{"id":173042,"date":"2026-02-11T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=173042"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:52:30","slug":"prestigious-composites-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/prestigious-composites-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Prestigious Composites Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u00a9 JEC Composites<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Following the major announcement in June 2025 with the extensive use of our ampliTex\u2122<\/sup>\u00a0in exteriors and interiors of BMW Group series production road cars, Bcomp and BMW Group\u2019s joint collaboration \u201cBMW M NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES\u201d has won first prize in the category \u201cAutomotive & Road Transportation \u2013 Parts\u201d at the 2026 JEC Composites Innovation Awards, the world\u2019s most prestigious composites show and award.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This award recognises the most innovative composite solutions worldwide. Since 1998, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards have attracted more than 2,200 participating companies, with 269 companies and 811 partners honoured for excellence in innovation. This recognition is a testament to the successful validation and industrialisation of natural flax fibre composites for visual exterior applications of series premium performance road cars, representing a fully scaled real-world application of high-performance natural fibre composites in the automotive industry to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BMW M Motorsport first introduced renewable reinforcements in 2019 through its Formula E programme, using Bcomp\u2019s ampliTex\u2122<\/sup> and powerRibs<\/a>\u2122<\/sup>. Building on these racetrack learnings, BMW Group and Bcomp have researched, validated and industrialised natural fibre composites for series production \u2014 a true race-to-road success story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bcomp and BMW Group tackled one of the industry\u2019s biggest engineering challenges, passing ageing, quality, and capacity requirements of large-scale exterior automotive parts with natural fibres. After multiple years of joint development, Bcomp\u2019s technologies make it possible to replace parts traditionally made with carbon fibre for the past few decades. One example: Exchanging carbon fibre composites for Bcomp\u2019s high-performance natural fibre composites in the roof of the next-generation BMW series production cars leads to a CO\u2082e reduction of around 40% in production plus additional end-of-life considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make natural fibre composites viable for automotive parts, Bcomp engineered automotive-grade, high-performance natural fibre roving in-house, designed specifically to replace carbon fibre in large-scale exterior and interior automotive applications. Working with BMW Group\u2019s design team, Bcomp created a bespoke colour and weave pattern to create a distinctive natural fibre identity aligned with BMW Group\u2019s brand aesthetic. The team tested more than 100 material iterations until a solution was found that was robust enough to pass all automotive exterior requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scalability and industrial integration into existing production processes are also a crucial part of the innovation. To meet large scale demand and BMW Group\u2019s exacting production standards, Bcomp built a new manufacturing facility. This facility and its already planned expansion will ensure manufacturers have access to a reliable, scalable supply chain for sustainable composites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The materials are designed to integrate seamlessly into multiple and existing manufacturing processes at scale. For instance, the roof will be made using a fully automated RTM process, which makes production fast and consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christian Fischer, CEO and Co-founder at Bcomp<\/strong>, said: \u201cAfter years of development and rigorous validation, ampliTex\u2122<\/sup>\u00a0natural fibre composites are now integrated into BMW\u2019s series manufacturing lines for both exterior and interior applications. This milestone marks the largest real-world application of high-performance renewable composites in the automotive industry; it demonstrates that natural fibre composites are ready for large-scale premium automotive applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the major announcement in June 2025 with the extensive use of our ampliTex\u2122\u00a0in exteriors and interiors of BMW Group series production road cars, Bcomp and BMW Group\u2019s joint collaboration \u201cBMW M NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES\u201d has won first prize in the category \u201cAutomotive & Road Transportation \u2013 Parts\u201d at the 2026 JEC Composites Innovation Awards, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":173056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Bcomp and BMW Group are awarded at JEC 2026 for bringing natural fibre composites into BMW series production","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[7059,11286,15560,10416,11877,15108],"supplier":[3260,19102],"class_list":["post-173042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-automotive","tag-biocomposites","tag-carbonfibres","tag-circulareconomy","tag-naturalfibres","tag-transportation","supplier-bcomp-ltd","supplier-bmw-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173042"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=173042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}