NEWS FROM ICC JAPANJOINT JAPANESE-GERMAN

NEWSLETTERCONNECTING THE GERMAN AND
JAPANESE COMPOSITE INDUSTRY

VOL.003

３ JUNE, 2024

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
100% RECYCLED CF SPUN YARN AND APPLIED PRODUCTS[JEC AWARD 2023 WINNER]
Toyota Industries Corporation, ICC’s membership company, is pleased to introduce their CFRP Recycling
Technology and Comprehensive CFRP Recycling System, which won the JEC Awards 2023 in the Circularity &Recycling category.
Based on their world-leading technologies in spinning and weaving machines and yarn quality inspection
equipment, Toyota Industries Corporation has developed a technology to spin recycled CF into high-quality
yarn, and has worked with a number of partners to build a recycling system to recover CF from CFRP products,
spin it, weave it, mold it, and manufacture recycled CFRP.
The system is now in the process of demonstration for practical application among Toyota group.

READ MOREMARUHACHI HAS INVESTED IN LATEST TECHNOLOGY OF
AUTOMATION THERMOPLASTIC PREPREG & LAMINATE MASSPRODUCTION SYSTEM
Maruhachi, which has been collaborates with ICC on several joint R&D projects and uses ICC as a satellitebase for R&D, has recently completed the installation of an automated mass production system forthermoplastic prepreg and laminate with the latest technology at its headquarters plant.
Maruhachi, which won the JEC Innovation Awards in 2014 for its Type 4 high pressure containers, is highly
skilled in the production of intermediate base materials such as UD tapes, sheets, and naar-net shape
preforms, and is currently engaged in various activities to actively link up with the European market.
Maruhachi is currently engaged in various activities to actively cooperate with the European market.
Maruhachi's latest production system is introduced here.
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RAISED A TOTAL OF 420 MILLION YEN IN SERIES A FINANCING FROM THE
DEVELOPMENT BANK OF JAPAN AND OTHERS
Albatross Technology Inc., which is developing the floating offshore wind turbine (vertical axis type)
introduced in the first issue of the ICC Newsletter, has raised a total of 420 million yen in Series A financing
from the Development Bank of Japan and others.
The fact that this investment has been made indicates that the target project is further along in its
realization than in the past.
The company's efforts to promote offshore wind power generation in Japan, a country surrounded by thesea on all sides but with less shallow topography, are being recognized as technically and commerciallypromising.
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EVENT
IPF Japan, an international exhibition held every
three years, was held for the first time in sixyears (on-site) at Makuhari Messe from
November 28 to December 2, 2023.
ICC was invited to participate in the"Composite Special Exhibition -FRP&CNF-", theorganizer's special booth with the themes of"Sustainable Composites" and "Application ofDigital Technology"
Together
withHokurikuAdvancedComposites Materials Research Association(HACM) and ICC’s membership companies andinstitutions,
weintroduced
ourlatest
technologies to realize sustainable society, suchas utilization of materials from natural,application of digital technology to composite
molding,environmentally
low-impact
manufacturing technologies, recycling, and theexpansion of applications beyond automobile oraeronautical fields. Many visitors stopped by ourbooth, eagerly looking at the display panels andexhibits, asking questions, and showing greatinterest in the latest composite technology.

[EXHIBITION] IPF JAPAN 2023 (CHIBA)EVENT REPORTABOUT HACM

[EXHIBITION] SAMPE JAPAN ADVANCED
MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY 2023 (TOKYO)
ICC also exhibited at the SAMPE Japan Advanced Materials
Technology Exhibition 2023 held at Tokyo Big Sight fromNovember 29 to December 1, together with the Hokuriku
Association of Advanced Composite Materials (HACM).
Composite Highway Consortium (CHC), which is operated
jointly by ICC and 2 other Composites Research Centers inJapan, also set up a large CHC booth with 32 companies andorganizations, and exhibited panels and product samples tointroduce composite-related technologies.

[CONFERENCE] HOKURIKU COMPOSITES CONFERENCE

FOR MORE DETAILSThe 3rd Hokuriku Composites Conference was heldin Hakusan, Ishikawa on December 4, 2023, for the
first time in four years after the pandemic.
The conference, organized by ICC and HACM, isheld once every two years to share information on
global composites trends by inviting lecturers fromoverseas companies doing business at the cuttingedge of the composites industry. It is also aiming atoffering a networking opportunity not only locally orwithin Japan but also worldwide.
At the conference, a poster exhibition and banquet
were held in addition to lectures by overseas
speakers, and the event ended on a high note withapproximately 110 attendees from not only ICC andHACM member companies, but also from thecomposites industry throughout Japan.

78TH ICC FORUM ~SPECIAL LECTURE FROM PROF.STEPHEN TSAI~
Dr. Stephen W. Tsai, Professor (Research) of
Aeronautics
andAstronautics,Emeritus,
Standford University and Visiting Professor ofKanazawa Institute of Technology, visited ICC on
Wednesday, April 24, and gave a special lecture
at the 78th ICC Forum held at ICC on the sameday.

The title of his lecture at the forum was "A new laminate theory :Double-Double," which introduced an efficient laminate theory
based on the combination of double bias in contrast to theconventional laminate theory based on pseudo-isotropic target
lamination.
During his 90-minute lecture, he gave an impassioned talk about
his research without ever sitting down. The participants listened to
his lecture with great interest, and the Q&A session was very lively,
making the 78th ICC Forum a very valuable and special event.
READ MORE(UPCOMING) JISTES 2024 KYOTO
JISTES 2024 KYOTO, an international conference, will be held in Kyoto on
July 18 and 19, 2024.
JISTES is a biennial international conference organized by SAMPE-Japanfor the purpose of international technical exchanges on composites. It is
held in a single session style with keynote speeches, and many lecturers
from overseas will visit Japan to give lectures. The conference also aims at
networking among participants.
Focusing on manufacturing innovation in Asia, JISTES 2024 will bring you
the latest frontiers and efforts on composites, including CFRP recycling, theforefront of green composites, and the application of composite materialsto aircraft structures.
PROGRAM

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