Paolo is an Aerospace Engineer who has been working in the composites world for almost 20 years with international industry market leaders. He spent his past 5 years as Sales & Marketing Director in a range of projects within marine, recreation, infrastructures and automotive segments.
“Selcom have set numerous ambitious goals for the next 5-10 years and we are sure Paolo’s background and experience will significantly contribute in driving the Sales Team to achieve them” says Mauro Pizzol – Selcom CEO.
“I’ve known Selcom for a long time and I’ve always admired their passion for performances, innovation, and customer care. I’m excited to be part of this Team and will put all my energy and expertise to turn this challenge into a phenomenal success story” states Paolo.
Carbon fibers and E-Glass fibers used for the production of our multiaxials are coated with a broad range of sizing to provide compatibility with multiple resin systems.
Non-Crimp Fabrics (NCF): the automotive industry (mainly racing and transportation sectors) use multiaxial fabrics technology for chassis and structural parts construction in high performance vehicles.
During the event, ended with the Emirates Team New Zealand retaining the ambitious prize, the Selcom team was excited as if they had been sailing too.
The Italian company in fact manufactured most part of the carbon-fibre multiaxials for the components that were installed in all the racing boats.
Based in Italy near Venice, Selcom specialises in the production of bespoke technical reinforcements utilizing carbon, glass, aramid and natural fibres.
The continuous search for innovation and the experience gained in 30 years of activity in the world of composite materials shall ensure that Selcom is associated with the quality of the fabrics produced to serve the marine, the automotive, the sporting goods and the infrastructure sectors.
Luca Favero – COO of Selcom – explains: “The core values of Selcom are Customer Care, Quality Service associated with Flexibility and Reliability. Making high-quality products to match customers’ needs are values transversally shared by the whole team that works proactively to make this happen.”
A challenging project
“For this project, we analysed the technical requirement and, deviating from standard production, we have then defined a product strongly influenced by racing cars applications.” says Alberto Pizzol – Selcom’s Technical Sales Engineer who has followed the product development.
“The tight deadlines and the peculiarity of the fabricmanufacturing were the real challenge. We are proud we could take part of the project for it confirms that our efforts are recognized and appreciated,” he adds.
Not only technological excellence but also a great passion for the advanced composite materials and applications: “It is a compelling sector that still has much to offer, and we aim at a strong growth in medium to long term” Mauro Pizzol – owner of Selcom – declares. “Despite the pandemic, we succeeded to win important projects and we are witnessing a great market excitement that bodes well for the future.” And he continues: “It is hard to predict what is going to happen in the next months, but it is a compulsory effort for the future: investing today and be ready to seize growth opportunities which are coming, in the post COVID era.
And Selcom has already turned the page and is looking ahead. “Recently, important investments have been done in additional cutting edge technology assets to better meet market demand and leading as well to greater production capacity.
“The end of the Pandemic will change the rules and propose a different way of working. We are ready and we want to be a Key Player in this new game.”
One of the main features of Selcom multiaxial fabrics is the drapeability: the parallel fibre layers are stitched with a texturized polyester yarn and there can be different stitching types, depending on the final application. Our stitching patterns are Tricot, Pillar (Chain) or Pillar-Tricot.
Innovation, sustainability, circular economy are the goals that Selcom will pursue in the coming years.
In the near future, we will be committed to promoting the use of biocompatible fabrics made with natural fibres such as flax, bamboo, cellulose or mineral fibres eg basalt; the latter is already widely used as a reinforcement in the construction industry, as basalt fibres have excellent thermal and sound insulation. They maintain their mechanical properties even at high temperatures and are chemically very stable, both in an acidic and alkaline environment.
Besides, Selcom produces HYBRID reinforcements by combining fibres of different origin (chemical, mineral and/or natural). It is the perfect compromise between resistance, weight, elasticity or stiffness, according to the customers’ requirements.
Biaxial fabric +/- 45° made with Flax fibre
Quadriaxial fabric 0°/-45°/90°/+45°/ made with BASALT fibre
This year has been very difficult and has pushed many of us to our limits. We hope 2021 will be a year of full optimism and joy. Selcom would like to wish you all a peaceful festive season and a Happy and healthy 2021. We inform the our offices will be closed from 24 December 2020 to 3 January 2021.
“The tight deadlines and the peculiarity of the fabric manufacturing were the real challenge. We are proud we could take part of the project for it confirms that our efforts are recognized and appreciated,” he adds.
