KOMPOZYT-EXPO® 2024

This year, after a few years’ break, the KOMPOZYT-EXPO® product and technology competition returned, awarding prizes for the best products and technologies.

The jury selected two winners. In the product category, the award went to SAERTEX GmbH & Co. KG for their SAERcore® product for closed-mold injection processes, such as RTM (Resin Transfer Moulding), RTM light, and infusion processes. In the technology category, the winners were the Silesian University of Technology’s Faculty of Materials Engineering and Złotecki Sp. z o.o., for their innovative method of manufacturing an internal combustion engine piston reinforced with a locally placed Al/SiCp composite insert, shaped through centrifugal casting.

The event included the final of the AMULET project and the launch of the ResC4EU platform. Several international clusters, consortia, and associations attended, including Composites United e.V., the Polish Cluster of Composite Materials, the Latvian Information Technology Cluster, the European Digital Innovation Hub, and the Bydgoszcz Industrial Cluster – Tool Valley.

As is tradition, the “Science for Industry” booth presented R&D collaboration opportunities with participation from AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, the Technology Transfer Center of the Krakow University of Technology, the Central Mining Institute - National Research Institute, Lodz University of Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, and the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin.

Several student science clubs also presented innovative projects, including a hydrogen-powered car, a solar-powered boat, racing cars, and motorcycles.