Editorial: Winners of the Jec Composites innovation Awards 2025-Carbon and Glass Technical Fabrics Remain the Backbone of the Composites Industry

The JEC Composites Innovation Awards celebrate outstanding achievements and collaborative efforts within the composites industry. The winners of the 2025 awards were presented during the 2025 edition of JEC World - a composites exhibition which took place during March 4-6, 2025, at Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France.

The awards focus on projects which demonstrate: strong partner engagement across the value chain, technical complexity and significant commercial potential.

Award winning projects featured in this report include:

• A full-scale demonstrator of a single-aisle commercial aircraft fuselage section made from carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTPs)
• A robotic system for manufacturing large-scale composite structures which provides end-to-end automation for the preforming of large composite structures
• Carbon composite body-in-white vehicle components which are able to compete with aluminium in terms of carbon footprint, cost, performance and weight
• A hybrid technology which enables three-dimensional (3D)-moulded components to be produced in the form of a lightweight, material-efficient sandwich construction using a fully automated process
• A material which combines carbon-negative igneous stone and bio-based fibres such as carbon fibre made from a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor derived from algae
• An induction heating (IH)-based pyrolysis technology capable of efficiently recycling carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRPs)
• A high-end carbon fibre-based furniture range
• A technology capable of creating digital twins of components made from composites during production
• A project dedicated to accelerating the use of thermoplastic composites in shipbuilding using Industry 4.0 concepts
• A project demonstrating the technical, economic and environmental relevance of thermoplastic wind turbine blades
• A patented three-dimensional (3D) structure comprising a honeycomb core and a glass, flax or hemp composite.
• As well as the award winners, this report provides information on notable runners-up in the JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2025 in the Aerospace and Automotive categories.

Who should buy this report?

• Manufacturers of fibres, textiles, clothing and chemicals
• Textile and clothing machinery manufacturers - spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing and import/export
• Textile and clothing brands and retailers like Adidas, H&M etc.
• Educational institutions like universities, fashion schools etc.
• Business consultancy firms 
• Textile and clothing trade associations
• Government trade bodies