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Arkema in partnership with Somocap, is one of the 30 finalists for the 2022 edition of the JEC Composites Innovation Awards in the Building and Civil Engineering category, through the project led by Optimas.
Each year, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards celebrate successful projects and cooperation between players of the composite industry.
Combining Composite and Thermoplastic Process
This project is based on the SOF Radlink System, enables to connect easily and quickly each tunnel segments for underground infrastructure. It combines composite and thermoplastic process for durable solutions.
The composite innovation of this project is based on the replacement of a conventional steel material solution by an innovative composite material and design to make a high strength and lightweight solution. The thermoplastic resin
Elium® made possible to make the main composite part by pultrusion and to thermoform the final part at the final design.
After pre-selection of the finalists by an international jury representing the entire composites value chain, one winner will be selected during the awards ceremony which will be held on the 26th of April in Paris, a week before JEC World 2022.
Source: Arkema
