Earth:Epsilon Composite
Epsilon Composite is a French company created in 1987 by Stephane LULL, its current CEO. Its revenue in 2021 was 33.5 M€ with 230 employees.[1]
Epsilon Composite designs and produces a wide range of Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) products for various applications:[2][3][4]
- Manufacturing and printing machines (flexography and textile industries)
- Energy (oil & gas offshore exploitation,[5] wind turbines)[6]
- Civil Engineering[7]
- Camera support equipment (tripods)
- Automotive and leisure applications
- Aerospace (Airbus and Flying Whales Tier-1 supplier)[8][9]
The main production process used by the company are pultrusion and its pull-winding variant.
The production site is located in Gaillan, France .
The company is regularly listed among the “key players in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Market” in independent market reports.[10]
In 2021, one of the company's projects was selected as JEC Innovation Awards finalist in the Aerospace category.[11]
Epsilon Composite won the 2023 Global Industrie Award for the development of an innovative composite overmolding process.[12][13]
References
- ↑ Marie Bardet-Crougnaud, « Un grand millésime 2021 » pour Epsilon Composite, qui veut agrandir son usine, Placeco, May 5th 2022
- ↑ Colette Goinère, Epsilon Composite veut répondre aux marchés de l’aéronautique, L'Usine nouvelle, November 4th 2010.
- ↑ Airbus s'intéresse à Epsilon, Air et Cosmos n°2213, April 9th 2010, p.21
- ↑ Claude Mandraut, Epsilon Composite diversifie les applications de la fibre de carbone, La Tribune, may 14th 2010
- ↑ "The markets: Oil and gas (2011)". Jan 1, 2009. https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/the-markets-oil-and-gas-2010. "dynamic umbilical that features an outer casing reinforced along its length with multiple carbon-fiber rods pultruded by Epsilon Composite (Gaillan en Médoc, France)"
- ↑ "Wind blade spar caps". https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/wind-blade-spar-caps-pultruded-to-perfection.
- ↑ "Structural makeover: Big bridge-strengthening project". 2010. https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/structural-makeover-big-bridge-strengthening-project. "The 2.5-km/1.6-mile long cable-stayed-concrete West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, Australia, is prepped for added traffic lanes with BASF's MBrace composite reinforcements, pultruded by EPSILON Composite (Gaillan-en-Médoc, France)."
- ↑ Frédéric Parisot, Epsilon Composite inaugure une nouvelle usine en Gironde, L'Usine Nouvelle, September 21st 2012
- ↑ "Program partners". https://www.flying-whales.com/company.
- ↑ "Global Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018 - 2023)". March 1, 2018. https://www.researchreportsworld.com/global-carbon-fiber-reinforced-plastics-market-13102011.
- ↑ "The JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2021 Finalists - Optimfloor: an integrated composite floor panel". May 11, 2021. https://www.jeccomposites.com/press/the-jec-composites-innovation-awards-2021-finalists/.
- ↑ "Un partenariat gagnant à Global Industrie". March 3, 2023. https://www.machinesproduction.fr/article/un-partenariat-gagnant-a-global-industrie/.
- ↑ "Global Industrie 2023 : les Awards récompensent une innovation tournée vers l'intuitivité". March 9, 2023. https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/global-industrie-2023-les-awards-recompensent-une-innovation-tournee-vers-l-intuitivite.N2109181/.
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