2023 Innovation Showcase Participants

* denotes 2023 Innovation Award Winner

• Showcase Participants with Industry Area: Materials, Chemical and Maturity: Ready to Market

• Craitor, Inc.

  Vista, CA

  www.craitor.com

  Intrepid Expeditionary 3D Printer

  The Intrepid 3D printer is a rugged, portable, intelligent system designed and deployed through collaboration with the USMC, US Army, and US Navy that can manufacture military-grade parts from advanced high-temperature plastics, composites, and flexibles, on a single platform when, and where, they are needed in the most austere environments.

• Hong Kong Productivity Council

  Kowloon, Hong Kong

  www.hkpc.org

  Aluminum-steel gauze accumulative roll bonded composite sheet

  The novel composite material comprises an aluminum sheet as the matrix and steel wire as the strengthening element, providing a combination of toughness and lightweight properties. This material can effectively protect electronics as casing components during the stamping process.

• Luna Labs USA, LLC

  Blacksburg, VA

  lunalabs.us/

  High-Quality Composite Repair with a Single Vacuum Bag

  Currently, a Double Vacuum Debulk (DVD) process is used to repair damaged composite components. This process limits repair size, is expensive and creates logistical challenges. Luna Labs has developed a wet layup, on-part repair procedure that generates superior repair quality. Formal qualification of the developed process has been initiated.

• QuantumCat Co., Ltd.

  Daejeon, Republic of Korea

  www.quantumcat.com/en

  Gold catalyst working at room temperature for air quality contol

  QuantumCat has developed a synthesis technology of gold catalyst that can be commercialized for the first time. The gold catalyst can remove harmful gaseous pollutants such as CO and VOCs at room temperature, which can be applied for outdoor or indoor air quality control.