Britannia boat cradles manufactured with ELG recycled carbon fiber
ELG Carbon Fibre has processed more than 1.2 metric tonnes of INEOS Team UK’s carbon fiber waste materials to produce two cradles for the new race boat.

The challenge of identifying test procedures for recycled carbon fiber composites
With growing use of recycled carbon fiber composites, the identification of mechanical testing procedures for rCF becomes increasingly important … and challenging.

Composites industry events focus on recycled carbon fiber, filament winding
CETMA and Suez present a workshop on recycled carbon fiber, MF Tech announces global filament winding convention, and SAMPE 2020 abstracts are due Nov. 15.

The state of recycled carbon fiber
As the need for carbon fiber rises, can recycling fill the gap?

ELG Carbon Fibre contributes recycled carbon fiber for racing boat
ELG has partnered with INEOS Team UK to incorporate recycled composite materials into the A375 racing boat.

Cutting the cost and time of tooling for composites
New 360 material achieves CFRP/Invar tool performance with less investment.

Carbon Fiber 2019 issues call for papers
The Carbon Fiber 2019 conference will be held Nov. 19-21 in Knoxville, Tenn., U.S.

Mitsubishi Corp. completes shareholder agreement with ELG Carbon Fibre
The two companies aim to enhance global business development and provide a reliable supply of reprocessed carbon fiber.

U.K. research program explores aligned discontinuous fiber prepreg
A research program in the U.K. is attempting to achieve a fundamental step-change in the composites industry.

Building confidence in recycled carbon fiber
Recycled carbon fiber is proving, increasingly, to be a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable composite solution for automotive and other high-volume applications.

Composites recycling — no more excuses
Columnist Dale Brosius outlines six actionable levels of composites recycling that fabricators should follow.

Going discontinuous, for continuous improvement
The HiPerDiF (High Performance Discontinuous Fibre) project is exploring an alternate way of producing high-performance carbon fiber composites: start with discontinuous, rather than continuous fibers.

Withstanding fire without the weight
New composites meet stringent fire requirements while lightweighting ships, rail cars and battery boxes for electric cars and planes.

Mitsubishi Corp. enters shareholder agreement with ELG Carbon Fibre
The two companies aim to enhance global business development and provide a reliable supply of reprocessed carbon fiber.

Boeing to supply ELG carbon fiber for recycling
Under a five-year agreement, Boeing will supply carbon fiber recycling specialist ELG Carbon Fibre with cured and uncured material from its 777X wing manufacturing facility, as well as other locations.

P2T process positioned for recycling
British company Prodrive Composites (Milton Keynes, UK) recently issued a press release about a process, called P2T (Primary to Tertiary), for manufacturing recyclable composite components that can satisfy future end-of-life requirements without any compromise in performance. 

ELG Carbon Fibre receives ISO 14001:2015 accreditation
The company has also compiled a legal register including an environmental policy highlighting its sustainability objectives.

JEC World 2018: The highlights
JEC World is the composites industry’s largest trade show and did not disappoint this year.