Lightweight vehicle has become a trend due to the requirement of using alternative energy.  Safe operation, cost reduction and efficiency improvement also become the top priority of industrial development. "The comprehensive solution with lightweight as the core is the best solution for safety and efficiency". Under this background, the two main materials involved in lightweight, high-strength alloy materials and composite materials, have been paid more and more attention, while high performance polymeric materials (adhesives and high-performance plastics) and high-performance composite materials (carbon fiber, glass fiber and other composite materials) have been paid more and more attention ）. 

The demand is growing rapidly. From the point of view of composite materials, taking carbon fiber as an example, the output in the last five years is 46.4% and the consumption is 49.1%. Even so, at present, China's output can only meet 30% of the market demand, most of which relies on imports. There is a big gap in the market. How to manufacture high-performance composite materials to meet the requirements of vehicle design and manufacturing involves professional knowledge of resin selection, fiber selection, layout and manufacturing process.   

From the application point of view of composite materials, although the application of carbon fiber and other composite materials are mature in the field of aerospace and military industry, the technologies are confidential in terms of design and testing capability. Due to the lack of design and testing capability, industries need to rely on the support and training. The selection of composite material, joining technologies, process evaluation and the test are all the key components for structures where used a lot of composite materials (carbon fiber, glass fiber, etc.). Especially for the maintenance of composite materials, it is in urgent need of professional and up-to-date knowledge. The main problem is that the technicians don't know enough about this new material, and they still follow isotropic design principles of metal materials, which leads to the performance advantage of composite materials can't be maximized. At the same time, when designing composite materials, it is necessary to consider its production process, and constantly testing and verification, which puts forward high requirements for technical specialists. The structural assembly of composite materials is also different from that of metal materials. If reasonable optimization is not carried out, the complexity of products will be greatly increased, and the cost will not be reasonably controlled.            

From the perspective of professional personnel, the industries need multi-professional field expert with integrated knowledges to be the decisive leader in the field of R & D, design and manufacturing of composite vehicles, who should have broader view on material sciences, chemistry, Engineering, mechanicals, testing etc. It requires a professional composite expert who not only understand the principle, application, calculation and test of composite materials, but also have a deep understanding of quality assurance and process, and can identify problems from the overall perspective. In a word, the lack of professional and technical personnel is the key bottleneck restricting the application of composite materials.            

If we look at the market, only YIFA Bonding & Composite Training Center (YIFA B&C) can provide professional qualification training including composite material application and multi-substrate joining technologies at the same organization. YIFA B&C has cooperated with Fraunhofer IFAM (Fraunhofer Institute of advanced materials and manufacturing technology) for more than ten years. YIFA B&C has a unique professional team in China. YIFA B&C’s adhesive bonding technology training and composite material training are transferred from Fraunhofer IFAM, and did perfect local optimization which are suitable for China industry. It can provide comprehensive services such as training of composite materials and bonding technology related to lightweight, technical project support, customized training, composite simulation and load capacity verification, process evaluation and test DOE. Its service capacity has been recognized by long-term cooperation with many customers for many years.