We’re very proud to have been presented with our ERCI European Best SME award at Rail Forum’s Annual Conference. Here our MD Steve Barbour collecting our award from GBRX’s MD, Toufic Machnouk
Composite Braiding Ltd
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Derby, England 1,016 followers
Cost-effective, scalable and sustainable composite manufacturing.
About us
We have the capabilities to manufacture advanced composite materials cost-effectively and at scale. Yep, you read that right: forget everything you thought you knew about advanced composite manufacturing. Our award-winning technology, which has been recognised as world-leading, enables us to automate the manufacturing process. This means we can reduce labour costs by up to 90% and waste by 97%. Our materials are: 1. Lightweight and strong — As strong as steel and 70% lighter. We braid a thermoplastic matrix with materials like carbon fibre, glass fibre, and basalt. 2. Sustainable — Our thermoplastic materials are inherently recyclable, our processes are energy efficient and cut waste by up to 97%, plus our products are lightweight which leads to de-carbonisation throughout the product lifecycle. 3. Cost-effective and scalable — We can produce 100,000 parts each year at a cost similar to traditional manufacturing. We offer a range of services, tailored to each client's requirements, including: - End product manufacturing - Pre-form braiding - A fully-bespoke service - License and collaboration. We're based in Derby, the UK Capital for Innovation. Visit our website to find out more.
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http://www.compositebraiding.com
External link for Composite Braiding Ltd
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Derby, England
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2017
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Dunstall Park Road
Unit 22 Dunstall Park
Derby, England DE24 8HJ, GB
Employees at Composite Braiding Ltd
Updates
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We're looking forward to exhibiting at Rail Forum's annual conference tomorrow at Doncaster Racecourse and Exhibition Centre. Come and say hello if you're attending.
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Today our Technical Director and Senior Engineer have been in Milan to win an award for our composite twin track cantilever. Congratulations to the other winners and many thanks to Rail Forum and ERCI for the organisation.
And the SME winner for the ERCI European Railway Clusters Initiative ASBL innovation awards is... Composite Braiding Ltd Thank you Guy Lawrence and Alastair Barnett CEng for coming to collect the award and outlining your entry, the composite braided twin track cantilever. Steve Barbour Rail Forum Veronica Elena Bocci Dirk-Ulrich Krueger, CFA
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We're delighted to be able to share that we've been shortlisted for THREE awards at Composites UK's Industry Awards 2025. As a business we're finalists in the 'Sustainability: Net-Zero Initiative' and 'Innovation in Composite Design' categories, and our very own Guy Lawrence is a finalist in the 'Young Engineer of The Year' category. Winners will be announced at the awards dinner on 29th October on the evening of the first day of the Advanced Engineering Show. #sustainability #composites #AES2025 #design #rail #madeinUK
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We’re delighted to welcome our first apprentice, Darren tino makombe into the business. He is enrolled on Derby College’s fantastic Engineering Fitter apprenticeship programme, which perfectly compliments the work he will be doing here, braiding, moulding and assembling sustainable thermoplastic composite products. It’s great to have him onboard as the first member of our apprenticeship programme. Rail Forum Composites UK #apprenticeship #composites #UKmanufacturing
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We're delighted to share that we've been shortlisted for the Innovation award in Make UK's Manufacturing Awards 2025 for our first-of-a-kind Composite Twin Track Cantilever. Winners will be announced at the Midlands & East regional dinner on Tuesday 4 November at The Slate, Warwick Conferences, in Coventry, West Midlands 🤞 #Innovation #Composites #MadeInUK #Sustainability
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🚨 We need your support please! 🚨 We’re thrilled to share that Composite Braiding has been shortlisted in three categories at the upcoming Innovation Awards, backed by NatWest, UK Ministry of Defence, WMG, University of Warwick and Birmingham City University, right here in the Midlands: 🏆 Manufacturing Innovation of the Year 🌍 Sustainability Innovation of the Year 🏗️ Construction Innovator of the Year To make it to the finals, we need as many public votes as possible before 25 July. 🗳️ Please take a moment to vote for us in all three categories using the link below: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQuhrTC3 (Click "vote now" in the top right, then select Composite Braiding in all 3 categories) These nominations recognise our innovative work on the twin track cantilever, developed as part of the Connected Places Catapult Clean Futures Accelerator Programme — delivering: ✅ 84% weight reduction ✅ 80%+ carbon footprint reduction ✅ 50% faster installation Described by industry experts as "game-changing", this is the kind of innovation that can transform infrastructure delivery. To whoever nominated us — thank you! Your recognition helps get these solutions noticed and, more importantly, adopted. 🙏 We’d truly appreciate your vote and support! #InnovationAwards #CompositeBraiding #CleanFutures #SustainableConstruction #ManufacturingInnovation #GreenTech #LowCarbonSolutions #UKInnovation #InfrastructureInnovation #EngineeringExcellence #SustainabilityMatters #FutureOfConstruction #MidlandsInnovation #VoteNow #SupportInnovation #CompositeMaterials
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We're very pleased to be featured in the latest edition of CompositesWorld following our recent Rail Forum award win. The technology and materials used for this product are applicable to almost any structural application where light weight beams are needed - get in touch if you'd like to know more. #composites #sustainability #innovation #ukmanufacturing https://lnkd.in/dB-7EbGb
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🚨 We need your support please! 🚨 We’re thrilled to share that Composite Braiding has been shortlisted in three categories at the upcoming Innovation Awards, backed by NatWest, UK Ministry of Defence, WMG, University of Warwick and Birmingham City University, right here in the Midlands: 🏆 Manufacturing Innovation of the Year 🌍 Sustainability Innovation of the Year 🏗️ Construction Innovator of the Year To make it to the finals, we need as many public votes as possible before 25 July. 🗳️ Please take a moment to vote for us in all three categories using the link below: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQuhrTC3 (Click "vote now" in the top right, then select Composite Braiding in all 3 categories) These nominations recognise our innovative work on the twin track cantilever, developed as part of the Connected Places Catapult Clean Futures Accelerator Programme — delivering: ✅ 84% weight reduction ✅ 80%+ carbon footprint reduction ✅ 50% faster installation Described by industry experts as "game-changing", this is the kind of innovation that can transform infrastructure delivery. To whoever nominated us — thank you! Your recognition helps get these solutions noticed and, more importantly, adopted. 🙏 We’d truly appreciate your vote and support! #InnovationAwards #CompositeBraiding #CleanFutures #SustainableConstruction #ManufacturingInnovation #GreenTech #LowCarbonSolutions #UKInnovation #InfrastructureInnovation #EngineeringExcellence #SustainabilityMatters #FutureOfConstruction #MidlandsInnovation #VoteNow #SupportInnovation #CompositeMaterials
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We’re delighted to share that we have been selected by Rail Forum as UK regional winners of this year’s European Railway Clusters Initiative (ERCI) Innovation Awards for our sustainable thermoplastic composite Twin Track Cantilever. The next step is an assessment of our entry by an international panel of judges from ERCI clusters across Europe, with overall winners to be announced later in July. Fingers crossed.
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