THURSDAY | November 2, 2023 GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER ATLANTA, GA IN ASSOCIATION WITH SHOW daily Produced by the editors of www.theCAMX.org/mobile theCAMX.org A closer look at this year’s ACE Award winners… Equipment Tooling and Innovation The Massivit 10000G 3D printing system directly prints custom industrial molds, as well as large, complex end parts using a Cast-in-Motion technology. Its automated, high-speed capabilities aim to help industry overcome bottlenecks and achieve more sustainable production. Most Creative Applications LoreOne by Orbital Composites is a 3D-printed continuous fi ber composite shoe. A moldless carbon fi ber monocoque design, LoreOne’s exoskeleton and padding are customized for each individual’s foot to ensure comfort and power. See ACE AWARD WINNERS, continued on page 4 “Good Day, CAMX” addresses industrialization, sustainability, workforce development By Hannah Mason, technical editor, CompositesWorld Day 2 kicked off with “Good Day, CAMX,” a discussion about trends, challenges and opportunities in the composites industry, featuring Jeff Sloan, CompositesWorld brand VP, and moderated by Marcy Off ner, director of marketing communications for Composites One. Sloan explained that in the 1980s and ‘90s, the challenge for the composites industry was “Composites are a pretty sexy material — it’s a cool industry to be in.” – Jeff Sloan, brand VP, CompositesWorld fi guring out how to replace legacy materials like metal, wood or concrete in various end EVENTS NOT TO MISS 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET (Building C Lobby, Level 1) All locations are Georgia World Congress Center, unless otherwise noted. Registration Hours: Conference Programming (open to all attendees): 9:30 – 11:45 a.m. ET (all programming on Thursday is in the CAMX Theater on the show floor, Booth #P58) Exhibit Hall Open: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET (Exhibit Hall C, Level 1) market applications, and that composites were simply one material option among many. “Today, composites aren’t just a material option but the material option in emerging markets like urban air mobility, hydrogen storage, electric vehicles and New Space, and in growing markets like wind energy and in construction, with huge opportunities for composite rebar,” he said. “Composites now have to be used in many of these applications to meet the weight and property needs.” Th is growth and oppor-tunity leads to one of today’s biggest industry challenges: Meeting supply needs. “Composites are a specialty material, not a commoditized mate-rial, but when you look at current and future market demands and the need for higher volume production, it’s clear we need to indus-trialize through increased See GOOD DAY, continued on page 3