Composites Recycling
Recycling in composites manufacturing is an evolving endeavor aimed at addressing sustainability challenges. Unlike traditional materials, composites often pose recycling complexities due to their multi-component nature. However, innovative techniques are emerging to tackle this issue. Methods like pyrolysis, mechanical recycling, and chemical processes are being developed to efficiently recover valuable components from composite waste, such as fibers or matrix materials.
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CLEAR Project Will Develop Smart Composite Supercar Door
Led by Italian partners, the R&D project is reimagining butterfly and gullwing doors with recycled composites, embedded sensors and AI, aiming to reach near-market TRL 8 status.
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First Strategic Acquisition Preps Afterwind for On-Site Wind Blade Cutting Expansion
An accumulation of Advantis A/S equipment, IP and technologies will strengthen Afterwind’s end-to-end recycling efforts and mark its entry into the Danish market.
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Vitrimer Chemistry Brings Reversability to Thermoset Resins
CAMX 2026: Techstorm’s patent-pending vitrimer resin platform is designed to recycle at temperatures as low as 80°C, targeting full recyclability for wind turbine blades.
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Teijin Develops CFRP Thermoset With Self-Healing, Recyclability Functionalities
Long fiber CFRP thermoset has shown the ability to repair at specified temperatures and can be reclaimed via chemical decomposition processes.
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RE-CELL to Develop RCF Structural Batteries, Supercapacitors for Aviation Electrification
Sofitec, Aimplas and I2con are combining materials design, multiphysics modeling and experimental validation to achieve a full-scale demonstrator that can store more energy on aircraft without the involved weight penalty.
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Nlcomp Welcomes Ocean as Shareholder, Prepares to Inaugurate rFactory
Ocean Srl’s investment will support nlcomp’s move toward sustainable, environmentally responsible marine practices and bolster its workboat segment entry as it prepares to open its new rFactory for rComposites and unveil the Offshore 34 yacht.
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Latest Recycling News And Updates
Nlcomp Selected for Amazon Sustainability Accelerator 2026
The European program supports companies committed to product sustainability, gives nlcomp the opportunity to accelerate rComposite commercial development beyond marine.
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Exel Composites, OCF Build Commercial-Scale Use of Circular Composites Across Europe
The composites manufacturer has strengthened its partnership with Original Composites & Fiberglass to adopt Sustaina continuous filament mat in its production process.
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FURHY Publishes Concrete Technological Advances Toward Bio-Based, 100% Recyclable Composites
SNAPSHOT: Gen 2 Carbon, RINA and OlgunCelik A.S. contributed three new key exploitable results (KERs) for the FURHY project covering nonwoven reinforcements, life cycle assessment and automotive components.
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REWIND Project Demonstrates Potential of EOL Wind Blades as Industrial Resources
As European wind sector’s voluntary landfill ban goes live, pan-European Project demonstrates composite material recovery and predictive model for reclaimed material behavior with 90% accuracy.
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Jamco Joins End-to-End Aircraft Composites Recycling Project
Japanese consortium was formed to recycle CFRP from retired aircraft, with Jamco tasked with substrate development for material conversion, certification and testing.
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CCIC, UNNC Continuous RCF Innovation Deliver Low-Cost, Low-Carbon CFRP
ContRGF is a patented re-manufacturing process that converts fragmented rCF into endless, industry-standard continuous rovings and has been validated via real-world prototypes.
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GKN Aerospace's ASPIRE Program Targets Next-Gen Composite Wing Manufacturing Technologies
The three-year, £12 million ASPIRE consortium brings together rapid tow shearing, tailored fiber placement, aligned recycled discontinuous carbon fiber and self-heated tool curing to prove lighter, high-rate composite wings for the next-generation single-aisle aircraft.
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VIDEO: Spiral TPC Finds Solutions to Scale Up TPC Recycling
Netherlands-based Spiral RTC details its journey from its early beginnings to its latest endeavors building end-of-life TPC recycling infrastructure in this snapshot video by Thermoforged.
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Single Endless Roving Placement Saves Up to 70% CFRP Weight, Enables Closed-Loop Fiber Recovery
Holy Technologies’ robotic Infinite Fiber Placement deposits carbon fiber as one continuous, uncut tow using six-axis robotics and RTM, enabling significant lightweighting and full-length fiber recovery via mild acetic acid solvolysis.
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Plant tour: Fairmat FairFactory, Nantes, France
Recycled carbon fiber materials supplier Fairmat leverages AI-optimized, robotic-assisted technology for producing high-performance materials ideal for an expanding range of applications.
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Circularity and biomaterials trends at JEC World 2026
Recycling technologies of all types continue to show momentum with new partnerships, startups and scale-up plans to meet demand, while bio-materials see adoption in increasingly high-volume applications and higher bio-content amounts.
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Next-gen fan blades: Hybrid twin RTM, printed sensors, laser shock disassembly
MORPHO project demonstrates blade with 20% faster RTM cure cycle, uses AI-based monitoring for improved maintenance/life cycle management and proves laser shock disassembly for recycling.
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