Coexpair highlights role in automated composites manufacturing processing, defense growth

Source | Video by Waldorado-TV

Coexpair (Namur, Belgium) and its automated fiber placement (AFP) branch, Coexpair Dynamics (Namur), have been featured on Walloon entrepreneurial TV program Waldorado (see video below). The broadcast highlights the company’s high-tech manufacturing technologies that enable mass production of high-quality composite components for aerospace customers, and touches on Coexpair’s expansion from civil applications to defense, a market that is witnessing significant economic growth.

The episode showcases how Coexpair and Coexpair Dynamics are advancing composites developments for these markets, including:

SQRTM 4.0 technology. The latest iteration of Coexpair’s composites manufacturing process features full automation, synchronizing hardware and software to dramatically improve efficiency.
Maestro Software Suite. An AI-enhanced, purpose-built data software, Maestro is designed to optimize composite production, from AFP machines to RTM/SQRTM injectors, including the workstations (pneumatic press).

Coexpair’s technology is backed by the Walloon Ministry of Economy and the Belgian Minister of Defence. It has been explored by major aerospace entities like Lockheed Martin for F-35 parts (read “Coexpair to fabricate, demonstrate and test Lockheed F-35 composite parts using SQRTM 4.0”), as well as Airbus and Safran (“Coexpair … delivers advanced hot press for Safran new composites development lab”).

As part of Coexpair’s growth into defense, the video also discusses the Wallonia defense sector, a rapidly growing industrial ecosystem in the Walloon region of Belgium dedicated to civil, aerospace, space and defense. It includes several large companies (Belgian and international) — including Coexpair — with full value chain control, as well as a dynamic network of SMEs continuously developing new skills.

Wallonia has organized itself within the GIWAS (Groupement des Industries Wallonnes Aéronautiques et Spatiales) group, a federation that is backed by regional initiatives to advance Industry 4.0 digitization, robotics and sustainable aviation technology.

“Entering the defense market presents significant complexities,” explains Agnès Flémal, chief operating officer of GIWAS. “Gaining entry requires some time, as approval is necessary. You must possess specific qualifications and certifications. We [GIWAS] will comprehend how Walloon enterprises adapt to obtain contracts in the defense sector.”

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