Today, an aircraft with composites takes off or lands every few seconds. But in the manufacture of composites it can seem like you’re back in the early years of aviation. Manual work makes components expensive and keeps quantities low. We want to change that.

Our Drive

With heart, head and hands, we are committed to the exciting pioneer work of unfolding the potential of composite materials in series manufacture. This clear goal helps us think about industrial processes differently and better than any other composites company. We stand for leading-edge economy with uncompromising quality.

The Composite Technology Center / CTC GmbH, based in Stade, is a 100% subsidiary of Airbus. As Airbus' lightweight technology center in Germany, we develop holistic lightweight solutions and industrial technologies for sustainable mobility of the future, with a strong focus on aviation, from the initial idea to series production.

An interdisciplinary and agile team with over 20 years of experience in the field of composites and lightweight design offers a wide range of technologies and methods. This portfolio is complemented by prototype construction, test production facilities and pre-industrial series production on over 3,500 m² of certified technical center space with a wide range of lightweight technologies.

At its core, the CTC develops innovative technologies for the industrial and automated processing of composites, especially CFRP. CTC also develops technologies and holistic solutions for other industries within the scope of development and consulting projects.

The core competencies of the CTC are distributed over the four business fields "Innovation", "Solution", "Production" & "Education" and lie particularly in the areas:

- Composite product design and analysis
- Research and development projects for fibre composite and lightweight technologies
- Development, introduction and operation of highly automated production systems
- Consulting and series support for composite production
- Process recording, analysis and optimization
- Production of single and serial parts in aviation quality
- Training & Education in the field of composites and related technologies.

The focus is always on the satisfaction of our customers through the realization of the highest quality in compliance with aviation requirements.