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Join the UK's only Composites Engineering event
The Composites Zone at Advanced Engineering is an exclusive platform that gives you a unique opportunity to showcase the latest products and innovations in composites including: FRP (Fiber Reinforce Polymers), advanced materials, raw materials, design, processing, and their applications.
Why exhibit?
- Showcase your groundbreaking solutions through live demonstrations and features.
- Network with key industry leaders and OEM’s from companies like Airbus, BAE Systems, JLR, MBDA and Network Rail to demonstrate how your solutions can meet their needs.
- Capture valuable leads looking for lightweight materials, complex and customised components, enhanced durability and corrosion resistance.
- Showcase how your approach can streamline production, reduce material waste, and accelerate time to market.
Are you ready to showcase your game-changing Composites Engineering solutions that meet industry needs and goals? We’d love to see you there.
Supported by the industry
Our alliance with Composites UK, the UK’s leading trade association for the composites industry, and the support of major sector stakeholders such as PRF, Sampe Europe, Scott Bader, Allan Harper, GKN Aerospace, Aerovac, Airtech, ARRK, Zund among others, provide a strong endorsement for this unparalleled gathering.
You can be confident that this is the place to be.
Exhibit alongside companies leading the industry
Composites UK Pavilion Returns Bigger than Ever
The Composites UK Pavilion Stand (W170) is returning to Advanced Engineering bigger and better than ever, providing an unrivalled platform for the UK composites sector. This year, the pavilion will host more companies than before, showcasing the latest innovations, products, and expertise driving growth in advanced materials. By expanding its footprint, Composites UK is strengthening opportunities for networking, collaboration, and knowledge exchange across the supply chain. The stand offers member companies enhanced visibility at the industry’s leading exhibition, underlining the association’s commitment to supporting business development and promoting the UK as a global leader in composites.
🌟NEW🌟: ASCEND’s Impact with GKN Aerospace
For the first time at Advanced Engineering, GKN Aerospace will present on the show floor, showcasing the ASCEND programme’s significant advancements. Attendees will have the opportunity to examine key components and structures developed as a direct outcome of this landmark initiative.
The ASCEND programme has successfully met its technological objectives while establishing a new paradigm for cross-sector collaboration. It has created a resilient supply chain and a highly skilled workforce, underpinning future innovations in composite manufacturing.
Visit GKN Aerospace at Advanced Engineering to engage with the programme’s innovations firsthand and connect with the technical experts advancing the future of composite manufacturing.
Composites Networking Lounge
As the ONLY UK meeting place for the composites industry, the Composites Networking Lounge will be recharged and better than ever in 2025. It is powered by PRF Composites Materials.
- NEW: PRF’s REEPREEG live demo, a revolutionary process completing fibre-reinforced polymer curing in just 5 minutes at 160°c. – ONLY at Advanced Engineering 2025
- NEW: Dedicated industry networking sessions for Aerospace, Motorsports, Automotive, Medical, Marine and maritime, DEFENCE, Sports and Leisure, and Renewables.
- Composites components display and much more.
Exhibitor case studies
Who will you meet?
Now is the best time to showcase your solutions
- The UK’s Industrial Strategy recognizes composites as a “foundational industry” and a key enabler for growth in other sectors like aerospace, automotive, and clean energy.
- The UK ranks among the top five composites markets in Europe.
- The UK Composite market is expected to reach $735 million by 2030
- With strong growth prospects and strategic alignment with key industries, the UK is poised to enhance its position in the global composites landscape.
- The UK hosts around 1,500 companies involved in the composites sector, with about 400 focusing primarily on composites.
- Composite materials are an essential pillar of the manufacturing ecosystem, driving growth and advancement to the Aerospace, Automotive, Construction, Defense, Energy, Marine, Rail and Space sectors
- Composite materials are a key technology driving decarbonisation forward.
What makes it unique?
The Composites Zone has been a vital part of the show. It has evolved into its own standalone zone due to demand from visitors and companies.
NEW! Featuring a unique live demo of the manufacturing process from beginning to end in just 4 minutes, exclusively brought by PRF Composite Materials, this event is sure to pique the industry’s interest.
Its exclusivity, specialised forum, and displays make it a perfect meeting point for all players in the industry.
Network with industry leaders
Connect with key OEMs and Tier 1 companies that attend year after year to find top suppliers.
For the industry by the industry
Meet some of the experts who participated in the 2024 Advisory Board and forum. They collaborated with us to continue driving the UK’s only Composite event, spotlighting the latest trends that are shaping the future of the industry.
Brian Holliday
Managing Director
Siemens Digital Industries
Lucy Parsons
Sales Account Manager
Nikon
Matthew atkinson
Lead Research Engineer
JLR
Shaun Harris
Director Support
Royal Air Force
Solange Baena
UK Lead Aviation Environmental Roadmap
Airbus
Stefan lawrenson
Senior Polymer Chemist
Scott Bader
Tony Lloyd
Principle Research Engineering GKN Aerospace
Submit an exhibitor enquiry for the Composites Engineering Zone
We have tailored packages to suit your needs and budget. Fill in the form below and a member of the team will be in touch to discuss all exhibiting options.
Why Composites Engineering?
Now in its 15th edition running alongside Advanced Engineering, Composites Engineering, is the UK’s largest dedicated conference and exhibition for the advanced composites raw materials, design, and processing value chain.
Meet OEMs, tier 1’s and supply chain partners looking for the latest composites solutions in aerospace, defence, automotive, marine, and more.
Highlight your innovations
Bring your latest solutions in advanced composite raw materials, design and processing value chain, in front of the UK’s largest advanced manufacturing and supply chain community under a single roof this October.
Who can you meet?
Composites Engineering’s unique co location as part of Advanced Engineering means you will meet a host of advanced manufacturing communities from parallel sectors in aerospace, rail, defence, marine, motorsport, marine, med tech and more.
Composites key players
Explore a snapshot of key composites companies at Advanced Engineering:
Airbus, GKN Aerospace, Mercedes, JLR, Airbus, Brompton Bicycles, Caterpillar, Eaton, BAE Systems, and so many more!
We help you to learn and do
Covering all industries across four forums, we bring the expertise of the engineering industry to you over two days of knowledge-sharing. Visit the forums to be inspired for your future projects and discover how to easily put your new ideas into practice.
