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2023 ACE AWARDS

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 ACE Awards Finalists Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE), a prestigious composites industry competition, recognize outstanding achievement and innovation in technology, manufacturing, and product development. The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA), host to the long-standing awards program, will present five awards in three categories at CAMX. Categories include Design, Manufacturing, and Market Growth. CAMX is excited to present the finalists for the 2023 Awards for Composites Excellence. Sponsored by Composites One DESIGN CATEGORY MOST CREATIVE APPLICATION 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. 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. Design Category Innovation in Green Composites Design

ENTRY # ACE19-0037 Carbon Fiber Braided Arched Beams in Park & Recreation University of Tennessee University of Tennessee 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. Most Creative Application This award is presented to the composites product that clearly demonstrates a novel design that incorporates

ENTRY # ACE19-0029 First 3-D Printed, all-Polymeric Lightning Strike Protection System for CFRPs Oak Ridge National Laboratory 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. • Leveraging Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing to Upcycle Fiber Composite Waste | 9T Labs • Wood Universal Feedstock for Forming (WUFF) University of Delaware

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. • Isamu Noguchi Octetra Playground Structure Replica CT Composites, Inc. • 200' All Pultruded Structure Makes Wireless Energy Transmission Possible | Strongwell • FRP Pedestrian Bridge in a Box | West Virginia University

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 # ACE19-0047 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 sustainability. The entries should demonstrate use of innovative materials, production techniques or methods that result in better quality, reduced production costs, increased production rates and volume, or reduced life cycle costs. The entry must demonstrate its application in the manufacturing of a specific, end-use composites product. • Composite Manhole Cover Breaks Records for Size, Strength and Durability | Composite Access Products • Reinforced Composite DLFT Personal Watercraft Hull Core Molding Technologies • Electro-Resistivity Characterization for In-Situ Defect Detection in Additive Manufacturing | Florida State University • Stepwise Composite Material Optimization for the Entire Value Chain | GE Renewable Energy using AI Mouldbox Material and Process Innovation This award is presented for a material or process that best contributes to efficient manufacturing and product

ENTRY # ACE19-0028 State-of-the-art Integrated ICME and Data Management Solution e-Xstream engineering

Manufacturing Category Equipment and Tooling Innovation

ENTRY # ACE19-0030 CrossTrack MTL (Material Tracking Lite) v5 JETCAM International s.a.r.l. ENTRY # ACE19-0033 In-Process Inspection for Composite Manufacturing Fives Lund 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. • 3D Printing of Thermally Curable Fiber-Reinforced Thermoset Composites | Colorado State University • Bringing Agility to Composites with Robotics and AI Machina Labs • Additive Manufacturing System for Industrial Molds & Composites | Massivit • Multi-Piece Tool for a Single Piece Part | Meytx USA, Inc. • Temperature Controlled, Thermoset AM Printed B-Pillar Compression Mold | Polynt Group • Digital Mold for Real-Time Process Monitoring, Correction, and Optimization | sensEXPERT ENTRY # ACE19-0034 AR/VR Modules for Composites Manufacturing STEM, Workforce & Training University of Tennessee

Composite AM/AFP InSitu Composites, LLC

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