Sustainability
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.
Ginger Gardiner
Senior Technical Editor, CompositesWorld
EuReComp team highlights ROCCA Cabin demonstrator for EOL composites
The ROCCA Cabin serves as a proof of concept for how large composite parts, often destined for disposal, can re-enter the value chain as architectural elements with both functional and aesthetic value.
Read MoreILCA, Greenboats chart environmentally responsible one-design dinghy racing
Organization ILCA is pairing up with natural fiber innovators like Greenboats to reduce environmental footprint while maintaining the class’ strict one-design principles.
Read MoreSafran carbon-carbon aircraft brakes: New process, production sites, environmental achievements
Safran Landing Systems has produced C/C brake discs for decades, innovating the process to combine steps to save time and cost, but also to reduce emissions and energy use as it grows the market.
Read MoreTeijin Aramid launches Twaron Next para-aramid
Circular content or bio-based feedstock variants drives the synthetic fiber’s clear focus on sustainable goals and strict requirements.
Read MoreComposites sustainability wins: EcoVadis recognition, ISCC Plus certification and transparency initiatives
Composites One and Aerovac, Dow Chemical, Envalior and the Global Wind Energy Council are making strides in operations transparency, climate action and industry-wide standard development.
Read MoreExel Composites adopts bio-based UPR resin at commercial scale
Purchase of Polynt bio-based resin delivers 20% cut in CO2 footprint for composites manufacturers, builds Exel’s efforts to give customers more sustainable options.
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Scaling up thermoplastic composites recycling
Thermoplastic composites are always said to be “recyclable.” Netherlands-based recycler Spiral RTC discusses the process, challenges, applications and opportunities to building a real recycling ecosystem.
Hannah Mason
Technical Editor, CompositesWorld
Regen Fiber earns 2025 Excellence in Concrete Award
The composites recycler was recognized at the Iowa Better Concrete Conference for its sustainable practice of applying recycled fibers as partial replacement in concrete.
Read MoreShawmut Insights system enables automotive textiles, composites LCA visibility
Shawmut Corp. is helping its automotive partners make smarter material choices through high-resolution environmental data for warp knit headliner composites, laminated fabrics and other textile systems.
Read MoreThermolysis wins Germany’s Materialica Award 2025 for rCF cement technology
Taiwan’s Thermolysis Co. Ltd. has been recognized for its ability to turn rCF into a high-performance building material that enhance durability, extend lifespan and reduce maintenance needs.
Read MoreToray rCF nonwoven fabrics demonstrate CFRP recycling tech
Toray Industries process decomposes thermoset CFRP at low temperatures, yielding rCF that retain over 95% of virgin fiber strength, cuts CO₂ emissions by more than half, suppresses thermal damage and better controls resin residue.
Read MoreThe Dutch composites formula: Thermoplastics, collaboration and circularity
In a region where collaboration and sustainability are inseparable, a new wave of composites entrepreneurs are taking advantage, proving the Dutch mindset is fertile ground for growth.
Read MoreCEAMS wins Composites UK award for successful continuous rCF reclamation
Industry consortium demonstrates a technical and industrial milestone in composites recycling, looking to expand its collaboration for use more widely across U.K. manufacturing.
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Spanish startup to ramp up production of “recyclable” EV prototype
Liux’s BIG electric vehicle features multiple structural components manufactured via RTM from flax fabric and a thermoset resin said to enable the entire component to be recycled and reused again.
Hannah Mason
Technical Editor, CompositesWorld
CUBIC project meeting reports progress on novel biomaterials for circular composites
In early October, the CUBIC consortium held meetings to discuss current progress and upcoming strategies, toured DITF’s research facilities and joined a training session on bio-based carbon fiber development from lignin.
Read MoreThermolysis features ExCfiber for concrete reinforcement
Proven in multiple civil engineering and infrastructure projects, the rCF reinforcement outperforms steel, slashes carbon emissions and doubles structural lifespan.
Read MoreAVK announces 2025 Innovation Awards for fiber-reinforced plastics
Highlighted innovations include an aircraft heating system using carbon fibers, TFP-based spatial CFRP structure frame, processes for recycling GFRP, UD TPC tapes and engineered polymers and more.
Read MoreGjenkraft, Owens Corning bolster use of post-industrial fiberglass waste
Per a new agreement, Gjenkraft’s thermolysis recycling process will support the introduction of recycled glass fibers into Owens Corning’s production of new glass fibers.
Read MoreThe ECCA welcomes 160+ organizations, begins composites circularity roadmap development
An upcoming General Assembly follows the European initiative’s first steps toward knowledge sharing, cooperation and collective action to accelerate the transition to a more circular economy.
Read MoreFlexCyle project targets TPC waste recovery, repurposing at same site
Led by the Brightland Materials Center, consortium members are developing a flexible process chain, demonstrated via battery casings and wind blades, to repurpose waste directly where it is generated.
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Moving toward sustainable automotive parts manufacturing
How can the automotive supply chain prepare for future sustainability requirements? Tier 1 Kautex Textron discusses emissions reduction, design for circularity and transition to recycled/bio-based plastics.
Hannah Mason
Technical Editor, CompositesWorld
Composites sustainability wins: EcoVadis and CDP awards, water stewardship, GHG reduction
Composites companies like Syensqo, Daher, Kordsa, Henkel, Armacell, Gurit, Diab and Envalior are leading the charge in operations transparency, climate action, more sustainable infrastructure and other areas.
Read MoreBelgium-Netherlands event brings together industry leader insight on TPC, FRP recycling
Save the date for this free cross-border, expert-driven event by Agoria, Sirris and Brightland Materials Center on Nov. 12 in Belgium.
Read MoreACS presents biocomposites research in final MAGISTRA project seminar
The initiative, its findings and the discovered value of biocomposites’ combined technological performance and environmental responsibility were shared in Italy.
Read MorePutting next-generation composite materials, processes to the test
Research at Faserinstitut Bremen’s ECOMAT site, alongside industry partners, aims to enable sustainable, aerospace-focused composites — including thermoplastic welding and cryogenic material testing.
Read MoreSGL Carbon and Carbon Cleanup form autocomposite recycling partnership
An AI-supported collection system, recycling program and CARB-E tech, already demonstrating CO2 part reduction in early automotive applications, are building recycling scalability.
Read MoreBIOS MATER project to drive safe, circular and low-carbon construction
Four bio-based products testing materials like bio-based thermoplastics and fiber-reinforced bio-resin composites will be developed and tested under real conditions to prove their performance, scalability and environmental impact.
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