News & Presse
The future of aviation
03.05.2022
FACC is a leading international technology enterprise in the aerospace industry with a focus on research and development into innovative lightweight components and technologies. As an aerospace pioneer, the company sets standards for a unique, sustainable and safe flying experience with its forward-looking products and services.
Lightweight technology made easy
20.04.2022
Saving weight in a smart way? Create innovative designs? Integrate intelligent safety features? ENGEL is specialised in finding new ways to find the best solution. That is why we work with our customers to develop individual industrial production solutions for specific material combinations in composite lightweight construction.
Tomorrow‘s lightweight alloys
08.04.2022
The LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen (Light Metals Technologies Ranshofen) of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is a leader in research and innovation for the lightweight design of the future. LKR researchers have more than 25 years of experience.
ENGEL auf der JEC World 2022 in Paris
01.04.2022
Die JEC World 2022 vom 3. bis 5. Mai in Paris, Frankreich, bildet die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette der Verbundwerkstoffbranche ab. Ein wichtiger Teil dieser Kette ist das Umformen thermoplastischer Faserverbund-Halbzeuge. Das ENGEL organomelt Verfahren geht noch einen Schritt weiter: Hier werden Organobleche und UD-Tapes nicht nur umgeformt, sondern im selben Arbeitsschritt im Spritzguss funktionalisiert. Zu sehen live auf der Messe am ENGEL Stand in Halle 5.
Micro-sandwiches for containers
22.03.2022
CIMERA® micro-sandwiches from 4a manufacturing GmbH allow Envirotainer AB to launch a new benchmark in temperature-controlled air freight container solutions. Due to an advanced vacuum insulated panel technology in combination with CIMERA® micro-sandwich panels inside, the containers provide new state-of-the-art temperature stability and lightweight properties at the same time.
"Lightweight is an interdisciplinary key technology for sustainability"
16.03.2022
A2LT, the Austrian Lightweight Construction Platform, is a success story. As the platform‘s spokesperson, Robert Machtlinger, the CEO of FACC, initiated and shaped the reorientation of the content with a focus on sustainable, affordable and intelligent lightweight construction. As the new platform spokesperson, Stefan Seidel, the CTO of Pankl Racing Systems, was already intensively involved in this and will now operatively implement the roadmap. In this interview, the two "Sirs" of lightweight technology talk about their motivation, their philosophy, and the benefits of A2LT.
Sustainable, affordable and smart
15.03.2022
Lightweight construction is not an end in itself. It plays a major part in meeting sustainability targets – not just in the field of mobility, but in many other sectors. The A2LT policy paper entitled ‘Roadmap for sustainable, affordable and smart lightweight construction as an area of Austrian strength’ defines precisely how Austria can build on its excellence in lightweight construction.
A2LT Whitepaper
Roadmap to Sustainable, Affordable and Smart Lightweighting
14.03.2022
No (Green) Deal without lightweighting?
Leichtbau-Drohne hebt ab
05.11.2021
Studierende des FH OÖ Campus Wels entwickelten eigenständig eine Drohne, deren Strukturbauteile um bis zu 40 % leichter sind als bei herkömmlichen Modellen auf dem Markt.
FACC Stipendiat*innen der FH OÖ Wels heben mit selbstgebauter Drohne ab
10.06.2021
Als Projekt im Rahmen des gemeinsamen Leichtbau- und Composite-Werkstoffe-Studienganges, das FACC in Kooperation mit der FH OÖ in Wels 2018 ins Leben rief, konstruierten Studierende eigenständig eine Leichtbau-Kameradrohne. Heuer im Frühjahr hat das Studierendenteam das komplexe Übungs- und Leichtbau-Demonstrationsprojekt erfolgreich abgeschlossen und zeigt damit eindrucksvoll die Zukunftschancen und Weiterentwicklungsmöglichkeiten des begehrten Bachelor-Studiums.