Last year, they exhibited at a trade fair and an international confrence in Europe the latest developments in fibre-reinforced composites. In the automotive industry composites have been used for many years, but the safety components are still mostly made of metal. In a bold initiative one company is now mass-producing brake pedals made from composite materials. The following is an overview of what's new in composites and a case study in composite the pre-production process of a brake pedal made from composite