Composite Technology Center
Composite Technology Center or CTC GmbH (An Airbus Company) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Airbus Operations GmbH and Airbus with its headquarters in Stade, Germany. CTC GmbH develops cross-sectoral lightweight technologies and integrated lightweight design solutions for industrial use. The focus is on innovative technologies for the industrial and automated processing of composite material and multi-material combinations for aviation. The company is active worldwide in the field of lightweight design and is certified according to the standards EN 9100 and ISO14001. Furthermore, CTC GmbH is a member of the international network Composites United e.V.
History
CTC GmbH was founded in 2001 and moved in 2004 from a former repair hall of the Bundeswehr on the premises of the local Airbus plant to the so-called Technology Center in Stade. The reason for the foundation was an increasing demand for application-oriented research and development in the field of composites and a decoupling of these activities from the operative production processes at the Airbus plant in Stade in order to achieve innovations in the field of lightweight design as well as appropriate technologies in an agile, flexible and cross-sectoral manner.
Business areas and core competencies
The core competencies of the CTC are spread across the business areas "Innovation", "Solution", "Production" and "Education" and are particularly focused on the areas:
- Composite-compatible product design and analysis
- Research and development projects for fibre composite and lightweight technologies
- Development, introduction and operation of highly automated production facilities
- Consulting and series support for composite production
- Process recording, analysis and optimization
- Production of prototypes, technology demonstrators, individual and series parts in aviation quality
- Training and education in the field of composites and innovative technologies, such as additive manufacturing or collaborative robotics.
Branches
CTC GmbH is active in the following industries:
- Aerospace industry
- Automotive industry
- Transportation
- Mechanical and plant engineering
- Shipbuilding
- Railway engineering
- Defense industry
- Medical technology.
Weblinks
References
- [1]. Online court filing of the CTC GmbH in Lower Saxony, Germany. Retrieved 17 December 2020 - via https://www.online-handelsregister.de.
- [2]. Online court filing of the CTC GmbH in Lower Saxony, Germany. Retrieved 17 December 2020 - via https://www.handelsregister-online.de.
- "Leichtbauatlas: CTC GmbH (Composite Technology Center) (en)". Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany. Retrieved 14 August 2020 - via https://leichtbauatlas.de.
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