Biography:

Composites passionate engineer, after development & prototyping of automotive body panels for prestigious vehicles, Franck was involved in aeronautics structural parts projects. Since more than 20 years, his carrier has been dedicated to tooling design & manufacture for composites parts with constant integration of technologies issued from collaborative projects (so far, involved in 4 JEC Innovation Awards). Sharing his activities between France & Canada, Franck is focused on improvement of composite parts manufacturing and emergence of sustainable composite components. Delighted to be active in collaborative ambition, let’s now support Composites TP Team to promote French Excellence in Thermoplastics Composites.

About Loiretech: 

Loiretech designs & manufactures tooling for composites parts production. Our customers belong to aeronautics, space, defense and automotive industries. Our tooling portfolio supports all the steps of component fabrication: preforming, automatic layup, curing, trimming & automatized assembly. Our 120 employees can produce larges metallic tooling and composites (up to 20 ml) thanks to your integrated structure from design to large milling capacities, infusion & prepreg layup, 3D inspection. Integration of innovative processes such as self-heating tooling, mineral 3D printing (Silaxy) and WAAM of Invar, allows Loiretech to offer tailor made solutions. Since early 2020, Loiretech engaged a diversification strategy focused on composites components manufacturing out of its tooling customer markets. Recent successes could be highlighted by marine propellers, medical structural components, tidal turbine blades & wind propulsion. These diversification activities benefit from almost 40 years of experience in mixing fibers & resins.