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MEET
THE NEW PARTNER COMPANIES
OF THE AZL PARTNER NETWORK
joined since January 2020

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started AZL Partnership in March 2020
participates in joined product development of a multi-material battery casing
(via project voucher included in Business+)
Individual projects with AZL (potential and market analyses)

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started AZL Partnership in June 2020
The AZL gives us fast and efficient access to the state of
the art in composite technologies and enables us to
network with technological depth.
AZL, with its proximity to RWTH and IKV, offers the full
range of what we only occasionally find at trade fairs or
conferences: access to the latest
cutting-edge technology for plastics, lightweight and
production.
Dr.-Ing. Axel Höfter, General Manager Corporate R&D
of Röchling Industrial
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The AZL network
provides
superb networking
options
with decision makers
and experts from leading
and arising
industry players.
Not only on-site but
also with well-organized
online events during
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roman Woznitza,
Business Development Manager at
INOMETA GmbH
»
started AZL Partnership in March 2020
Involved in 3 Workgroups “Composite Pipes & Vessels” and
“Hybrid Thermoplastics Composites” and “Product Cost Benchmarking”
presenting their thermoplastic winding solutions during various
meetings

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started AZL Partnership in September 2020
Participate in 3 joint projects “Multi-material battery casing”,
“Bio-based Composites” and “Development of a SMC database”
In particular, the AZL partner network seems very
close to industry and to bringing new technology and
products to market quite effectively. Therefore, we
could not find any reason not to join this great
network.
We really want to learn from this network, but also
want to be a positive, contributing member to bring
the value to this network.
Yutaka Yagi, Managing Director & General Manager of Technology of the
Teijin Automotive Center Europe GmbH
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started AZL Partnership in January 2020
Involved in the AZL Workgroups “Hybrid Thermoplastics Composites”
and “Advanced Thermoset Production”
Presented their solution for thermoplastic tailored blanks
during a speed dating session at AZL Annual Partner Meeting
We joined the AZL Partner Network for
three reasons:
it is an excellent network to get in touch
with the technology leaders in the market,
it is a great way to get inspired to develop
new technological solutions and
it is a good source for recruiting smart
talent.
Marcus Kremers, CTO of Airborne International
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For us the membership in the
AZL network is important to get in
touch with users, interested parties
and partners, to identify new
technology needs at an early stage
and to receive impulses for the
development of new solutions. We
expect an intensive direct exchange
through the regular professional and
thematically focused meetings.
Dr. Andreas Reimann, Managing Director of
Roth Composite Machinery
»
started 4-year AZL Partnership in June 2020
contribute to winding technology study

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Battery casings are a key component in electric vehicles.
The requirements are challenging and
very individual for different vehicle classes.
We are looking forward to the creative exchange with the cross-
value chain and cross-material class consortium to find out how
we can save weight and costs by using plastic-based multi-
material solutions versus status quo solutions made of metals.
Dr.-Ing. Florian Meyer,
project management mentor from the Technical Development department of Audi AG
started AZL Partnership in March 2020
participates in joined product development of a multi-material battery casing
(via project voucher included in Business+)

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AZL Partner Network: 80+ International Companies
Trusting, pre-competitive Cooperation in continuous Activities
Technology and
product
workgroups
Networking &
open innovation
events
Joint product cost
benchmarks
Initiation of joint
partner
technology
projects

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