Sustainability

Recycling

EU-funded GENEX project to develop digital twin framework for aircraft lifecycle tracking

Novel digital framework to enable holistic and comprehensive data capture through the entire aircraft lifecycle, supporting composite component/structure manufacture optimization and maintenance.  

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Sustainability

European R&D project Bizente researches enzymatic technologies to recover thermosets

Through protein engineering, project partners molecularly modify enzymes and resins to make it possible to recover thermoset composites and give them a second life.  

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Sustainability

Super Formula, Bcomp announce sustainable fiber composite bodywork

Japan’s premiere single-seater race series confirms hybrid composite parts for SF23 chassis as part of Next 50 plan.  

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Glass Fibers

Avient polyketone-based materials offer additional sustainable alternatives to polyamides

Complēt PKE long fiber-reinforced engineered thermoplastics, available with 30-50% long glass fiber, broaden application options, even in cold environments.  

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Aerospace

Virtek Iris 3D system enables sustainable space tourism experience

Vision positioning system accelerates composite layup processes and reduces labor-intensive tasks for production of Space Perspective’s pressurized capsule.  

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Wind/Energy

Takeaways from International Conference on Sustainable Wind Turbine Blades 2022

Organizers and attendees lessons learned and outlook from November 2022 conference at DTU Risø in Denmark.  

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Sustainability

Trillium awarded DOE funding for bio-based acrylonitrile demonstration plant 

New award will enable Trillium and its project partners Solvay, Koch Modular and Matric to demonstrate sustainable production of acrylonitrile at scale for use in various material applications like carbon fiber.  

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Schmidt & Heinzmann camera system awarded 2022 AVK Innovation Award

“Pole Position” uses polarization properties to detect the positioning and orientation of carbon fibers during the cutting and stacking process, reducing waste and enhancing sustainability.   

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Carbon Fibers

The state of recycled carbon fiber

As the need for carbon fiber rises, can recycling fill the gap?

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Sustainability

Asahi Kasei joins investment in supply chain traceability, transparency system

Alongside three other partners, Asahi Kasei helped raise €11 million to accelerate Circularise, a Netherlands startup enabling traceability of information for raw materials recycling, biomass and more.  

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sustainable carbon fiber composites​
SikaBlock® M974
Airtech
release agents, purging compounds, process chemical specialties
Thermwood Corp.
NewStar Adhesives - Nautical Adhesives
re-engineered the ORPC foil and strut
Lightweight carrier veils for Aerospace
re-engineered the ORPC foil and strut