Epsilon Composite

Epsilon Composite is a French company created in 1987 by Stephane LULL, its current CEO. Revenue in 2012 was 21M€ with 190 employees.[1]

Epsilon Composite designs and produces a wide range of Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) products for various applications:[2][3][4]

* Manufacturing and printing machines (flexography and textile industries)
* Energy (oil & gas offshore exploitation, wind turbines)[5][6]
* Civil Engineering[7]
* Camera support equipment (tripods)
* Automotive and leisure applications
* Aerospace (Airbus and Flying Whales Tier-1 supplier)[8][9][10]

The main production process used by the company is pultrusion.

Epsilon Composite is mainly deals with international customers (90% of revenue comes from exports), mostly from Japan and Germany . The production site is located in Gaillan, France .

The company is regularly listed among the “key players in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Market” in independent market reports.[11]

In 2021, one of the company's projects was selected as JEC Innovation Awards finalist in the Aerospace category.[12]

## References

1. ↑ Frédéric Parisot, Epsilon Composite inaugure une nouvelle usine en Gironde, L'Usine Nouvelle, September 21st 2012
2. ↑ Colette Goinère, Epsilon Composite veut répondre aux marchés de l’aéronautique, L'Usine nouvelle, November 4th 2010.
3. ↑ Airbus s'intéresse à Epsilon, Air et Cosmos n°2213, April 9th 2010, p.21
4. ↑ Claude Mandraut, Epsilon Composite diversifie les applications de la fibre de carbone, La Tribune, may 14th 2010
5. ↑ "The markets: Oil and gas (2011)". Jan 1, 2009. https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/the-markets-oil-and-gas-2010. "dynamic umbilical that features an outer casing reinforced along its length with multiple carbon-fiber rods pultruded by Epsilon Composite (Gaillan en Médoc, France)"
6. ↑ "Wind blade spar caps: Pultruded to perfection?". https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/wind-blade-spar-caps-pultruded-to-perfection. "In 2013, Epsilon launched its trademarked Carboglulam pultrusion process to produce stackable carbon fiber laminate for the manufacture of spar caps"
7. ↑ "Structural makeover: Big bridge-strengthening project". 2010. https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/structural-makeover-big-bridge-strengthening-project. "The 2.5-km/1.6-mile long cable-stayed-concrete West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, Australia, is prepped for added traffic lanes with BASF's MBrace composite reinforcements, pultruded by EPSILON Composite (Gaillan-en-Médoc, France)."
8. ↑ Frédéric Parisot, Epsilon Composite inaugure une nouvelle usine en Gironde, L'Usine Nouvelle, September 21st 2012
9. ↑ CORAC website
10. ↑ "Program partners". https://www.flying-whales.com/company.
11. ↑ "Global Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018 - 2023)". March 1, 2018. https://www.researchreportsworld.com/global-carbon-fiber-reinforced-plastics-market-13102011.
12. ↑ "The JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2021 Finalists - Optimfloor: an integrated composite floor panel". May 11, 2021. https://www.jeccomposites.com/press/the-jec-composites-innovation-awards-2021-finalists/.

## External links

* Official website

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