Our story
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Christoph starts his doctoral research on the fabrication and use of hybrid bicomponent fibres at the Laboratory of Composite Materials and Adaptive Structures at ETH Zurich.
April 2015
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Nicole joins the team as a Master's student and later as the second doctoral candidate working on bicomponent fibre technology.
September 2017
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Prototype spinning line
The first prototype line spinning continuous fibres is erected in the lab and in-line coating experiments commence.
March 2018
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Consolidated laminate
The first material sample is consolidated into a laminate, kicking off the research on part production using bicomponent fibres.
October 2018
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The team defines the Antefil project and acquires transfer funding in the form of an ETH Pioneer Fellowship and a BRIDGE Proof of Concept grant.
2019-20