Composite Materials: Innovations, Key Developments & Novel Applications

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Wednesday, 03 June 2015
14:3 - 14:3
Duration: 23 mins
Publication date: 25 Jun 2015
Location: NA, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Part of event The Engineer Design & Innovation Show

About the session

14.30pm - Simon Black, Senior Manager - Body Structures, Jaguar Land Rover

Advanced Manufacturing Show, brought to you by MWP, will showcase world-class advanced manufacturing technologies by delivering a committed audience of production professionals looking to benchmark the best advanced technologies on the market and make investment and purchasing decisions.

Keywords:: composite

design

innovation

materials

robotics

technology

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Peter Chivers

National Composites Centre, Chief Executive

Peter is Chief Executive of the National Composites Centre in Bristol, which he has developed from early concept through to a fully functioning and continually expanding centre of excellence in composites technology development. The centre opened a second phase in October 2014, which doubled its size, established a knowledge and learning centre, and provide enhanced capability to meet the needs of the UK industry in this rapidly developing field of high value manufacturing. An internationally recognised centre in the field of composite innovation and technology development, the NCC works closely with industrial partners as a partner of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult network. Peter is a passionate believer in using new technology to bring value. He is committed to supporting the UK composite manufacturing industry’s growth and increasing its contribution to the economy. He is a member of the Composites Leadership Forum and sits on the Board of Composites UK. Peter has extensive experience in composites and technology leadership, having held a number of senior engineering and business leadership positions in large multinational companies and SMEs in the aerospace industry. He has been involved in composite technology and capability development for over twenty years.

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