Sustainability

Bristow signs order for up to 55 Beta Technologies ALIA-250 eVTOL aircraft

Innovative, sustainable vertical flight solutions provider places firm order for five aircraft, with an option for an additional 50 to be used for moving passengers and time-sensitive cargo.  

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FRP Rebar

University of Miami faculty explore ways to improve resilience of coastal structures

Engineering and ocean sciences faculty members receive federal research funding to delve into how they can strengthen coastal buildings and seawalls in the face of climate change through new materials and better-designed structures.  

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Sustainability

Vartega announces new composites recycling facility, increased capacity, funding infusion

A new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility based in Denver, Colo., will enable ten times the production capacity of composite materials processing, recycling.

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CAMX

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Entropy Resins

Entropy Resins highlights its Super Sap epoxy resin technology, aimed at reducing the company’s environmental impact without compromising performance.

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Graphene

ChemQuest Technology Institute supports sustainable, scalable graphene development

Current initiative will focus on developing knowledge of Universal Matter’s graphene technology for a broader range of applications in paints and coatings.  

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Consumer

Furniture designer incorporates Bcomp natural fibers into luxury REI chair

Tras, a Japanese design and manufacturing studio, draws from decades of composites work in motorsport to develop the sustainable ampliTEX-based chair.  

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Aerospace

Boeing to open Japan research center, expand sustainability partnerships

Boeing Research and Technology Center to focus on sustainable aviation fuels, electric/hydrogen propulsion, robotics, digitization and composites.  

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Trends

Dustless, mobile solution for on-site wind turbine blade repurposing

Denmark-based Isodan Engineering ApS translated its expertise in mobile, shipping container-based newspaper recycling systems to solve a need for breaking down wind turbine blades on-site for reuse.

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Recycling

Siemens Gamesa RecyclableBlades installed at RWE offshore wind farm

RWE’s Kaskasi offshore wind power project leads first commercial installation of eighty-one-meter B81 composite RecyclableBlades.  

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Sustainability

Altair announces winners of 10th annual Enlighten Award

Ford, Shiloh Industries, General Motors, Toyota, BASF, L&L Products, Nemak and McMaster University are among some of the winners creating a more sustainable, lightweight future.

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