Carbon reinforced concrete at the lightweighting summit at HANNOVER MESSE

Lightweight construction is one of the key technologies of the 21st century. Because lightweight construction stands for a simple principle: less weight, less energy and emissions with improved functionality. Lightweight construction is also a strong innovation driver that can make a decisive contribution to increasing resource and energy efficiency. This is equally important for environmental and climate protection and for strengthening Germany's competitiveness as an industrial location. Lightweight construction, the technology of the future, thus plays an important role in overcoming global challenges.

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) hosted the 1st Lightweighting Summit at HANNOVER MESSE 2019 to give the versatility of lightweight construction a separate stage. "Our clear goal is to promote lightweight construction as a key technology and thus pave the way for an even broader industrial application," said Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier. "With the Lightweight Construction Conference, we want to promote the necessary dialogue between politics, industry and research.

At the 1st Lightweighting Summit, the BMWi presented carbon reinforced concrete as the best practice example for lightweight construction in Germany. The guests were presented with the carbon concrete brochure at the reception. Dr. Michael Meister, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), also explained in his lecture the extremely positive developments and numerous advantages of carbon reinforced concrete. The CEO of Carbon Composite e. V., Prof. Hubert Jäger, explicitly referred to the high relevance of the construction industry and carbon concrete. He highlighted the high consumption of concrete and the high forecast growth in carbon concrete products worldwide.

The development of carbon reinforced concrete is associated with long-term growth in numerous industries. In addition to the construction industry, the chemical, mechanical engineering and textile industries in particular are benefiting greatly from the enormous widespread impact.