The International Composites Summit (ICS) has announced its official media partners for 2026, bringing together four specialist publications that play an important role in informing and connecting the composites, advanced materials, and manufacturing industries.
Taking place on 1–2 December 2026 at The Drum, Wembley, London, ICS brings together the composites value chain through an exhibition, conference content, workshops, and networking, connecting the people and organisations that develop, manufacture, and use composite technologies.
For 2026, CompositesWorld returns as Headline Media Partner, joined by MEM Magazine, Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (M&MT) and Composites in Manufacturing (CiM) as official media partners.
The partnerships will help extend the conversations taking place at ICS to wider specialist audiences, while connecting the Summit with different parts of the composites and manufacturing community throughout the year.
Connecting ICS with the Wider Industry
CompositesWorld provides global coverage of composite materials, processes and applications, reaching professionals throughout the composites manufacturing supply chain.
For 2026, its relationship with ICS is expanding beyond its role as Headline Media Partner. CompositesWorld will bring its Carbon Fiber Conference to London as part of this year’s Summit, adding a dedicated programme exploring developments, challenges and opportunities across the global carbon fiber market.
MEM Magazine connects ICS with the wider UK manufacturing and engineering community, with coverage spanning aerospace, automotive, defence, energy, technology and advanced manufacturing.
Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (M&MT) brings a specialist focus on high-performance lightweight materials and the manufacturing technologies used to produce lighter, stronger components, reaching professionals across sectors including aerospace and automotive.
Composites in Manufacturing (CiM) provides dedicated coverage of the UK composites industry, sharing technologies, applications and developments across markets including aerospace, automotive, construction, marine, defence and energy.
Together, the four partners give ICS access to complementary audiences across the supply chain and the markets where composite technologies are being developed and adopted.
Extending ICS Beyond the Summit
While the annual Summit brings the industry together in Wembley, ICS is increasingly developing as a year-round platform for knowledge sharing, networking and industry collaboration.
Its media partnerships form an important part of that approach, helping the technologies, challenges, ideas and conversations emerging through ICS reach wider specialist audiences before, during and after the Summit.
Gemma Hardy, Managing Director of The Fluency Business Group, which organises ICS, said: “ICS has always been built through industry collaboration. Our media partners are an important part of that because they each connect with different parts of the composites, materials and manufacturing community.
“We don’t want the conversations happening through ICS to exist only within the two days of the Summit. We want to create discussions, share knowledge and connect people throughout the year, and working with specialist media partners helps us take those conversations much further.
“Our relationship with CompositesWorld is a great example of how these partnerships are developing. Bringing the Carbon Fiber Conference to ICS adds another specialist element to the programme and creates even more reason for the industry to come together in London this December.”
We would like to thank CompositesWorld, MEM Magazine, Materials & Manufacturing Technologies and Composites in Manufacturing for their continued support of ICS and the wider composites community.
Find out more about ICS 2026 at the International Composites Summit website.
