Frankfurt/Dresden – The winners of the prestigious Innovation Award for Fiber Reinforced Plastics from the AVK Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe were presented this year at the JEC Forum DACH in Dresden on October 21, 2025.
The award goes to companies, institutes and their partners in each of the three categories “Products and Applications”, “Processes and Procedures” and “Research and Science” for outstanding composites innovations. An expert jury of engineers, scientists and trade journalists evaluates the submissions in the three categories based on criteria such as level of innovation, degree of realization and sustainability.
Overview of all award winners in the three categories:
Products and applications category
1st place | ZEISBERG CARBON GMBH
3D-Formwork® – The 3D-printed concrete formwork, produced using Germany’s largest 3D printer for thermoplastics
2nd place | INVENT GmbH |Partner: Nord-Micro GmbH – KOHPA GmbH
Carbon Heating System “CHS” for aircraft cabins
3rd place | 3D|CORE GmbH & Co. KG
3D|CORE FR SealingTM: a polymer-mineral foam for improved fire protection in lightweight structures through integrated high-performance insulation
Processes and procedures category
1st place | SECARA
Innovative chemical recycling for reinforced technical polymers
2nd place | Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V. (IPF) | Partner: Elbflorace Formula Student Team TU Dresden e. V. (FS)
Development of a process for the design and production of a spatial CFRP support structure based on flat TFP preforms using the example of a wishbone console of a Formula Student vehicle
3rd place | Amiblu Germany GmbH
Recycling of GRP sanding dust waste
Category Research and Science
1st place | EDAG Engineering GmbH | Partner: Invent GmbH – Fraunhofer IWU – Applus+ Rescoll
Durable and detachable fiber composite structures for the circular economy
2nd place | Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT
Tape-REx – An innovative recycling process for thermoplastic UD tapes
3rd place | Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. (FIBRE) – Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. (STFI)
Development of highly integrated organosheets based on hybrid rCF nonwovens with associated thermoforming process for aerospace structures on final contour
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