Dr. Michael Effing from AMAC and Finnester Coatings Oy give an interactive webinar, to showcase Finnester´s offering for fire protection, heat shielding and thermal insulation of FRP composites and plastics. The Finnester RED technology provides you with new options to meeting stringent fire testing requirements and regulations, using protective coatings over standard thermoset and thermoplastic composites instead of requiring the use of hazardous fire retardant (FR) additives or resins in the composite formulation. The webinar takes place on November 13th 2020 at 11 am CET. Please pre-register yourself under the following link by Tuesday Nov 10th 2020: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4cyFVV46SJCjQw_ICzCaZg.For further information, contact Mona Ziegler (+49 151 651 79 021 / amac-communicationsnothing@effing-aachen.de)

Two Interreg project on advanced and lightweight materials in the Euregio Maas-Rhine are currently being carried out, Light Vehicle 2025 and AACOMA. A successful roadshow event took place at the ITA in Aachen on September 24th 2020 with about 50 guests. Further information can be found here.

As of September 15th 2020, the Finland-based coating and gelcoat manufacturer Finnester Coatings Oy strengthens its activities in German speaking countries, the so-called D- A-CH region, comprising Germany, Austria and Switzerland with Dr. Michael Effing from AMAC. For further information, please read the press release here.

AMAC/Germany and REACH Group/China took up their first life business activity since Covid-19 at the Composites China Trade Show in Shanghai. As the first composites trade show worldwide since the Covid-19-crisis, the China Composites in Shanghai (September 2 to 4, 2020) took up its activity. The show counted about 600 exhibitors and over 20 000 visitors, mostly Chinese locals, attended the exhibition. Daniel He represented AMAC and their partners Airborne, Textechno and Conbility. For further information, please view the related press release here.

Dr. Michael Effing was interviewed by the JEC Composites Magazine about the new edition of Composites for Europe. Please see the interview oline here.