Eight Years of Momentum, Breaking New Ground: HRC Brings Its Cutting-Edge Products to JEC World 2026, Opening New Industry Frontiers
From March 10 to 12, JEC World 2026, the leading international composites event, was held in Paris under the theme “Pushing the Limits.” The exhibition brought together over a thousand top companies across the global composites industry, showcasing frontier technologies and innovative products in aerospace, automotive, energy, construction, and advanced manufacturing.
HRC participated for the eighth time, highlighting three industry hotspots: green circularity, cross-sector applications, and performance enhancement. The company presented an expanded product matrix across end-use fields including mobility, general aviation and low-altitude flight, and green building, demonstrating its strategic vision of leveraging the value chain to enable a sustainable and intelligent future.
Driving Material Circularity with Patented Technologies
Sustainability is a key focus for the composites industry. Under increasingly strict regulations and standards, recycled carbon fiber composites have emerged as both strategically valuable and economically viable. HRC introduced its upgraded Recycled Material Application Framework, demonstrating the expanded applications of recycled carbon fiber across multiple industrial sectors and unlocking the full potential of circular materials.
In the automotive segment, HRC showcased a range of recycled carbon fiber components such as underbody shields, fender trims, and mudguards. These products combine environmental benefits with robust mechanical performance and industrial-scale manufacturability. For example, interior structural components made from recycled carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic materials (using LFT long-fiber injection molding) can be combined with PP, PA, PC, PPS, or PEEK, delivering high strength, toughness, and stability for high-end manufacturing applications.
The company also presented its green, lightweight carbon fiber construction formwork, which can be recycled over 250 times. Certified under GRS 4.0 and ISO 14067:2018 for carbon footprint, this product sets a benchmark for cost efficiency and sustainability in the construction sector.
Cross-Sector Applications and Scalable Production
HRC highlighted products across mobility, low-altitude flight, and other sectors, demonstrating the company’s technological leadership and diversified business layout. Star products such as steering wheel trims achieved monthly production volumes of 10,000 units and are deployed in multiple mass-market new energy vehicles, confirming HRC’s industrial-scale capabilities. HRC remains the only company globally capable of monthly mass production of thermoset carbon fiber components for tens of thousands of vehicles, accelerating the adoption of carbon fiber composites across mid-market models.
In general aviation and low-altitude flight, HRC displayed motor arms, inner wings, and other components. Notably, a UAV arm featuring a composite “inner skin—PMI foam—outer skin” structure is manufactured via sequential curing and secondary bonding, reducing weight while enhancing rigidity and structural efficiency. HRC also showcased its full-composite rear swingarm developed for the 2024 Moto2 Championship, engineered for extreme dynamic loads with an optimized balance of stiffness, controlled flexibility, and lightweight performance.
Pushing Product Performance to New Heights
HRC’s commitment to excellence continues with products such as the all-new carbon fiber side mirror arm, selected for the JEC Innovation Planet Mobility section. Made from high-strength, low-density, fatigue-resistant carbon fiber composites, it achieves over 30% weight reduction compared to aluminum alternatives, optimizing energy consumption and dynamic response. Its corrosion resistance and durability ensure stable performance throughout the product lifecycle, while the carbon fiber texture adds a technological and premium aesthetic to the vehicle.
Similarly, HRC’s all-carbon fiber wheel hub reduces weight by over 40% compared to metal counterparts, improving suspension load, handling, and acceleration. The distinctive carbon fiber weave creates a futuristic visual rhythm, enhancing overall vehicle design.
With industrialization advancing globally, composites are increasingly driving structural and efficiency upgrades across pioneering industries. HRC continues to push the boundaries of material applications, leveraging its scale to unlock the potential of carbon fiber and collaborating with global partners to promote a greener, low-carbon, and high-performance composites industry.
