Driven by creativity, sustainability and health
Connecting education and industry
Applied research on composites themes
Researching themes that are relevant
Automation
Bio based
Repair
Intro
Inholland Composites
https://youtu.be/EiQ-o9gWsyg
At Inholland Composites, the applied research we do is driven by our values: creativity, sustainability and health. From an industry perspective, we link our research to themes that are relevant and current in the world surrounding us. For our students, lecturers and researchers, our research themes offer a challenging and multidisciplinary framework for learning and developing new skills.
Research Themes
Automation
Automation in composite manufacturing is essential to the future growth of the composite industry. Smart manufacturing is the way to larger production volumes, better employee safety and health conditions, and higher product quality.
Bio based
The benefits from composites offer ample avenues for improving our environment, but why not take it one step further and use nature’s materials in composite structures design?
Repair
Next to ‘ageing aircraft’, we also see wind turbine blades reaching their operational life, and mass-produced composite cars are no longer future visions. All these structures are based on all-composite load-bearing elements which, due to damage or ageing may at some point need structural repair.
Projects
Delivered and current projects
News
CompEfficient 04 Dec 2025
KIEM project • HighTech Materials • Applied R&D CompEfficient explored how thermoplastic composite press forming can be made more energy-efficient and more predictable by improving the heating step. The project developed an improved infrared heating...
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Manufacturing students learn robot programming using RoboDK19 Mar 2025
In the last term of this study year the 3rd year Manufacturing students at Inholland Aeronautical and Precision Engineering will be introduced into Smart Industry. In collaboration with SamXL they...
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Intelligent composite access door for sewage system24 Aug 2020
The development of a smart cover for gaining access to a sewage system is nearing completion. Student Jesse Dobber worked together with Smit Composites and Inholland Composites and developed an...
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Contact us
Don’t hesitate to contact us in case you are looking for collaboration in one of our activities.
Rotterdamseweg 266A, 2628 AS, Delft
+31-61 - 051 26 76
haha, we buried our fax a decade ago:-)