Sustainability
JEC World 2025 highlights: Evolving recycling and biomaterials technologies
CW technical editor Hannah Mason shares sustainability-focused composites trade show highlights featuring maturation, scale-up, new partnerships, and new technologies in biomaterials and recycling.
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CARBOWAVE project finds alternative to PAN conversion with up to 70% less energy consumption
The University of Limerick and global consortium partners have discovered that carbon fiber can be produced via an inexpensive domestic microwave, exhibiting mechanical performance equivalent to that produced using conventional heating.
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SCE ACCE 2025 keynote speaker promotes automotive circularity
Kristin von Szadkowski will be presenting sustainability research programs pursued by the Volkswagen Group to establish recycling and circular economy concepts in automotive production.
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FIBIAS++ project targets recycled TPC innovations for automotive applications
Project led by the IRT Jules Verne and supported by Compositec, Stellantis, IMT Nord Europe and CMO seeks to develop composites with a low CO2 footprint and recycled material incorporation.
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Airbus Foundation joins forces with Solar Impulse Foundation, boosting climate action
Partnership will lean on Airbus’s satellites and helicopters expertise, supporting innovators to advance aerospace-related projects with positive environmental impact.
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GFRP Tech unveils environmentally sustainable mesh systems for construction
EnviraMesh, tailored for heavy-duty applications, targets structural enhancement of buildings and infrastructure with reduced carbon emissions.
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NIMTE researchers develop bio-based polyester nanocomposite
Multifunctional bio-based MXene@CNT/PBF nanocomposite’s high performance and reprocessability shows promise as a substitute for petroleum-based polymers.
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The Gill Corp. launches Relaxed Standard product line
Composites manufacturer further promotes sustainability through the offering of products that might display slight imperfections.
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ASCEND program completion: Transforming the U.K.'s high-rate composites manufacturing capability
GKN Aerospace, McLaren Automotive and U.K. partners chart the final chapter of the 4-year, £39.6 million ASCEND program, which accomplished significant progress in high-rate production, Industry 4.0 and sustainable composites manufacturing.
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Uplift360 successfully converts composites waste into continuous aramid fibers
Through scale-up trials the chemical recycling company’s defense-backed process effectively respun para-aramid into long, high-performance fibers, with future goals to reach virgin material strength.
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