Composites Busch S.A., based in Porrentruy in Switzerland, has recently been awarded two prizes at the same time – company CEO Ahmet Muderris accepted the JEC Asia Award in the ‚Sports and Leisure‘ category in Singapore, and his company also picked up the 3rd price of the AVK Innovation Award in Stuttgart, Germany. Both awards relate to the recent development of a new resin system and its successful practical implementation. As part of this new development, Composites Busch worked closely with Huntsman Advanced Materials, which developed the resin system in accordance with the requirements set by Composites Busch.
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Ceremony of AVK Innovation Award in Stuttgart: from left Dr. Gerd Esswein, Management AVK, André Müller, Huntsman Advanced Materials, Alain Lallemand, Sales Manager Composites Busch S.A., Ahmet Muderris, Managing Director Composites Busch S.A., Nicolas Bernet, Key Account Manager Composites Busch S.A., Jürgen H. Aurer, President AVK (Picture: Berendt, AVK)
High-End technology Composites Busch is an innovative company with 32 employees specializing in the processing of composite materials. Alongside many products for the fields of medical technology, mechanical engineering, sports equipment and the watch industry, Busch is also the only company in the world to produce one-piece composite ice hockey sticks. Over the past few years, Composites Busch has also developed a further core competence, laser sintering technology, which is mainly used in prototyping and piece production.
Ice hockey and much more… Composites Busch had already developed a one-piece ice hockey stick made from carbon more than 17 years ago. At the time, the company worked closely with Huntsman Advanced Materials, based in Basle, Switzerland. For the new generation of ice hockey sticks, Huntsman has developed ‚Araldite® Nano- Tech Composite‘, a material that is based on a patented nanotechnology concept. Using this new material, the stick‘s fracture resistance was significantly improved without negatively affecting other vital physical properties such as flexibility, temperature resistance and viscosity.
Nano-particles The new material is based on the use of specific, dispersed organic nano-particles that display an outstanding toughening effect when incorporated into Araldite® resin. Before the new ‚Nano IV‘ ice hockey stick was put into production, it was subjected to extensive tests over two years. As part of this process, Composites Busch also worked together with both the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). The final practical test was ultimately carried out at this year‘s World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland, for which various members of the Swiss national team and other national teams were equipped with Busch Nano IV sticks.
Innovation Both these awards bear witness to the innovative path that Composites Busch has consistently followed over the past few years. In cooperation with expert partner Huntsman Advanced Materials, the company has successfully managed to develop and test a material and put it into production that substantially improves the end product. The new materials increases the stick‘s fracture resistance without requiring changes to the production process, tools or moulds.
Eurotec want to congratulate Composites Busch for these rewards! Do you want to know more about how Composites Busch can help the industry? You can (re)discover an excellent article published in Eurotec here. Composites Busch S.A. 2900 Porrentruy [email protected] www.compositesbusch.ch
