Composites fraternity fuels composites manufacturing growth, development

CECA Asia members attending CINC 2023 conference. Photo Credit: CECA Asia

The Composites Excellence Center of Asia (CECA Asia, Gujarat, India) is a professional fraternity made up of adept and accomplished individuals from composite companies, academics and research organizations, with the mission of making India a key hub of composites manufacturing by 2030.

To fuel the growth and development of various composite manufacturing initiatives, CECA Asia highlights the following services and activities it offers:

Acting as a bridge between academics, researchers and polymers, plastics and composites companies. CECA Asia also works closely with institutions, universities, research centers and manufacturing industries.
Provides an online directory on Indian composites manufacturing (free for corporate members).
Individual, corporate or life membership. CECA Asia boasts more than 7,000 members.
A bi-monthly newsletter, the CECA Communique, published online and circulated through the entire composite fraternity.
Short- and long-term courses for the technical and professional growth of CECA Asia’s composites fraternity with the latest technological and management courses.
CECA Asia events, including regularly organized web symposiums and online events for the benefit of the composites fraternity every month.
CINC – Composites Industries National Conference. The July 2023 conference took place in Gujarat, India, and brought together composites, researchers and supply chain professionals from private and public enterprises. CINC 2024 will be organized jointly by CECA Asia, IIT, Gandhinagar, Atira, SSME (ISRO), Navrachna University and the International Automobile Centre of Excellence (iACE) in Gandhinagar, India.

CECA Asia supports green field, expansion and turnkey projects for glass and carbon fiber, aramid, graphene and other advanced materials. The organization services aerospace, automotive, railway, electric vehicle (EV), marine, mass transportation, wind energy, sports, electronics and medical composites manufacturers in setting up new plants, troubleshooting process issues, and implementing lean manufacturing and new product development.