SMC BMC Design Award 2024 winners showcase projects at JEC World

RampLite (top left), Quiet Cover (bottom left) and The Platform (right). Source | European Alliance for SMC BMC

The European Alliance for SMC BMC (Brussels, Belgium), an association operating under the umbrella of EuCIA, has announced the winners for this year’s SMC BMC Design Award. An awards ceremony is being hosted at JEC World 2024 on March 6^th from 5-5:45 p.m. in Hall 6 (Agora 6), where finalists will present their projects to a jury and show attendees and receive their prizes.

This is the fourth edition of the SMC BMC Design Award 2024, a European design competition that recognizes and promotes design excellence in sheet molding compound (SMC) and bulk molding compound (BMC). This year’s theme is “On the Move – SMC Solutions for Public Transport and Future Mobility.”

SMC and BMC are composite materials ideal for making light and intricate parts that combine structural performance with a smooth surface finish. For that reason, SMC and BMC are increasingly used in a broad range of end-use applications and markets.

The jury for this year’s edition consisted of Joan Montobbio (chairman of the SMC BMC Alliance, managing director of Menzolit Spain and Menzolit UK), Ismael Bavandi (chief designer interiors at Alstom) and Eduardo de la Guerra Ochoa (structural engineer and project manager at Talgo). Overall, the jury is satisfied with the quality of submitted projects and is looking forward to meeting the finalists in Paris.

During the ceremony, winners will present their projects. After that, Joan Montobbio, chairman of the jury, will hand over the prices to the winners. Prizes total to €17,500, including a Gold Award (€7,500 in cash and €7,500 in coaching), a Silver Award (€1,500) and a Bronze Award (€1,000).

The selected finalists are:

Karlijn van den Bos (TU Delft, Netherlands) – RampLite
Floris de Groot (TU Delft, Netherlands) – Quiet Cover
Mariana Rodrigues, João Santos, Juliana França (ESAD Oporto) – The Platform

The SMC BMC Design Award 2024 is open for design students and young design professionals (less than three years of experience) living in Europe. Innovations entered into the SMC BMC Design Award have been judged by an independent jury with expert members from both the design community and the composites industry.