"Dr. Johnny Zhou was invited to attend the 2nd Carbon Fiber Forum and presented cutting-edge result of 3D continuous fiber honeycomb composites"

On April 22nd to 23rd , 2025, the 2nd Forum on the Development of Forming Technology and Equipment for Carbon Fiber & Its Composite Material and the Conference on Supply and Demand Development of Composite Materials Industry were successfully held in Shanghai titled "Strengthening Material Foundations, Intelligent Manufacturing for the Future of Composites." The forum brought together industry experts, technical leaders, corporate executives, and representatives from the supply chains to make the discussions about carbon fiber and composite materials production, specialized equipment, and forming processes, aiming to tackle industry challenges and elevate high-performance fiber composites to new heights. Dr. Johnny Zhou, president and general manager of Protech, attended the forum as an invited expert and made a keynote speech titled“Forming Technology and Application Research on High Performance Fiber Reinforced 3D Composites ”.

The speech marked the first release of Protech's technological breakthroughs and theoretical research achievements in this field. It provided an in-depth analysis of the forming technology and mechanical properties of three-dimensional (3D) composite materials, combining experimental and simulation methods to highlight the mechanical response and damage evolution process of 3D continuous honeycomb composites under in-plane and out-of plane loads as well as 3D continuous fiber composite mechanical response and damage evolution. It demonstrated the engineering applications of 3D continuous fiber composites in the fields of plates, shafts, beams, columns, tubes, complicated shaped components, shells, boxes, domes and so on which showed that 3D composites had great potentials for application in aerospace, automobile manufacturing, sporting devices , medical devices and other fields.

As a pioneering leader in the field of composite materials, Protech had consistently pursued deep integration between technological R&D and industrial demands. Through independent innovation and proprietary technological breakthroughs, Protech had established complete industrial chain capabilities including design, R&D and production of 3D composite materials. Protech had overcome the longstanding challenges of the industry including limited product variety, industrialization difficulties and high production costs for 3D composites. The achievement made customizing production for diverse client requirements, different scenes and the demand for specific applications come true which could contribute to the high-quality development of  lightweighting for high-end equipment, material functionalization, equipment automation in the industry.