At its annual JEC Europe press conference, Hexcel followed up on its 2013 press event — when it unveiled the extent to which its materials are in use on the Airbus A350 XWB ($5 million USD per shipset) — with revelations of new applications in jet engines and (as noted above) in automobiles. Hexcel's VP and general manager Thierry Merlot, reported on use of Hexcel fiber and resin in CFM International's LEAP 1A (Airbus A320 neo ), 1B (Boeing 737 MAX) and 1C (COMAC C919) engines, which feature carbon fiber blades and containment cases using HexTow IM7. Hexcel, he noted, "is preparing and ramping up for the challenge" of the LEAP engine program, which by 2020 is expected to consume 1,800 shipsets per year.