CAMX Awards sponsored by Composites One
Awards are presented to entrants with innovative and new technologies that address areas of critical importance to the composites and advanced materials industry from business, applications, and research perspectives. The CAMX Award winners will be announced during the Opening General Session on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026 at 8:30 am.
2026 Combined Strength Finalists
2026 Unsurpassed Innovation Finalists
CAMX Awards
The flagship CAMX Award recognizes innovations that have the potential to significantly impact composites and advanced materials in the marketplace. The CAMX Award will be awarded to two game-changing entries that reflect the depth and breadth of the CAMX theme: Combined Strength. Unsurpassed Innovation. The CAMX Award provides industry recognition and prestige to deserving and groundbreaking industry work.
Combined Strength Award
This award is presented to the composites product that clearly demonstrates a team approach and effort that brings together knowledge, resources, and talent to produce an incredible example of the best use of composites materials that solve a problem.
| Title | Institution | Link |
|---|---|---|
| High-Rate Thermoplastic Composite Drone Rotor Blades | ENGEL Austria GmbH | Read More |
| Higher Pressure, Less Carbon Fiber: A Polyolefin Pressure Vessel Breakthrough | ExxonMobil Product Solutions - Proxxima, Optimum CST, LLC | Read More |
| Innovative Fiberglass Panel Design Using Bouligand Structure | Ain Shams University | Read More |
| Collaborative Innovation Enabling High-Throughput Filament Winding with UV Curing | Lindau Chemicals, Inc. | Read More |
| Overmolded Thermoplastic Rib for Sustainable eVTOL High-Rate Production | NIAR/WSU | Read More |
| Advanced Composite Formwork for Accelerated High-Precision Nuclear Infrastructure | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF),U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO), Kairos Power; University of Maine, Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), Barnard Construction, Airtech Advanced Materials Group, JuggerBot 3D, Additive Engineering Solutions (AES), Haddy | Read More |
| Next-Generation Thermoplastic Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels for New Space | A+ Composites GmbH | Read More |
Unsurpassed Innovation Award
This award is presented to the composites product that clearly demonstrates a novel design that incorporates low-cost materials for high-volume applications or high-performance applications with low-volume materials that delivers a product that is innovative and has the potential to significantly impact existing or open new markets.
| Title | Institution | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Portable Thermoplastic Composite Repair and Reinforcement System | LayBand | Read More |
| AI-Native Autonomous Production Planning for Advanced Manufacturing | Plataine | Read More |
| Low Temperature Demold BMI Tooling Prepreg | Kaneka Aerospace LLC, Janicki Industries | Read More |
| L&L Products Toughened Thermoplastic Adhesive for Ductile Layered Epoxy Carbon-Fiber Composites | L&L Products | Read More |
| Lightweight CFRTP Concrete Joint Reinforcement System | ReForm Composites, Inc. | Read More |
| High-Precision Composite Cutting: From Prepreg to Foamcore in Single Pass | Summa | Read More |
| SoundBounce by Lios: An Advanced Material Designed to Tackle Noise | Lios | Read More |
| Breakthrough High-Temperature Thermoplastic UD Tapes for Serial Aerospace Production | A+ Composites GmbH | Read More |
| Washout Mandrels | CONCR3DE | Read More |
| MExS: High-Throughput Multimaterial Extrusion for Architected Hybrid Composite Additive Manufacturing | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Read More |
| AToM: In‑Space Toolless Manufacturing for Next‑Generation Composite Structures | NIAR/WSU | Read More |
| Aligned Recycled Carbon Fiber Delivering High-Performance Composites at Industrial Scale | James Cropper Advanced Materials Ltd. & Carbon Fiber Recycling, LLC | Read More |
| Innovative Mobility FRP Designs for Battery Structural Parts | ExxonMobil Product Solutions - Proxxima,Fraunhofer ICT | Read More |
Awards for Composites Excellence
Awards for Composites Excellence (ACE), a prestigious composites industry competition, recognizes outstanding achievement and innovation in technology, manufacturing, and product development. The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA), host to the long-standing awards program, will present six awards in three categories at CAMX. Categories include: Design, Manufacturing, and Market Growth. The ACE Award provides industry recognition and prestige to deserving and groundbreaking industry work.
Poster Session
The Poster Session allows the next generation of researchers, engineers and industry professionals from universities and organizations around the globe to showcase their research and commercial applications of composites and advanced materials. Posters are displayed onsite and 3 entries are recognized for their research content and contributions, and poster creativity and design.
CAMX OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL PAPER AWARDS
Outstanding Technical Paper Awards will be presented to researchers who put together well-written, interesting and groundbreaking Technical Papers that have addressed critical areas of importance to the composites and advanced materials industry from business, applications, and research perspectives. Winning Technical Papers will be granted one complimentary full conference registration. All accepted technical papers are automatically considered for this award.
