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13th May 2021

European Boating Industry (EBI) and the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA), representing respectively the recreational boating and composites industries at European level, have joined hands to address the issues around circularity of composites used in the recreational boating industry and promote sustainable recycling solutions.

13th May 2021

Scientists at the University of Rochester and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have created a novel, living, environmentally friendly photosynthetic material from algae using 3D printing. The new material is expected to have uses in the areas such as energy and medicine. It may also have applications in fashion and space exploration.

12th May 2021

Invista’s Cordura brand has introduced the latest pioneering development in thermal hazard worker protection from FR fabric specialist Daletec, set to shake up the EU industrial PPE clothing market. The innovative inherent flame-retardant fabric Extreme X with stretch functionality is engineered with Cordura fibre for long-lasting durability.

12th May 2021

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), a US-based Teijin Group company and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of composite components, has announced that it is expanding its facility in Sarepta, Louisiana in the US, with the purchase of an LFT-D line that includes a Dieffenbacher press with a pressing force of 2,500 tonnes (25,000 kN).

12th May 2021

In a step towards circular economy, LyondellBasell has begun commercial production of polymers using raw material derived from plastic waste at its Wesseling, Germany, site. The products made from recycled and renewable-based raw materials will be marketed by under the Circulen brand name enabling brands to improve the sustainability of consumer...

11th May 2021

Cygnet Texkimp and the Northwest Composites Centre (NWCC), part of the University of Manchester’s department of materials, are collaborating to assess Cygnet Texkimp’s Multi Axis Winder (MAW) and 3D Winder technologies against two alternative technologies braiding and traditional filament winding. The project will measure factors such as damage...

11th May 2021

More than 1,000 companies from some 46 countries, covering the entire composites value chain will participate in the JEC Composites Connect, the first round-the-clock digital event of the composites industry, to be held during June 1-2, 2021. The event will give participants an opportunity to network, and present latest innovations at their digital...

11th May 2021

Arkema will start producing Amino 11 and its flagship Rilsan polyamide 11 high performance polymer at its new plant on Jurong Island, Singapore in the first half of next year. Construction of the plant has begun. Production will be 100 per cent-based on renewable castor beans. This will increase Arkema’s global polyamide 11 capacity by 50 per cent.

11th May 2021

Scientists from China’s Zhejiang University have developed a reversible textile which traps warmth in the cold and reflects it during hot weather, generating small amounts of electricity simultaneously. The textile is easy and inexpensive to fabricate. This creates many possibilities such as clothing that generates electricity to power wearable...