Advanced Fibre Cluster

Virtual Expo with Germany: 2020-21 Event #01
2020-09-30 16:30 - 18:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
A series of webinars highlighting the opportunities available through Germany’s MAI Carbon cluster and Australia’s Advanced Fibre Cluster.
In celebration of this collaboration, Austrade together with the two Clusters is hosting a Virtual Expo Series to highlight some of the outstanding businesses, research capabilities and innovations. The events are designed to encourage a dialogue between participants and identify new business opportunities, knowledge transfer, and research & development opportunities in both markets.
In the first event, we take an introductory look at the respective Australian and German carbon fibre composite markets.
The registration link below will direct you to the German registration site. After completing the required fields (those with an asterix) please click on “Send Invoice” and you will receive an email for this FREE event.

Virtual Site Visit: Carbon Nexus
2020-09-16 08:30 - 09:30 (Australia/Melbourne)
On September 16, in the absence of our site visit schedule, the Advanced Fibre Cluster Geelong will begin a new series of online events beginning with a closer look at Carbon Nexus.

To register for this event please contact Jen Conley: jennifer.conley@advancedfibrecluster.org.au

Shaping Solutions: Carbon Fibre and the Circular Economy #2
2020-09-09 16:30 - 17:30 UTC
Carbon fibre is highly valued for its strength, stiffness and light-weighting quality. But how can we extract more value from such a highly prized product, and how can we help solve some of the environmental challenges?
In this second event, we hear from ELG Carbon Fibre; the world’s first commercial-scale continuous recycled Carbon Fibre operation. In addition, Deakin University’s Circular Economy program leader, Catherine McMahon shares the key principles of a true “circular economy”, what the Deakin strategy is and how industry can support this.
About ELG Carbon Fibre
ELG Carbon Fibre operates the world’s first and largest carbon fibre recovery plant in Coseley, West Midlands, in the UK, employing 103 people, sourcing feedstock from around 10 countries, including Australia, and selling products to customers in more than 35 countries, again including Australia. ELG services the automotive, aerospace, electronics, rail, oil and gas and renewable energy sectors.

About Deakin University’s Circular Economy Initiative
Materials in today’s society have primarily been designed with a single life in mind. Today we are posed with a challenge for re-imagining how the life of these materials can be extended through recycling, re-purposing and reuse. Ultimately the focus needs to be on re-designing both materials and products with multiple lifetimes in mind, all the while retaining material value through each lifetime. The Institute for Frontier Materials who are a leading materials research institute in Australia intend to answer this challenge and help to accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy.

Shaping Solutions: Carbon Fibre and the Circular Economy #1
2020-08-27 08:30 - 09:30 (Australia/Melbourne)
Carbon fibre is highly valued for its strength, stiffness and light-weighting quality. But how can we extract more value from such a highly prized product, and how can we help solve some of the environmental challenges?
In this new online knowledge sharing series, we begin by asking innovative start-up company, JUC Surf, to share their business and technology development story. We will also hear from leading US carbon fibre recycling company, Carbon Conversions, as they describe current customer applications for their advanced materials and discuss future possibilities for end market uses of recycled carbon fibre followed by a Q&A session.

Tour of Sykes (postponed TBA)
2020-08-26 10:00 - 11:30 UTC | Jeff Sykes & Associates Pty Ltd (Sykes), 67 Tucker Street, Breakwater, Victoria, 3219, Australia
Sykes is a leading manufacturer of world renowned rowing shells. It was in 1966 when Jeff Sykes built his first racing scull that would assist him in winning the Australian Interstate Sculling Championships – the Presidents Cup. That first boat was the beginning for what became Jeff Sykes & Associates Pty Ltd, now known as ‘Sykes’.

Tour of Carbon Nexus
2020-07-03 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | Carbon Nexus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, 3216, Australia
Carbon Nexus is a purpose-built research facility designed to accommodate the diverse needs of international manufacturing organisations that require the cost-effective resolution of carbon fibre-related projects that are strategic and complex.

Tour of Andritz
2020-06-18 10:00 - 11:30 UTC
Andritz is the new benchmark for innovative fabrics, felts, rolls technology and services. The company’s Geelong facility supplies press felts, forming fabrics and dryers for the Asian pulp and paper industry as well as other process industries.

Knowledge Sharing: Exploring Organic Fibres
2020-05-13 10:00 - 11:30 UTC
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Industrial Internet 4.0 Summit 2020
2020-02-25 - 2020-02-27 | Aerial UTS Function Centre, Building 10, Level 7/235 Jones St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
Now in its 4th year, the Industrial Internet Summit 4.0 will again bring together Australia’s manufacturing community for 3 days of learning and networking. Featuring subject matter experts from Deakin University, CSIRO/Data 61, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Hub and the Advanced Fibre Cluster Geelong, among others, the event will explore the future of tech-enabled manufacturing and what this means for Australian businesses.
