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JEC World 2025, marking three dynamic days filled with fruitful business interactions, expertise sharing and knowledge exchange, reached a new milestone this year. The international composites event reported attracting more than 45,000 professional visits from 94 countries — 29% coming from France — with 27 regional and national pavilions and hosting more than 1,350 exhibitors. The event also saw a strong increase in business relationships as part of the JEC Business Meetings program.

Throughout the show, public authorities, industry leaders and visionaries contributed to make JEC World the composites industry “think tank,” where circular economy principles were raised by all participants. This started the launch of the European Composites Circular Alliance (ECCA) on March 4 with European Commission support.

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Many strategic partnerships were also signed at the show among which included Fraunhofer and the ICC Japan; Orbital and Aditya Birla; Vartega and Syensqo; creation of the Composites TP Team with Coriolis, Pinette, l’Institut de Soudure, Loiretech and CETIM; the partnership of Beneteau, Veolia, Composites Recycling, Arkema, Chomarat and Owens Corning; and more. 

Source | Allée/JEC

In an effort to gather the whole composites value chain under one room, JEC World 2025 presented 50-plus startup companies, resulting in a lively environment for networking and business opportunities. Powered by a dedicated business meetings platform developed and optimized for the composites industry, the JEC Business Meetings Program enabled more than 13,500 face-to-face pre-arranged meetings — an increase of 68% over 2024.

Many countries also participated in the event. Foreign ministers, the french president of the MEDEF (French Business Confederation), ambassadors and official representatives from 16 countries visited the show as part of official delegation tours. Among them were Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and  the U.S.

Event organizers also note the more than 600 new products and innovations launched during this year’s show. Similarly, the JEC Composites Innovation Awards recognized 11 collaborative achievements, reflecting the industry’s dedication to providing new solutions for all application sectors of composites. The eighth edition of the JEC Composites Startup Booster competition rewarded three companies from Netherlands, Spain and the U.S. for their impressive market potential.

The Live Demo zone was particularly visible on the show floor and well attended over the three days. This feature, highlighting automated and robotized processes, including large-scale additive manufacturing technologies, together with more than 100 machines available on exhibitors’ booths.

Finally, the strengthening of JEC’s partnership with SAMPE, and the introduction of an exhibition space and conferences dedicated to the many research and innovation projects, have enabled JEC World to reach a new dimension in terms of advanced themes.

JEC World 2026 is set to take place in Paris from March 10-12.