Epsilon Composite

Epsilon Composite is a French company created in 1987 by Stephane LULL, its current CEO. The company was founded in January 1987.[1] Its production site is located in Gaillan, France. Stéphane Lull is the CEO.[2]

Overview

Epsilon Composite designs and produces a wide range of Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) products for various applications:[3][4][5]

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

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

Awards and recognition

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]

References

  1. Invested in Epsilon Composite, a French carbon fiber reinforced plastic company Sumitomo Corporation in Europe, 2025-01-28, retrieved 2025-01-28^
  2. Stéphane Lull, PDG d'Epsilon Composite L'Usine Nouvelle, 19 June 2013, retrieved 28 January 2025^
  3. Colette Goinère, Epsilon Composite veut répondre aux marchés de l’aéronautique, L'Usine nouvelle, November 4th 2010.^
  4. Airbus s'intéresse à Epsilon, Air et Cosmos n°2213, April 9th 2010, p.21^
  5. Claude Mandraut, Epsilon Composite diversifie les applications de la fibre de carbone, La Tribune, may 14th 2010^
  6. The markets: Oil and gas (2011) CompositesWorld, Jan 1, 2009^
  7. Wind blade spar caps Composites World^
  8. Structural makeover: Big bridge-strengthening project CompositesWorld, 2010^
  9. Frédéric Parisot, Epsilon Composite inaugure une nouvelle usine en Gironde, L'Usine Nouvelle, September 21st 2012^
  10. Program partners Flying Whales, retrieved August 16, 2021^
  11. The JEC Composites Innovation Awards 2021 Finalists - Optimfloor: an integrated composite floor panel JEC Composites, May 11, 2021^
  12. Un partenariat gagnant à Global Industrie Machines Production, March 3, 2023^
  13. Global Industrie 2023 : les Awards récompensent une innovation tournée vers l'intuitivité L'Usine Nouvelle, March 9, 2023^