In conjunction with the Composites on Tour 2 project, the Xtra Strong/Light – Composites Exhibition will be opening on 22 November 2007 at 7pm in the Campusbibliotheek Arenberg, Willem de Croylaan 6, B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven).  The exhibition has free access and is open seven days per week.

The exhibition couples science to design. The first part of the exhibition highlights the scientific foundations of composite materials in a playful and interactive manner. In the second part of the exhibition, the Belgian designers Clem van Himbeeck and Weyers & Borms, winners of the first Composites-on-Tour design competition in 2002, show how they make use of composite materials in an inventive way. Also, various designs are shown of the Israeli designer Ron Arad.

By means of eight interactive displays, the visitor can discover why composites combine the lightness of plastics with the strength and stiffness of steel. The visitor can compare him or herself the strength of flax and carbon fibres, or the stiffness of plastics and glass fibre composites. At the end of the show, which is filled with real examples of composite applications, the visitor can produce a little piece of composite, consisting of flax fibres and a biopolymer, resulting in a biodegradable product.

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