The Irish Composites Centre (IComp) welcomed the following VIP visitors from Airbus and Hexcel, world-leading companies in aerospace and composites technology, in a one-day open event held on 01 August 2018 in the Bernal Institute in UL:
Dr José Sánchez, Composite Materials Executive Expert, Airbus
Mr Tom Cook, Head of A350 Structures Architecture and Integration Team, Airbus
Dr Enzo Cosentino, Senior Composite Stress Engineer, Airbus
Prof Ian Lane, Senior Expert Composite Analysis, Airbus
Mr Luis Rubio, Senior Expert Manufacturing & Engineering, Airbus
Dr Paul Mackenzie, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Hexcel
The event offered unprecedented insights into the global composites market and technology trends, with presentations by Dr José Sánchez and Dr Paul Mackenzie. Further presentations were given by IComp industry members and associated companies, as well as by IComp Principal Investigators from UL and UCD, on a wide range of topics relevant to Composites Science & Technology. The event was attended by more than 40 participants from academia, industry and Enterprise Ireland, in a very vibrant networking & industrial interaction day.
