smart industry Fieldlab Thermoplastic Composites NL
TPC NL aims at making thermoplastic composites work for local and (inter-)national industry and thus enhance their economic impact
TPAC works closely together with SMEs on cost-effective processing, automation and recycling of thermoplastic composites. Being directly connected to Saxion University of Applied Sciences, TPAC is furthermore actively involved in education and thereby provides the market with young professionals with state of the art knowhow on thermoplastic composites.
TPRC, the ThermoPlastic composites Research Center in the Netherlands, is an open innovation, research and development center that aims for scientific understanding of thermoplastic composites for a broad range of end use markets. TPRC originates from a joint initiative of the founding members Boeing, TenCate, Fokker and the University of Twente, and dates back to 2009.
TPC NL – the Smart Industry Fieldlab for Thermoplastic Composites aims at making thermoplastic composites work for local and (inter-)national industry and thus enhance their economic impact.
TPC NL offers the following to its partners:
•Hosting R&D projects and (pre-industrial) production facilities;
•Access to expertise (in-house and thourgh its network);
•Access to shared facilities (composite processing, material testing et cetera);
•Regular meetings for exchange or knowledge and networking with partner in the field;
•Direct link to universities: education, research, employees and students ;
•Development of new TPC projects: potential business.
TPC NL is a joint development of the TPAC (ThermoPlastic composites Application Center) and the TPRC (ThermoPlastic composites Research Center) both based in Enschede, The Netherlands. This offers a sound base on thermoplastic composite knowledge and expertise and a direct link with industry (both large enterprises and SMEs) and universities (University of Twente and Saxion University of Applied Sciences).
