sept. 6, 2017
9.35 am to 10.15 am
COSTES
Michel
Michel COSTES
Inovev
CEO
For the last four decades, Michel COSTES has been working to support the development of an efficient sustainable automotive industry.
He is an expert in automotive construction and has actively participated to automotive innovation, from inside the automotive industry (in carmakers and suppliers), as well as an independent analyst (as head of its companies).
He created several companies and is the founder and president of Inovev, a leading service company dedicated to the automotive industry.
He has a strong experience in automotive composites.
He has managed in the eighties the engineering & development of the “Plastics Business unit” of Renault (focused at this time on SMC), has been the global director of automotive activities of the leading material company Rhône Poulenc.
He has created and is now managing the company Inovev, renowned for the quality of its service to worldwide automotive industry: analyses and support of innovations.
Think Composites, Think Automotive, Think Future! More Composites, better car
Automobile is moving at high pace, pushed by:
- new geopolitics: China has become in one decade the first automotive market in the world;
- new environment: Paris accord, depollution of large cities;
- new behaviours: car sharing, soft transportation, public transport;
- new technologies: electrification, ADAS, connectivity, support of car sharing;
Materials choice is a key element of the design and engineering of a car.
It conditions the weight, safety, comfort and cost of the vehicle.
A major trend is the smart use of a mix of materials.
Composite materials are very well positioned to respond to the challenges of the future:
GFRP (Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastics) for mass-production cars and CFRP (Carbon Fibre cars) for Premium cars.
This lecture is presented in connection with display of innovative automotive parts on the “Automotive Innovation Pole”.
sept. 3, 2019
9:35 am to 10:15 am
COSTES
Michel
Michel COSTES
Inovev
CEO
For the last four decades, Michel COSTES has been working to support the development of an efficient sustainable automotive industry.
He is an expert in automotive construction and has actively participated to automotive innovation, from inside the automotive industry (in carmakers and suppliers), as well as an independent analyst (as head of its companies).
He created several companies and is the founder and president of Inovev, a leading service company dedicated to the automotive industry.
He has a strong experience in automotive composites.
He has managed in the eighties the engineering & development of the “Plastics Business unit” of Renault (focused at this time on SMC), has been the global director of automotive activities of the leading material company Rhône Poulenc.
He has created and is now managing the company Inovev, renowned for the quality of its service to worldwide automotive industry: analyses and support of innovations.
Together let’s enhance the automotive future
In recent years, the automotive industry has experienced a revolution.
The consumer revolution with a market epicentre which has moved to China.
The revolution of the way to consume vehicles, with the boom of mobility services.
The revolution of technologies (electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles).
The revolution of decision-making processes that govern these technological choices (stronger implication of governments).
However, the automobile product by itself is still today at the beginning of its mutation. The automobile is still a four wheels vehicle, with a steering wheel, seats and engine, in a steel box surrounded by plastic parts.
But the automobile in the next 20 years will dramatically change and the composites industry will drive these changes!
Innovations in the composites will unfreeze the design, production and consumption modes of vehicles.
This lecture will present the ways these innovations will lead to development of composites in the automotive industry.
Together, let’s enhance the automotive future!
sept. 6, 2017
10.15 am to 11.00 am
FAYON
Emmanuel
Emmanuel FAYON
PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel)
Body and Cockpit Engineer
18 years of Body Engineering experience.
2002 – 2006: Exterior Trim Lead Engineer on project
2006 – 2010: Exterior Trim Engineering Manager
2010 – 2014: Body in white Engineering Manager
2014 – 06/2017: Body and cockpit pre-project Engineering Manager
From 06/2017: Mission in DongFeng Motor for new platforms in cooperation with PSA.
Towards lightweight vehicles: design and technology stakes
As mainstream worldwide car OEM, PSA manage the average weight of its products with attention and plan to go on saving weight from a generation to another. In order to reduce the average weight of the cars, all tracks are explored: design optimization, aluminium and composite implementation.
So far, the first technological step stands as aluminium until composite become competitive for high volume production. Actually, in one hand, composite is already competitive for a few specific technical perimeters: tailgate and rear floor. In the other hand, there is still some way for composite to be competitive in a larger area of products.
sept. 5 & 6, 2018
9:30 am to 9:35 am
ZHANG
Jing
张婧
CIM-Tech (CCE organiser)
Organising Committee of China Composites Expo
Ms. Jing ZHANG got her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics.
She joined China Composites Group Corporation as a senior engineer in 2010, working successively in the field of scientific & industrial project management.
Since 2016, she has been working in Department of International Cooperation of CCGC.
She has ~10 years’ working experience in composite industry, and currently she’s working for the organizing committee of China Composites Expo.
Welcome address
sept. 3, 2019
9:30 am to 9:35 am
ZHANG
Jing
张婧
CIM-Tech (CCE organiser)
Organising Committee of China Composites Expo
Ms. Jing ZHANG got her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics.
She joined China Composites Group Corporation as a senior engineer in 2010, working successively in the field of scientific & industrial project management.
Since 2016, she has been working in Department of International Cooperation of CCGC.
She has ~10 years’ working experience in composite industry, and currently she’s working for the organizing committee of China Composites Expo.
Welcome address
sept. 6, 2017
9.30 am to 9.35 am
ZHANG
Jing
张婧
CIM-Tech (CCE organiser)
Organising Committee of China Composites Expo
Ms. Jing ZHANG got her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics.
She joined China Composites Group Corporation as a senior engineer in 2010, working successively in the field of scientific & industrial project management.
Since 2016, she has been working in Department of International Cooperation of CCGC.
She has ~10 years’ working experience in composite industry, and currently she’s working for the organizing committee of China Composites Expo.
Welcome address