Recycling

Sustainability

Zero-waste: New process, equipment recycles prepreg, tape offal

Technology provides sustainable approach to reusing valuable thermoplastic scrap in chips-based laminate.

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Recycling

Gurit acquires Valplastic PET recycling operation

Gurit will acquire PET recycling production facilities from Valplastic S.r.l., with the goal of securing access to raw material supplies for its PET core products.

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Recycling

Armacell to reach landmark of 1 billion recycled PET bottles this year

The landmark has been achieved through the growth of the company’s patented recycled PET foam core technology and product portfolio.

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Aerospace

Recycled thermoplastic composites for production

Multi-year R&D at ThermoPlastic composites Applications Center (TPAC), TenCate and Clean Sky 2 demonstrate economic advantage of serial production using recycled materials.

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Aerospace

Researchers combine recycled carbon fiber with heat-treated wood for housing applications

Washington State University and the Composites Recycling Technology Center are creating building materials from heat-treated wood and recycled carbon fiber.

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Micro transportation: BMW personal mover concept

Recycled composites, additive manufacturing and 3D printing enhance form, function of fun-to-drive personal transport.

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Sustainability

Building confidence in recycled carbon fiber

Recycled carbon fiber is proving, increasingly, to be a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable composite solution for automotive and other high-volume applications.

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Weaving

Composites recycling — no more excuses

Columnist Dale Brosius outlines six actionable levels of composites recycling that fabricators should follow.

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AeroLas explores new spinning technology for thermoplastic hybrid yarn

AeroLas is working to combine recycled carbon fiber with PEEK using adapted art textile machines and a patented air guided ring spinning technology. 

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Epoxies

Bio-based recyclable, reshapable and repairable (3R) fiber-reinforced epoxy composites wins award

ECOxy consortium researchers recognized at the 2018 International Conference on Recycling of Textiles and Plastics.

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