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Epsilon Composite

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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]

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

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  1. ^ Marie Bardet-Crougnaud, « Un grand millésime 2021 » pour Epsilon Composite, qui veut agrandir son usine, Placeco, May 5th 2022
  2. ^ Colette Goinère, Epsilon Composite veut répondre aux marchés de l’aéronautique, L'Usine nouvelle, November 4th 2010.
  3. ^ Airbus s'intéresse à Epsilon, Air et Cosmos n°2213, April 9th 2010, p.21
  4. ^ Claude Mandraut, Epsilon Composite diversifie les applications de la fibre de carbone, La Tribune, may 14th 2010
  5. ^ "The markets: Oil and gas (2011)". CompositesWorld. Jan 1, 2009. dynamic umbilical that features an outer casing reinforced along its length with multiple carbon-fiber rods pultruded by Epsilon Composite (Gaillan en Médoc, France)
  6. ^ "Wind blade spar caps". Composites World.
  7. ^ "Structural makeover: Big bridge-strengthening project". CompositesWorld. 2010. 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).
  8. ^ Frédéric Parisot, Epsilon Composite inaugure une nouvelle usine en Gironde, L'Usine Nouvelle, September 21st 2012
  9. ^ "Program partners". Flying Whales. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  10. ^ "Global Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018 - 2023)". Research Reports World. March 1, 2018.
  11. ^ "The JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2021 Finalists - Optimfloor: an integrated composite floor panel". JEC Composites. May 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Un partenariat gagnant à Global Industrie". Machines Production. March 3, 2023.
  13. ^ "Global Industrie 2023 : les Awards récompensent une innovation tournée vers l'intuitivité". L'Usine Nouvelle. March 9, 2023.
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