Epsilon Composite Explained

Epsilon Composite is a French company created in 1987 by Stephane LULL, its current CEO. Its revenue in 2021 was 33.5 M€ with 230 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,^[5] wind turbines)^[6]
• Civil Engineering^[7]
• Camera support equipment (tripods)
• Automotive and leisure applications
• Aerospace (Airbus and Flying Whales Tier-1 supplier)^{[8] [9]}

The main production process used by the company are pultrusion and its pull-winding variant.

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.^[10]

In 2021, one of the company's projects was selected as JEC Innovation Awards finalist in the Aerospace category.^[11]

Epsilon Composite won the 2023 Global Industrie Award for the development of an innovative composite overmolding process.^{[12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. Marie Bardet-Crougnaud, « Un grand millésime 2021 » pour Epsilon Composite, qui veut agrandir son usine, Placeco, May 5th 2022
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. Web site: Jan 1, 2009. The markets: Oil and gas (2011). CompositesWorld. 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. Web site: Wind blade spar caps. Composites World.
7. Web site: 2010. Structural makeover: Big bridge-strengthening project. CompositesWorld. 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. Web site: Program partners. August 16, 2021. Flying Whales.
10. Web site: March 1, 2018. Global Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics Market - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018 - 2023). Research Reports World.
11. Web site: May 11, 2021. The JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2021 Finalists - Optimfloor: an integrated composite floor panel. JEC Composites.
12. Web site: March 3, 2023. Un partenariat gagnant à Global Industrie. Machines Production.
13. Web site: March 9, 2023. Global Industrie 2023 : les Awards récompensent une innovation tournée vers l'intuitivité. L'Usine Nouvelle.