Advanced composites for lightweighting land transport structures using pultrusion process

Project Information

MOTIONPult

Grant agreement ID: 775202

DOI 10.3030/775202

Project closed

EC signature date 6 May 2017

Start date 1 June 2017

End date 30 September 2017

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost € 71 429,00

EU contribution € 50 000,00

Coordinated by

FIBER PROFIL SL
Spain

Objective

Automotive and rail industry aim at decreasing the weight of their vehicles to comply with new legislation and/or to reduce their operational energy costs. The best alternative due to their features and price is to implement carbon composites materials. Yet they are expensive (20-30 €/kg) and their manufacturing does not meet automotive production rate. Hence, we have developed MOTIONPult which is a combined system of Hybrid Composite of glass and carbon fibres & Continuous Pultrusion process that will offer a material with a carbon fibre volume of 15-25%, at a price of 5-10 €/kg and a 70-75% lighter than steel. MOTIONPult will be the first fully continuous Pultrusion process to supply materials to automotive manufacturers.
Fiber Profil S.L. is a successful pultrusion company founded in 1994, with a staff of more than 100 years of accumulated experience and with more than 220 clients in 8 countries within 5 continents, such as France, U.S.A Mexico or Saudi Arabia. With MOTIONPult project we aim to disrupt into the lightweight market by covering end users` needs (cost, production rates and aesthetics) not satisfied by current alternatives which will allow us to reach a turnover of € 12.1 Mill and increase our staff by 12 people by 2024.
Yet, to achieve the commercialisation stage we still need to widen our product portfolio and have our profiles tested by end user´s such as Irizar and Talgo that have supported this proposal with attached letters, and we must plan the dissemination and exploitation activities.
Thus, we have decided to continue with MOTIONPult for what we need an additional investment of € 1.6 Mill, that will give us a ROI of 4.6 by 2024. Therefore, we consider essential to perform a detailed feasibility study to continue with our project and decided to ask for funding through this SME instrument.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › waste management › waste treatment processes › recycling
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › fibers
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › composites
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › automotive engineering
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport Main Programme
• H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument

Topic(s)

• SMEInst-10-2016-2017 - Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility

Call for proposal

H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017

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Sub call

H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017

Funding Scheme

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Coordinator

FIBER PROFIL SL

• Net EU contribution: € 50 000,00
• Address: C ALMIRANTE BIKUNA 27 3 BL 4 ; 20230 LEGAZPIA ; Spain
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Noreste › País Vasco › Gipuzkoa
• Region: Noreste › País Vasco › Gipuzkoa
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 71 429,00