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Next-gen fan blades: Hybrid twin RTM, printed sensors, laser shock disassembly
Ginger Gardiner | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞMORPHO 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.
Sustainability: The smart entry point into composites for investors
Going green or finding methods to resolve EOL composites recycling has quickly given rise to a wave of entrepreneurial activity — one that has piqued the interest of investors globally.
Composites end markets: Automotive (2025)
Stewart MitchellComposites manufacturing intelligence drives circular economy solutions as automotive industry balances technical demands with sustainability mandates.
Scaling up thermoplastic composites recycling
Hannah Mason | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞThermoplastic 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.
Oligomer polymer engineering transforms 100% recyclable thermoplastic composite paradigms
Stewart MitchellMET-OL thermoplastic technology alters high molecular weight polybutylene terephthalate into low-viscosity oligomers, enhancing fiber impregnation and catalytic repolymerization for fully recyclable, high-performance composites.
Spanish startup to ramp up production of “recyclable” EV prototype
Hannah Mason | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞLiux’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.
Recycling processes/materials in the news
Swancor partners with Siemens Gamesa, RWE for large-scale RecyclableBlade implementation
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingFifty of the 100 wind blades installed on the Sofia offshore wind farm will feature recyclable epoxy resin, becoming a key flagship project representing RecyclableBlades at commercial scale.
Verretex, Ryse Energy confirm use of rGF textiles as drop-in wind blade materials
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingPilot trial at Ryse’s Spain facility required no alterations to production equipment or schedule when using the recycled glass fiber textile, with strength, stiffness and compliance targets achieved.
Twaron Next para-aramid fibers power Brunel Solar Team’s victory
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingThe Nuna 13 solar car’s 3,000-kilometer journey for the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge competed with car tires comprising Teijin Aramid’s bio-based fiber reinforcement.
DITF launches €4.2 million recycling projects to advance fiber, textile circular economies
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingThe initiatives focus on creating industrial-scale processes for recycled high-performance fibers and transforming textile waste into high-quality yarns.
CARBOWAVE studies microwave and plasma-induced carbonization for carbon fiber production
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingThe European research consortium is holistically exploring the process’ improvement and commercialization for more energy-efficient, affordable materials manufacturing.
DLR closes the loop in fiber-reinforced 3D printing with EmpowerAX, SchallFTP projects
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingBuilding on its work in EmpowerAX, the DLR and partners now aim to create a standardized, certifiable value chain that turns fiber waste into consistently reinforced thermoplastic filaments for 3D printing.
Uplift360 awarded Innovate UK Smart Grant for ChemR recycling
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingThe grant will support Uplift360’s carbon fiber recycling technology, including a pilot-scale system and real-world demonstrations to support its eventual commercial roll-out.
EuCIA conducts analysis on thermoset composites waste, sees untapped recycling market potential
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingMarket analysis finds only 5% of 25% theoretical volume of thermoset composites waste accessible in Europe in 2025 is being recycled, information that will inform the activities of the ECCA.
NREL publishes carbon fiber composite deconstruction method
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingResearch shows that hot acetic acid cleaves all key bonds within epoxy-amine resins and stabilizes polymer chemical components, making it an effective EOL recycling process for carbon fiber and beyond.
BlueRebirth Council to build automotive recycling value chain
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingSix Japanese companies, including Toray Industries, are committed to realizing a true car-to-car recycling system, building know-how via projects, industry collaboration to achieve a stable recycled materials supply.
The Wallonia Composites Learning Network launches in Belgium
Ginger Gardiner | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞFirst session on Industry 4.0 was attended by 22 people representing 16 companies, future sessions planned on sensors, circularity and recycling of composites waste.
REGEN recycling project is selected by European Defense Agency
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingRecycler Uplift360 along with its three partners will play a critical role in innovating the recovery and reuse of continuous aramid fibers to drive composites circularity in defense.
Westlake Epoxy collaborates with Alpha Recyclage Composites
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingWestlake customers will have connections to Alpha’s expanded recycling capacity and support for rCF material integration in new forms, applications.
Cygnet, Viritech recover H2 tank continuous carbon fibers in Ford FCVGen2.0 project
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingPartner technologies have demonstrated the viability of recycled continuous fibers and the potential for automotive tanks to be recycled at meaningful rates.
Composite Recycling, Owens Corning form recycling strategy
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCollaboration will develop and refine methodologies for incorporating reclaimed composites waste into Owens Corning’s existing glass fiber production streams.
Toray, Daher and Tarmac Aerosave announce End-of-Life Aircraft Recycling Program
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCollaborative initiative aims to reuse secondary structural TPC parts from EOL Airbus A380 aircraft and repurpose them for other aeronautical applications in order to collectively advance TPC recycling technologies.
EuCIA publishes declaration of the European Circular Composites Alliance
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingVoluntary initiative intends to set and achieve targets on the use of recovered and recycled composites, develop standards for circular product design and provide a forum for industry voices.
HRC highlights automotive material innovation, scalable manufacturing and sustainable systems
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingThe composites company is meeting the transition to electrification and vehicle lightweighting via hybrid monocoques, use of thermoplastic composites and carbon fiber and recycling.
Recycling materials products
Portfolio expansion adds to rCF accessibility, applications
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCAMX 2025: Tennessee-based Carbon Fiber Recycling LLC grows its patented rCF offerings, extracting from post-industrial and EOL dry fiber, prepreg and cured composites.
Customized, performance-drive carbon fibers support thermoplastic compounding, engineered composites
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCAMX 2025: Barnet’s signature line of carbon fiber products, featuring oversized and chopped carbon fibers made from post-industrial recycled material, are engineered with versatility, high mechanical reinforcement and sustainability in mind.
Repurposed carbon fiber waste support closed-loop recycling goals
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCAMX 2025: Work with Carbon Fiber Conversions, a supplier and a strategic partner, to transform carbon fiber waste into a valuable resource, strengthening both business and sustainability credentials.
Low-CO2 recycled composite reduces environmental, economic footprint
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCAMX 2025: Fairmat exhibits FairPly, a scalable, versatile material engineered from cured CFRP chips that releases 90% less manufacturing emissions and can be incorporated with a variety of other virgin material systems.
Zero-waste, high-performance nonwovens
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCAMX 2025: Through a reclaiming and reengineering process, Endeavor Composites creates nonwoven preforms from unused carbon fiber waste, reducing costs and environmental impact while still meeting stringent design requirements.
Materi’act launches NAFILean Vision biocomposite
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingNAFILean materials family blends low-carbon recycled plastics and renewable post-consumer sources like hemp fibers to provide a sustainable, visually appealing solution for automotive parts.
Enhanced RCF thermoplastic compounding opportunities grow composites recycling breadth
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCAMX 2025: Vartega’s EasyFeed Bundles now come in a wider array of rCF solutions for thermoplastic compounding, in addition to offering joint product development programs and R&D trials.
Recycled continuous glass reinforcement, veils offer certified sustainability
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCAMX 2025: Superior Huntingdon Composites highlights its SCS Global-certified glass-reinforced continuous filament mat and surfacing veils, whether for lightweight strength and stiffness or flawless surface finish needs.
Wind blade recycling project presents objectives, progress
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingJEC World 2025: Six of the REFRESH project’s 11 partners are highlighting their efforts to build a circular and sustainable value chain for decommissioned GFRP wind blades.
Fiber processing solutions support global composites decarbonization
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingJEC World 2025: Comprehensive creels portfolio, Multi Stack Roll, DEECOM recycling system and other highlights demonstrate Cygnet Texkimp’s fiber handling expertise and sustainability support.
Italian greentech startup highlights rCF solar panels
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingJEC World 2025: Levante is attending JEC for the first time, demonstrating its composites engineering expertise through presentation of semi-rigid composite solar panels targeting mobility and outdoor applications.
Mallinda launches Vitrimax VHM resin for complete composites recyclability
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingVitrimax VHM enables “infinite” recyclability, self-healing and tunable properties, reducing manufacturing waste and supporting sustainability for high-performance industries.
PRF Composite Materials launches RP570 FR Reepreg
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingFire-retardant recycled carbon fiber nonwoven prepreg was developed with aircraft interior programs and other FST-focused applications in mind.
NonWoven365 offers nonwovens, paper solutions portfolio targeting CMC, high-temp applications
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingStuttgart-based company offers carbon, metal and ceramic fiber-based papers and nonwovens in various areal weights and thicknesses, engineered for high-temperature, sustainable application requirements.
AOC presents complete range of rPET-based resin formulations
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCzech Republic facility takes post-consumer waste and converts it into high-quality formulations, such as the Synolite 4600 and 1112-G series, for composites manufacturing.
Formosa Plastics, TTRI collaborate to create rCF thermoplastics
Jessica Pompili | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞNovel rCF-reinforced polycarbonate can be formed into complex shapes and recycled at its end of life.
Modular equipment achieve continuous, versatile composites processing
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingCAMX 2024: IPCO highlights its novel precision scattering system designed to process recycled/reclaimed composite materials, as well as the multi-stage ThermoPress double-belt press.
Thermolysis rCF pellets meet high-stress environment application needs
Grace Nehls | ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ and Products FinishingTest results indicate that Thermolysis’ short fiber rCF pellets are comparable to or surpass virgin carbon fiber pellets in tensile and flexural strength, making them suitable for injection molding and 3D printing.