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 (Renens, Switzerland) has shared several developments in its efforts to bring repairability and sustainability to composites into real-world solutions, from advancing space reusability to scaling regenerative tech collaborations.

CompPair collaborated with SHD Group (Sleaford, U.K.) and (Melton Mowbray, U.K.) on a “Sustainability Showcase Car,” a Formula 1 vehicle that highlights 10 individual advanced material solutions demonstrating how prepregs can be tailored to deliver high-performance materials with reduced environmental impact. The project highlights SHD’s innovation in future materials alongside KS’ expert manufacturing capabilities, with CompPair’s HealTech technology selected for integration in the prepregs used for the car’s camera housing.

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In Formula 1, a camera housing is a lightweight, high-performance component designed to securely mount the camera under extreme conditions, ensuring high-definition footage of the race car in action. The part was manufactured in an autoclave demonstrating CompPair’s compatibility with typical Formula 1 manufacturing processes and quality standards and its capability to deliver healable prepregs for composite structures. This innovation not only supports motorsport applications but also extends to mobility, sport and aeronautical sectors.

CompPair is also proving its capabilities in the aerospace/advanced air mobility sectors, powering ’ (Olten, Switzerland) propeller blades, which have showcasing the versatility and reliability of HealTech materials in real flight conditions. The enhanced blades offer a 30% increase in crack resistance, greater in-flight stability through improved vibration damping and reduced maintenance time thanks to ultra-fast autonomous repair, extending performance and lifespan in demanding aviation environments.

Under its GENESIS (cryoGEnic taNks made of hEalable compoSItes: Sub-scale parts) project, secured under the ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP), CompPair proposes building repairable cryogenic composite tanks for reusable space launch structures using HealTech slit tapes, specially developed for extreme space conditions.

The GENESIS project aims to increase the maturity of this technology and de-risk its implementation in reusable launch systems. The key validation objectives include:

• Compatibility with industrial winding processes
• Feasibility of complex geometry fabrication
• Performance under typical cryogenic operating conditions.

CompPair leads this project with  as the main partner, supporting manufacturing and ground testing of sub-scale cryogenic tank demonstrators, and , contributing as an end user, bringing strategic input to align the solution with real-world use cases for reusable launchers.

CompPair also continues its sustainability journey, joining the European Circular Composites Alliance (ECCA), a new initiative led by EuCIA in partnership with JEC. The ECCA aims to accelerate the transition toward a fully circular economy for composite materials in Europe, bringing together stakeholders across the composite value chain to coordinate action and set industry-wide targets for circularity, innovation and impact.