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Composites without Borders

AWARDS

28-29 March 2023

Venue:

EXPOCENTRE,
14 Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, Moscow, Russia
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Entries open from 24 January 2023 till 12 March 2023

Objective: promote the search for and advancement of innovations in the composites domain in Russia

The winners will benefit from:

  • 01
    Recognition in Russia
  • 02
    Interest to their projects
  • 03
    New opportunities for business development
  • 04
    New level of customer relations

5 nominations - 5 winners

  • Unique Composite Solutions
  • Serial Products Made of Composites
  • Imports Phase-Out Leader for Composites
  • Composites Exports Leader
  • R&D Solutions for Composites

Eligible contestants?

All companies and R&D centres focused on composites.

Awards ceremony
for Composites without Borders.AWARDS

Venue:

EXPOCENTRE, Moscow,
14 Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment

Jury

Alexander Tyunin

Director General, UMATEX, Rosatom State Corporation

Dariya Kiriyanova

Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Andrey Silkin

Director General
Obninsk Research and Production Enterprise Technologiya

Ilya Vorotyntsev

Acting Rector, Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia

Anatoly Gaidansky

Deputy Director General, Irkut Corporation

Selection criteria


  • Contribution to the development of technology, products and solutions related to composites
  • ‘Cost of solution-to-acceptable target price’ ratio
  • Innovative aspect
  • Environmental impact
  • In all cases, the entire chain is of importance: creation of value, partnership, technical advantage.

NOMINEES AND WINNERS

The jury will select 5 winners in the nominated categories, who will be announced at the ‘Composites without Borders.Awards’ ceremony. The winners will be awarded with certificates of recognition and prize cups of Composites without Borders.AWARDS

Entries open from 24 January 2023 till 12 March 2023


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The Composites without Borders.AWARDS ceremony took place on 22 October 2020. There were 25 entries for the contest ‘Composites without Borders.AWARDS’ from companies operating in the field of composites in 2022.

As voted by the jury,
the winners of the Composites without Borders.AWARDS in 2020 were as follows:


  • ITECMA
    Nomination category
    ‘Imports Phase-Out Leader for Composites’
    A system of materials was submitted for the contest: ITEKMA ROBOLEN automated lay-up tape and T-26 structural epoxy binder.
    The ITECMA system of materials has completely replaced imported analogues in the production of MC-21 wing panels. The material is superior to foreign equivalents in a number of parameters.
  • Galen
    Nomination category
    ‘Leader in Exports of Composites’
    The company submitted for the contest an innovative solution as part of an efficient technology for the manufacture of composite fittings as serial products meeting standards of Russia, North America and the Middle East.
  • Vestas Manufacturing Rus
    Nomination category
    ‘Serial Products Made of Composites’
    The blade is fitted to wind turbines with a capacity up to 4.2MW, and is used both in Russia and abroad. The production process is the vacuum infusion method.
  • Chaika
    Nomination category
    ‘Unique Composite Solutions’
    A design project to create wing and fuselage elements for an amphibious aircraft using composites was submitted for the contest.
  • StroyGeoTechnology
    Nomination category
    ‘R&D Solutions for Composites’
    The company submitted for the contest a solution based on unidirectional carbon-fibre tapes to reinforce partition walls and self-supporting walls, to be used at construction sites with seismicity rated 7, 8 and 9.

The winners were awarded with one-of the-kind prize cups and honorary certificates.


The Composites without Borders.AWARDS ceremony took place on 17 October 2019. Awards 34 applications from 22 companies in the domain of composites were submitted for the 2019 Composites without Borders.AWARDS

As voted by the jury,
the winners of the contest ‘Composites without Borders.AWARDS’ in 2019 were as follows:


  • Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering
    Nomination category
    ‘Imports Phase-Out Leader for Composites’
    for its pultruded GFRP profiles
  • ZST (GFRP Pipe Plant)
    Nomination category
    ‘Leader in Exports of Composites’
    for its corrosion-resistant GFRP pipes
  • Movicom LLC
    Nomination category
    ‘Serial Products Made of Composites’
    for its 3-axis gyro-stabilised head with infinite rotation, only weighing 6 kg
  • Krylov State Research Centre
    Nomination category
    ‘Unique Composite Solutions’
    for the development of a waterborne vessel’s composite superstructure
  • TKT LLC
    Nomination category
    ‘R&D Solutions for Composites’
    for the development of a prepreg based on thermoplastic binder, and setting up a line for the hot-melt production of thermoplastic prepregs

The winners were awarded with one-of the-kind prize cups and honorary certificates.


First awards ceremony for the Composites without Borders.AWARDS

Forum VI Composites without Borders held at the Skolkovo Innovation Centre on 25 October 2018, saw the first ceremony for Composites without Borders.AWARDS, which was established in 2018. Watch the details in the video.


WINNERS

  • AeroComposit JSC
    Nomination category:
    ‘Unique Composite Solutions’
  • Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard
    Nomination category:
    ‘Serial Products Made of Composites’
  • ORTEZ
    Nomination category:
    ‘Imports Phase-Out Leader for Composites’
  • ITECMA
    Nomination category:
    ‘Leader in Exports of Composites’
  • Motorika
    Nomination category:
    ‘R&D Solutions for Composites’

Opening session speakers and the contest juries: Viktor Yevtukhov, Pavel Servatinskiy, Alexander Tyunin, Andrey Silkin, Alexey Altynbaev announced the winners in respective nomination categories and awarded a unique levitating cup made of carbon composites