On March 6, JEC World 2025 successfully concluded in Paris, France. As a key participant in China’s PEEK industry, JunDe showcased its innovative achievements and application solutions in the CF/PEEK sector, attracting significant attention from international customers and fostering in-depth exchanges and collaborations with upstream and downstream partners, as well as industry professionals.
The exhibition highlighted the growing trend of thermoplastic composites replacing traditional thermoset materials. Compared to conventional epoxy-based materials, high-performance resin-based thermoplastic composites such as PEEK, PPS, and PEI offer advantages such as recyclability, high processing efficiency, superior impact resistance, and excellent resistance to temperature fluctuations and corrosion. These properties have led to widespread adoption in aerospace, defense, medical, and petrochemical industries. While their application in consumer markets such as home appliances, automobiles, and sports equipment is still developing, their lightweight and high-performance attributes indicate a promising market outlook.
The low-melting LM-PAEK materials introduced by international competitors and downstream users became a focal point of the exhibition. Recognizing customer needs and keeping pace with global technological trends, JunDe has successfully completed small-scale and pilot-scale production of this material, offering trial products to customers. The company plans to promote domestically produced LM-PAEK granules at the next exhibition, with multiple domestic clients already expressing interest in collaboration. Additionally, a German medical device company presented a long-fiber-reinforced bone plate using direct molding technology, providing an innovative processing approach for the medical field—an area that Chinese industry peers should closely follow.
KVE INDUCT® showcased its induction welding equipment and process for thermoplastic composites. This technology generates heat through eddy currents in the carbon fiber-reinforced laminate, melting the polymer and forming a strong bond. Welding is performed in a rigid mold, where composite laminates are secured in a designated position. A welding coil moves over the component, melting the polymer at precise locations. The welding area temperature is controlled using a proprietary heat dissipation system. This method enables welding of closed-box structures with varying thicknesses and curvatures and is virtually unlimited in component size. Compared to thermoset composites, this technology reduces costs by 20% and weight by 10%, making it widely applicable in aircraft doors, beam panels, and similar products.
Integrating a hydraulic press with an infrared oven system and a robotic arm, this equipment transfers material blanks from the loading station to the infrared furnace, then to the forming mold, and finally back to the loading station for the next cycle. The cyclic operation and rapid heating/cooling process enable the continuous and efficient stamping and compression molding of thermoplastic composite products, significantly improving efficiency while reducing costs.
This system winds and places thermoplastic prepreg tapes according to predefined shapes or programs, using laser radiation as a heat source for welding. The highly precise temperature control ensures exceptional weld quality during in-situ consolidation, enabling cost-effective mass production of thermoplastic composite components such as magnetic pump isolation sleeves, high-pressure hydrogen tanks, new energy vehicle motor rotors, and missile canisters.
As European leading enterprises face increasing cost pressures in the global market, Chinese PEEK materials are seizing valuable international expansion opportunities. With a broad application spectrum and a growing number of success stories, the market size for PEEK continues to expand, driven by strong demand.
The rapid emergence of Chinese PEEK polymerization, compounding, and continuous extrusion enterprises is not only increasing in quantity but also intensifying investments in R&D and after-sales technical support. This has significantly enhanced product quality and strengthened global competitiveness. As a leader in the industry, JunDe’s foreign trade team actively engages with international market demands, striving to bring high-quality Chinese PEEK materials to the global stage.
To further expand its presence in Europe, JunDe established its JUNDE HPP subsidiary in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia (the host city of the K trade fair), equipped with a showroom and office to actively penetrate the European market. Meanwhile, in response to technical barriers in high-end composite equipment such as filament winding and tape placement machines, JunDe is accelerating its layout in the prepreg tape equipment sector through a flexible modular procurement strategy and localized R&D efforts, aiming to gain a technological edge and lay a solid foundation for the company’s long-term growth.
Looking ahead, JunDe will enhance collaboration with downstream clients to jointly promote CF/PEEK composites and establish technological barriers in high-end sectors such as aerospace and implantable medical devices. Additionally, the company will increase R&D investment in high-value-added products such as carbon fiber-reinforced PEEK (CF/PEEK) and implantable-grade AKSOPEEK, driving its transformation toward a specialized, high-tech enterprise.
The absence of several Chinese enterprises from this year’s exhibition due to a lack of sustained investment further underscores the necessity of deep industry engagement and perseverance. JunDe’s composite materials subsidiary is refining its strategic planning, leveraging precise market positioning and technological advancements to stand out in the competitive landscape and establish itself as an industry benchmark.
By participating in JEC World 2025, JunDe not only showcased its innovative capabilities in the CF/PEEK sector but also injected new vitality into the future development of high-performance thermoplastic composites such as PEEK, PEK, and PPS.
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