The competition is opened to entrepreneurs, startups and academic spinoffs building innovative projects in the field of Composites & Advanced Materials.  

This year, the competition is being organised with the sponsorship of Airbus, ProxximaTM (An ExxonMobil Product) and Owens Corning as the main innovation partners.

Here is the name of the 20 winners:

Acus (Italy)
https://www.acuscomposites.com
Tagline: Hybrid adaptive additive system for composites manufacturing
Description: Acus develops reusable adaptive molds for composite manufacturing. Our systems replace single-use tooling with reconfigurable, repeatable molds that drastically reduce waste, lead time, and cost. The approach enables efficient production of composite components while improving sustainability, flexibility, and industrial scalability.

Akhet Solutions (France)
https://akhet-solutions.com
Tagline: Hybrid AI-physics solutions for liquid composites molding
Description: Akhet Solutions develops hybrid AI–physics software for liquid composite molding to accelerate process design, simulation, and monitoring. By combining physical laws with artificial intelligence, the solution reduces development time, costs, and material waste while improving industrial process control.

ATA Mute (Netherlands)
https://www.atamute.com
Tagline: Unique acoustic solutions for noise reduction
Description: ATA Mute develops advanced acoustic solutions to reduce noise across different sectors and industries. We design and engineer high-performance mufflers, silencers, and acoustic materials, combining simulation, laboratory testing, and experimental validation to deliver efficient, scalable, and application-specific noise reduction technologies.

BIOFIBIX (Belgium)
https://biofibix.be
Tagline: Quality flax, made affordable
Description: BIOFIBIX supplies flax reinforcements engineered to meet cost and performance requirements. Our proprietary fiber treatment avoids excessive resin soak-up and elevates the natural performance of flax. Backed by strong shareholders, BIOFIBIX controls the supply chain from field to reinforcement, ensuring consistent quality and price stability. Our flagship product HYPERMAT, delivers performance close to conventional flax fabrics at half the cost.

Blencel (France)
https://www.blendcel.com
Tagline: Converting plant-based textile waste into new alternative materials to plastic
Description: We transform complex textile waste into new materials that are fully biodegradable and additive-free. Our sustainable and cost-effective technology extracts cotton from industrial and post-consumer blends, upcycling them into circular and recyclable materials that can replace petroleum-based products like polyurethane foams and epoxy resins.

CGREEN (France)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cgreen-bio-based-carbon-fiber
Tagline: Bio-based Carbon Fibers, Performance and Competitive
Description: CGREEN is revolutionising the carbon fiber industry by providing a performance, competitive, bio-based alternative. The result of 10 years of R&D, our technology replaces fossil precursors (PAN) with cellulose, reducing the carbon footprint by a factor of three while guaranteeing mechanical properties equivalent to the standard grade. Our pilot line, which will be operational in mid-2026, will validate our processes with industrial partners by 2027.

fibionic (Austria)
https://www.fibionic.com
Tagline: fibionic’s FFP technology revolutionizes thermoplastic composite mass production
Description: fibionic’s nature-inspired FFP (Fibionic Fiber Placement) is the world’s fastest fiber placement process. It uses fibers only where needed, produces zero waste, and enables strong, lightweight, and cost-efficient composites—sustainable and scalable for mass production, setting a new industry standard.

Fyous (UK)
www.fyous.com
Tagline: Shape-shifting moulds enabling mass customised manufacturing
Description: Fyous invented PolyMorphic Moulding – a reconfigurable moulding system made from thousands of digitally controlled pins. Form shapes in minutes, ready for composite layup, Compression moulding, workholding, thermoforming and more. Store moulds digitally. Access them all with a single tool.

Mach Electric (USA)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mach-electric
Tagline: Low-cost structural carbon fiber using waste gas CO? as the feedstock
Description: Mach Electric produces structural carbon fiber from waste gas CO?. By eliminating the need for the polymeric precursor Polyacrylonitrile (PAN), Mach Electric is able to significantly reduce carbon fiber production costs and improve scalability, as its process uses ~5x less energy with ~30% less cost in feedstock, all while being carbon negative. As a recent University of Colorado spinout, Mach Electric has delivered carbon fiber products via our patented modular production system.

Mars Materials (USA)
https://www.marsmaterials.tech
Tagline: Mars Materials transforms carbon to composite precursor
Description: Mars Materials, a Houston-based, venture- and Breakthrough Energy Fellows-backed startup, transforms carbon into Hoigen-C, the world’s only carbon-negative, hydrogen cyanide-free acrylonitrile. Hoigen-C is a drop-in replacement for petrochemical-derived acrylonitrile in over 1500 SKUs, enabling manufacturers to decarbonize supply chains by up to 85% and eliminate toxic byproducts. It serves as a primary precursor for growing, supply-constrained markets like carbon fiber composites, water-soluble polymers and other performance materials.

nebumind (Germany)
https://www.nebumind.com
Tagline: Turning production data into action
Description: nebumind supports digital transformation by turning complex production data into actionable insights. Our Anomaly Dashboard fuses machine and sensor data into a spatial digital twin, enabling real-time quality monitoring and faster root cause analysis. This reduces manual inspection, increases process transparency, and accelerates machine optimization. nebumind helps manufacturers move toward fully data-driven production.

Novium (Türkiye)
https://www.novium.info
Tagline: Generative AI platform accelerating industrial R&D
Description: Novium is a generative AI platform redefining how organizations innovate. By transforming fragmented knowledge into structured intelligence, it enables to explore possibilities, anticipate outcomes, and make confident R&D decisions before physical execution. Novium shifts innovation from trial and error to insight-driven discovery, accelerating progress, reducing uncertainty, and unlocking a new standard for data-powered innovation at scale.

P2M (Italy)
https://www.p2m.it
Tagline: The Digital DNA of composite products
Description: P2M has created GENE.SYS, the digital DNA of composite products. Through an embedded chip, the platform tracks each product across its entire lifecycle. Technical, production and maintenance data remain linked over time, enabling the Digital Product Passport (DPP) and supporting end-of-life management, material recovery and circular economy processes.

Plastalyst by AC Biode (Luxembourg)
www.acbiode.com
Tagline: Plastalyst recycles the most difficult wastes at low temperatures
Description: The recycling of composite materials like Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) faces significant challenges. The key issues include high costs, complex material composition, and degradation of fiber properties during recycling. Plastalyst decomposes only the polymer matrix at low temperatures and pressures. We have already completed pilots with 35+ companies. Due to regulations requiring the recycyling, we see strong demand from the automotive industry. Some of our clients are Bosch, Daikyo Nishikawa, Toyota+Toyopet.

ReForm Composites (USA)
www.reformcomposites.com
Tagline: Reimagining pultrusion for scalable thermoplastic composites
Description: ReForm advances continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP) as the next evolution of composite materials, delivering the strength and durability of traditional composites with added toughness, recyclability, and reformability. Combining deep engineering and research expertise with its Continuous Forming technology, ReForm produces structural CFRTP profiles at industrial scale and develops end-use structural products. These profiles can be used as manufactured or reshaped and reformed for downstream processes, enabling practical adoption across construction, infrastructure, and industrial markets.

Reochronos (France)
https://www.rheochronos.com
Tagline: Advanced real-time measurement of composite & resin curing
Description: Rheochronos provides cost-effective instruments for real-time composite and resin curing. Our solutions optimize production, reduce cycle times and material waste, and ensure quality—delivering fast ROI and a competitive edge.

SINTEG Systems (Netherlands)
https://sintegsystems.com
Tagline: Advanced structural integrity inspection for composite materials
Description: SINTEG Systems develops ultrasonic guided wave NDT for composite structures. Our technology quantifies stiffness and detects defects in situ, enabling faster decision making, efficient quality control and integrity assessment for aerospace, defence, and industrial composites.

Soarce (USA)
https://www.soarceusa.com
Tagline: Making composites stronger with nanofibers 8x stronger than steel.
Description: Soarce is an advanced materials company developing high-performance nanofiber additives for fiber-reinforced composites. Our bio-based technology strengthens the fiber-matrix interface, improving adhesion, durability, and load transfer- reducing composite weight and cutting manufacturing costs. Designed to work within existing sizing lines, Soarce enables carbon fiber, fiberglass, recycled composite (and more) manufacturers to achieve higher performance, better material efficiency, and more sustainable composite systems.

Trimer Technologies (USA)
https://trimer-tech.com
Tagline: Trimer manufactures revolutionary thermoset polymers for all composite industries
Description: Trimer Technologies has developed a breakthrough, low-cost resin technology that enables the rapid manufacture of high-performance fiber-reinforced composites. Trimer’s innovative thermosetting resins significantly reduce manufacturing time while delivering superior mechanical, thermal, and fire, smoke, and toxicity (FST) performance compared to conventional materials. Designed for scalability and cost efficiency, Trimer’s technology provides manufacturers with a high-value alternative to existing composite resin systems, supporting faster production, improved part performance, and broad adoption across demanding applications.

Zetamotion (UK)
https://zetamotion.com
Tagline: The Aspirin for Your Composite AI-Inspection Headaches
Description: Have you tried AI for your quality inspection? Getting from promising early results to a lasting solution with a strong ROI can be a signifi cant struggle in terms of data time and manpower.
Zetamotion is dedicated to resolving this headache, moving automated quality control potential out of the realm of research projects and into the domain of reliable, industrial application.
We achieve this with our proprietary synthetic data technology, enabling our system to thrive in conditions where others fail: handling non-uniformity, endless variations, low production volumes, and rare defects. These challenging scenarios are where our solution excels.