Recycling

Recycling

Kautex targets automotive sustainability with Green+ materials

Composite materials line, made with 20% biomass materials and/or 25% recycled materials, demonstrates the Tier 1’s focus on sourcing sustainable materials and meeting its Sustainability Roadmap.  

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Carbon Fibers

Sicomin, Fairmat to create recycled CFRP stiffener for body scale

French specialists work together to match epoxy resin production and compatibility targets for a next-gen digital body scan scale product.

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Wind/Energy

Avangrid partners with WindLoop to test wind blade recycling

Avangrid recently donated 300 pounds of decommissioned wind turbine blades to test startup solution that recovers more than 90% of turbine blade material.

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Carbon Fibers

Thermolysis launches RCF brand supporting recycled carbon fiber product development

Taiwan-based company offers rCF product design and development with significant CO2 emission reductions and certified material traceability.   

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Automotive

CIDER project highlights rCF automotive door using Elium resin

European consortium develops novel processes, sustainable designs through three demonstrators to increase recycled carbon fiber use in transportation applications.

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ACMA sustainability event educates on composites LCA, recycling

Recent conference in Denver, Colorado, emphasized the tools and knowledge composites manufacturers will need to meet customer and government sustainability goals.

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Recycling

Regen Fiber opens wind turbine blade recycling facility

Production commencement on Iowa line is intended to recover and divert 30,000 tons of scrapped materials from wind blades each year.

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Wind/Energy

DITF joins Horizon Europe REWIND project

End-of-life wind turbine recycling efforts are underway after the first REWIND consortium kick-off in May.

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Recycling

Magnetic nanoparticles show promise for thermosets recycling

Aitiip and the University of Slovenia have collaborated to develop, test and prove how smart magnetic nanoparticles can produce a controlled decomposition of the resin for recycling.

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Trends

Hexcel, Fairmat agreement bolsters U.S. composite recycling efforts

A 10-year agreement between the partners’ Salt Lake City, Utah, facilities will build upon previous agreements for responsible environmental stewardship in industry.

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