24th June 2025, IDL, Warwick Manufacturing Group

This showcase delves into the future needs of the automotive industry, focusing on the role of composite materials in addressing emerging challenges and opportunities. As automakers strive to meet goals for improved fuel efficiency, reduced emissions, and enhanced performance, composites offer transformative solutions. Industry experts will highlight how advancements in composite technology can enable lighter, more sustainable vehicles while meeting the increasing demands for durability, safety, and cost-effectiveness. Join us to explore how the composites industry is poised to drive the next generation of automotive innovation.

Programme

We’re excited to unveil the speaker lineup for this year’s Automotive Showcase, with Ton Peijs from WMG as Chair and delivering the welcome address to kick off a day of powerful discussions and industry insights.

Polestar – Helena Simmonds 
Composites vs End of Life Vehicles

JLR – Matthew Atkinson 
Opportunities and Challenges for Composites in the Supply Chain

Base Materials – John Miller 
Sustainability in Automotive Composites

Carbon ThreeSixty – Andy Smith 
Project Scale-Up (APC 25 CR&D)

DEXET Technologies – Andrew Mills
Vehicle Lightweighting using Composite Materials – Challenges, Process Technology Options, Successful Applications and Future Potential

Engineering and Beyond – Ian Cowley
Composite Design for Manufacture – Motorsport to Automotive

WMG – Neil Reynolds
Structural Hybrid Automotive Designs for Optimised Lightweighting

HTMS – Danilo Di Salvo
Affordable CMCs to Minimise the Impact of Thermal Runaway in EVs

Queens University Belfast – Scott Millen 
Predicting Battery Thermal Runaway Effects on Composite Structures using Finite Element Analysis

PRF Composite Materials – Vincent Fawcett 
Changing Gears: New prepregs for high volume manufacturing and circularity in Automotive carbon fibre components

HRC Group – Matt Kedgley
Advancing Sustainable Carbon Composites Through Predictive Simulation

This event will run from 9:15am (registration) for a 9.45am start, and will conclude at approximately 3.50pm, followed by an optional tour of WMG Facilities.

Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities

Want to enhance your presence at this event? We have both table-top exhibition space and sponsorship opportunities available at this event.

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Exhibitors

Registration

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