Icomat

ICOMAT LIMITED is a UK-based contract manufacturer headquartered in Gloucester, specializing in transformational lightweighting solutions. They serve the aerospace, automotive, defence, and space industries, offering an end-to-end service from structural design and analysis through to scaled production of finished composite parts. Their integrated approach merges design, manufacturing, and automation to accelerate the development and scaling of composite structures.

The company's core differentiator is the patented Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) process, which precisely steers composite fibers to align with load paths, enabling the creation of significantly lighter, stronger, and more efficient composite structures with up to 65% weight savings and a 10x faster production rate. ICOMAT operates fully integrated factories with proprietary hardware and software, featuring an ISO Class 7 cleanroom, large autoclaves and CNC machining centres with 6m x 3m capacity, and multiple RTS material deposition heads. Their flexible "open manufacturing" model allows for cost-effective, high-quality production without requiring upfront capital expenditure from clients.

ICOMAT's solution is structured in three stages: Discover (design and exploration), Validate (prototyping and testing), and Deploy (scaling production via dedicated lines installed near the customer's facility). This technology allows for the production of complex 3D composite parts through a forming and stamping workflow, achieving industrial production rates and delivering previously impossible composite solutions.