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JEC opens submission for second edition of Startup Booster

07 Jul '17

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JEC Group, a leading composite organisation promoting composite markets by providing global and local networking and information services, has announced that the second edition of Startup Booster, the competition tailored to source and inspire innovations in the composites field, to be held from March 6 to 8, 2018, has opened for online submission.

The call for application will be open until December 15th, 2017. The program is open to entrepreneurs with an innovative project, a SME, or a startup including academic spinoffs, who want to meet the world leaders in the composites industry to bring them to the next level.

Innovations will be in the two categories, Process and Products. Process includes design, manufacturing, digitisation/Industry 4.0. Products includes new composites materials including hybrid materials, bio-sourcing and intelligent composites and new applications and markets for composites.

Ten startups will be selected to pitch in front of a jury of experts and leading industry players at JEC World. They will also benefit from a strong business package including three days at the show on the Startup Booster Village and mentoring sessions with industry experts, including Airbus and Daimler, the main innovation partners of Startup Booster, for the second year.

Out of the ten, three winners will be announced during JEC World. In addition to the extensive exposure to the international professional composites crowd they will get, they will benefit from an acceleration package, including a booth at JEC World 2019.

Frédérique Mutel, president and CEO of JEC Group said, “The Startup Booster competition is a program serving the composites industry as a whole. JEC Group’s mission is to support and to sustain the growth of composites by promoting and showcasing the potential of composites in all possible applications. Startup Booster is a way to source and to filter innovations to present them to the industry and boost adoption.”

Anne-Manuèle Hébert, JEC World show director said, “We, at JEC Group, benefit from the most comprehensive network in the composites industry, with universities, R&T centres, clusters, associations and the industry at large. The success of Startup Booster will be a collective work and I thank all the partners already committed to this second edition.” (GK)

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