

Flax, Flax, and More Flax, And Some Other Stuff
#composites, #sustainability, #flaxfiber, #biocomposites, #fibers There appears to be quite a bit of movement in the natural, plant-based fiber business this past week or two. Two announcements came out in Composites World about companies that are scaling up their flax fiber composite reinforcements business, and another one that I will talk about a bit later about a basalt fiber production facility being built in the Middle East. New Circular Structures USA Inc. Facility i
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Fireproof Carbon Composites and Using Composites to Reduce CO2 Emissions
#composites, #sustainability, #greenhousegasreduction, #fireproofcomposites, #fibers I saw a couple of interesting tidbits in Composites World this week that piqued my curiosity, so I thought I would dig in a little deeper and write about them and their potential impact on not only sustainability but also the composites business in general. DEECOM Recycled Fireproof Carbon Composite I’m going to start off with one that intrigued me because of a couple of things. First, what
Feb 47 min read


Natural Carbon Fiber Precursors – How About Thin Air?
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins Yes, in fact, a company in Houston called Mars Materials, Inc. which is a public benefit corporation incorporated in Texas, teamed up with the Textile Innovation Engine of North Carolina and NC State University to take CO 2 captured from the atmosphere and ammonia/bio-based feedstocks and turn it into acrylonitrile. The Textile Innovation Center at NC State tested the Mars material and found
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