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Project featuring Diab Divinycell cores wins award

SIEM Cicero is a 7000-car car carrier vessel that features GRP composite structures for three of its cargo decks.

13th March 2018

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Paris

Transport/​Aerospace, Civil Engineering

The 2018 JEC Innovation Award goes to Uljanik JSC’s SIEM Cicero, featuring Diab Divinycell cores. © DiabDiab, a leader in high-performance composite core materials, has announced its contribution to the Uljanik JSC’s SIEM Cicero project that won this year’s JEC Innovation Award in Paris last week.

SIEM Cicero is a 7000-car car carrier vessel that features GRP composite structures for three of its cargo decks. The key benefits include reduced fuel consumption, increased payload and reduced production lead time, according to the manufacturer.

Established in 1998, the prestigious JEC Innovation Program has so far involved 1,800 companies worldwide. 177 companies and 433 partners have been rewarded for the excellence of their composite innovations.

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