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Project cooperationUpdated on 23 May 2025

Automotive-proven materials enter Air Mobility

Dirk Bonefeld

Head of product management and marketing at Bond-Laminates GmbH - A company of Envalior

Brilon, Germany

About

There are several reasons why thermoplastic composite materials are well established in automotive and ground transportation applications.

- High stiffness and strength; low density

- Outstanding potential for process and functional integration

- Efficient mass production processes with short cycle times and a consistently high level of quality

- They are sustainable materials with closed recycling chains that are already available and effective today.

In addition to automotive systems, our composite portfolio includes aerospace-approved matrix systems, such as PPS and PEI, as well as aircraft-approved fibers.

As the aerospace markets, including conventional aircraft, advanced air mobility (AAM, eVTOLs) and drones, are currently booming, they are facing increasing demands for higher sustainability and production rates while maintaining the highest quality standards for aircraft.

Bond-Laminates has been a key player in automotive composite applications for years with our material, Tepex. We are convinced of our materials' and production processes' potential to contribute to the future of the aerospace industry. Therefore, we are looking for cutting-edge networking partners and projects.

Stage

  • Ideation - identifying the project idea

Topic

  • Maximizing Efficiency and Performance
  • Bolster lightweight integration
  • Novel lightweight materials including optimised manufacturing

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