Sustainability

Thermoplastics

The Netherlands to showcase the country's composites expertise at JEC World 2019

The Netherlands are a leader in thermoplastic composites, automation, sustainability in composites, and applications of composites in a water environment, such as bridges, locks and ships.

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Sustainability

Global Fiberglass Solutions announces wind turbine blade recycling solution

The fiberglass recycling company’s patented BladeTracker software provides real-time data for end-of-life composite wind blades, making the recycling process more efficient. 

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Prepregs

Fiber Patch Placement wins JEC Innovation Award in Seoul

Featuring a multi material feeding unit, Cevotec’s SAMBA Multi automates the time- and cost-intensive multi-material lay-up of aerospace sandwich components.

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Carbon Fibers

CHOMARAT achieves ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification

The dual certification validates efficient energy management and environmental standards and requirements for management and production systems.

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Aerospace

Boeing to supply ELG carbon fiber for recycling

Under a five-year agreement, Boeing will supply carbon fiber recycling specialist ELG Carbon Fibre with cured and uncured material from its 777X wing manufacturing facility, as well as other locations.

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Sustainability

Sicomin receives Footprint Progress Certification for bio-based epoxy systems

Sicomin has been awarded the Bureau Veritas Footprint Progress Certification for its GreenPoxy products range.

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Sustainability

Ford to integrate graphene-enhanced parts into its vehicles

Ford Motor Co. has announced that it will use graphene nanomaterial to enhance foam materials that reduce noise inside its vehicles and increase performance under the hood.

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Sustainability

Composites Evolution develops hybrid tooling prepregs

Composites Evolution has developed a new tooling prepreg system based on a hybrid combination of carbon fiber and flax fiber reinforcements.

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Sustainability

48th auto-plastics competition highlights changing industry

Additive manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, greener parts featured prominently.

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Aerospace

Boeing CST-100 Starliner to begin final preflight testing

The craft will undergo environmental qualification testing at Boeing's satellite test facilities in El Segundo, CA, US.

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