Periodic Reporting for period 1 - OLU-PREG (Affordable organosheets for mass-customised FRP components in multiple sectors)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2016-02-01 do 2016-07-31
The potential market is set to grow strongly within the next 8 years to €600 million by 2023.
This project aims to commercialise a portfolio of composite material technologies based on the breakthrough OLU-preg technology to address a recognised gap in the rapidly growing composites market. This portfolio includes the primary product version that OLU-PREG® was initially designed for, glass-fibre NCF with PP matrix, as well as alternative advanced fibre-matrix combinations with carbon fibres, aramid fibres and suitable matrices based on PA, PEEK, and maybe others.
If the technology hits the market it means both a great growth opportunity for the companies, as they will be able to diversify in a high growth sector, as well as for their clients. On that second point, OLU-preg can provide the possibility to integrate a much larger volume of composites in the vehicles, enabling more potential for reducing weight and therefore fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.