTRY # ACE19-0045 Multi-robot System for Automated Tool-less Layup of Thermoplastics UD Tapes Mikrosam ENTRY # ACE19-0046 In Situ Impregnation of Fiber Tow for Thermoplastic

ENTRY # ACE19-0033 In-Process Inspection for Composite Manufacturing Fives Lund

Composite AM/AFP InSitu Composites, LLC

ENTRY # ACE19-0034 AR/VR Modules for Composites

Manufacturing STEM, Workforce & Training University of Tennessee

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OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 2, 2023 / ATLANTA, GA