Cradle-ALP – Circular Alpine Space community
Composites recycling and circularity in the alpine space
This event is dedicated to promoting innovative solutions for composite circularity, bringing together stakeholders and companies from the Alpine Space region (Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia & Switzerland) facing similar challenges and fostering new circular value chains.
The conference will give an overview on the regulation framework and offer insights on circularity solutions for SMEs from the composite and polymer sector, based on the challenges for circualrity and solutions identified in the frame of the Cradle-ALP Composites Circular Transformation Roadmap developped in 2024.
The conference will be followed by a networking session open to all SMEs : if you are a company looking to showcase your circular solutions and products, find business or technological partners across borders, or explore circular initiatives and collaboration opportunities in the composite sector, this event is for you.
As part of our commitment to fostering cross-border cooperation, we organize matchmaking events across five key industrial sectors —Composites & Polymers, Chemistry & Materials, Textile, Packaging, and Wood/Furniture— to support SMEs in the Alpine Space in building strategic collaborations and advancing circular solutions.
The event will be held online on March 20th, 2025.
The programme
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10.00 -10.10 : Welcome and presentation of services support offered by Cradle-ALP partners
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10.10-10.20 : Brief overview of the regulation framework on Composites recycling – Dr. Florian Part from BOKU University
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10.20 - 10.35 : Applicability of the "Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD)-principle for SMEs : benefits and challenges - Christoph Olscher from BOKU University
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10.35-10.55 : Composites End-of-life management : challenges and solutions for SMEs – Romain Agogué from IPC, Industrial Technical Center for Plastics and Composites
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10.55 -11.15 : SMEs pitches on key circularity challenges and best-practices in the polymer, composites and chemistry industry
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NMB -Closing the plastics loop – Challenges in CFRP Recycling- Robin Fachtan, Team Leader Polymers Composites & Injection Molding, Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH
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Polyloop - Decentralised mechanical recycling of composites waste
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Extracthive - Solvent-based process to reclaim high-quality, green, and affordable carbon fibre from composite waste
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Triangular - Your Ultimate Guide to Efficient Contract Manufacturing and Materials Processing - Maximizing Material Processing Efficiency - Pablo Marroquín , CEO of Triangular.
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11.15-16.00 : Online B2B meetings through the Cradle-ALP – Circular Alpine Space community on B2match platform
Why should i participate?
If you are a company looking to showcase your circular solutions and products, find business or technological partners across borders, or explore circular initiatives and collaboration opportunities in the composite sector, this event is for you. As part of our commitment to fostering cross-border cooperation, we organize matchmaking events across five key industrial sectors —Composites & Polymers, Chemistry & Materials, Textile, Packaging, and Wood/Furniture— to support SMEs in the Alpine Space in building strategic collaborations and advancing circular solutions.
Value for Participants:
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Learn more about the principles of circular economy and industrial application cases (latest technologies, business models, best practices from other companies, etc.).
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Share their challenges, interests, and feedback so that you can integrate this into the project's activities:
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Develop a circular transformation roadmap for public decision-makers.
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Develop support services for businesses.
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Participate in working groups from the polymer sector in the Transalpine region to establish new partnerships and test circular economy measures.