Partners

ÉireComposites is an innovative design, manufacturing and testing company, involved in lightweight and high-performance fibre-reinforced composite materials. ÉireComposites works with an international customer base in the aerospace, wind energy, marine and automotive sectors. ÉireComposites has managed over €16m of EU FP6 and FP7 projects relating to composite materials for Aircraft Structures, Space Launchers and Renewable Energy. Key customers include Kingspan (wind energy) and Bombardier (Aircraft parts).ÉireComposites offers its customers an integrated service including accredited design, innovative tooling, manufacturing and testing in a single organisation. The company is delivering composite components and assemblies for international aerospace

ÉireComposites offers its customers an integrated service including accredited design, innovative tooling, manufacturing and testing in a single organisation. The company is delivering composite components and assemblies for international aerospace programmes and participates in important European Union R&D programmes in the aerospace and renewable energy sectors.
ÉireComposites has world-leading proprietary technology and know-how in thermoplastic composites, from glass-fibre polypropylene (Twintex®) to advanced carbon-fibre thermoplastics such as PEEK and PEKK, and has particular expertise in moulding of new liquid-moulded thermoplastic resins such as CBT®, APLC-12 and APLC-6.

Our subsidiary company, Composites Testing Laboratory (hyperlink to www.ctlcomposites.com), is a leader in the field of accredited mechanical and physical testing of advanced composites for aerospace, wind energy and automotive applications.
Further information can be found at www.eirecomposites.com

SE Blades Technology Hengelo is a division of Suzlon Energy Ltd. Suzlon specialises in the design and development of rotor blades for wind turbines. Worldwide, Suzlon employs 2,500 people in R&D, technical product design, materials and production, engineering, tooling, serial production of blades and in worldwide service and maintenance of composite products.

Suzlon began its operations in 1995 in Gujarat, India, and grew to become a market leader in the renewable energy sector with wind being the mainstay of its operations. In 2003, Suzlon moved beyond national boundaries with the commissioning of its first wind turbine generator in USA. Today, after two decades in the renewable energy industry, Suzlon has a presence across 19 countries in 6 continents.

Suzlon has installed around 15.50 GW of wind power capacity globally and have established manufacturing units and research facilities around the world. We have 15 manufacturing units set-up in India and China supported by 8 R&D facilities in Germany, India, Denmark and the Netherlands. This gives Suzlon the perfect blend of global experience and expertise to focus on technology advancement.

The College of Science and Engineering is one of the three academic Colleges at the University of Edinburgh. With nearly 2,000 staff and 7,500 students, it is one of the largest science and engineering groupings in the UK. It is also in the front rank of the UK University science and engineering groupings for research quality and research income. The School of Engineering has wide-ranging, comprehensive and exciting research activities. The research is carried out in six multidisciplinary institutes under a broad scope of challenging engineering research themes. The Institute for Materials and Processes (IMP) joins researchers from materials science, materials synthesis and processing, and manufacturing optimisation. Relevant materials projects include Prof. Conchúr Ó Brádaigh being main contractor and primary author of the WES Materials Landscaping Study Report in June 2016, EU projects MARINCOMP and POWDERBLADE and new EPSRC-funded Centre for Advanced Materials for Renewable Energy Generation (CAMREG), being led by Edinburgh, due to commence in September 2016.  Composite materials research staff include Prof. Ó Brádaigh, Dr. Eddie McCarthy and Dr. Austin Lafferty.  The University hosts laboratories in composite materials testing and processing.

The Institute for Energy Systems (IES) leads the EPSRC-UK Centre for Marine Energy Research, is a partner in the Supergen Photovoltaics consortia, several Energy Technologies Institute and EU projects, and houses the FloWave tank test facility. The University also leads the IDCORE Industrial Doctorate Programme for Offshore Renewable Energy.

Established in 1997, WestBIC is the Official EU Business and Innovation Centre for Ireland’s Border, Midlands and Western Region. On a Public Private Partnership basis, WestBIC has already invested in making the global standard of innovation support available in the Region to start ups, early-stage SMEs and to wider stakeholder networks.

WestBIC supports and champions the practical needs of start-ups with tailored assistance through market validation, business modeling, sourcing capital, incubation & networking. WestBIC also works with promoters to validate business assumptions at an early stage, not only to reduce investment risk but to also reduce overall time and resources.

WestBIC also helps new businesses through its international partnering resource. WestBIC supported Entrepreneurs have access to a network of around 150 quality certified EU/BICs to support the development and growth of innovation entrepreneurs, start-ups and small to medium size enterprises (SMEs).

This provides practical international market validation, access to additional routes to market, technical know-how, raw materials & European partners.

The Institute for Energy Systems (IES) leads the EPSRC-UK Centre for Marine Energy Research, is a partner in the Supergen Photovoltaics consortia, several Energy Technologies Institute and EU projects, and houses the FloWave tank test facility. The University also leads the IDCORE Industrial Doctorate Programme for Offshore Renewable Energy.