AVK now accepting submissions for the AVK Innovation Award 2021

AVK (Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe e.V., Frankfurt, Germany), the German Federation of Reinforced Plastics, is now inviting submissions for the AVK Innovation Award 2021 in fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP)/composites covering the following categories:

• Innovative products/components or applications
• Innovative procedures/processes
• Research and science

The AVK Innovation Award is focused on promoting new products/components and applications made from FRP, as well as new processes and methods for the manufacturing of FRP products. The Award is also meant to give prominence to industry innovations and the companies/institutions behind them. Further, an award is being given to universities, colleges and institutes for outstanding work in science and research (AVK announced its 2020 award winners in November). 

Special emphasis will be placed on the issue of sustainability in each category. Submissions will be evaluated by a jury of experts from the composites sector.

The submission deadline for the application documents is April 16, 2021; the award ceremony will be held in autumn 2021. 

Further details and assessment criteria can be found here.