#composites, #sustainability, #flaxfiber, #naturalfiber, #recyclable, #greencomposites I’ve seen a couple of posts in Composites World about a company in Turkey that has developed a series of textile products using a mix of flax and hemp fibers specifically for use in composites. And this company, Bpreg, doesn’t just deliver the fiber product, they also pair it with a recyclable thermoplastic resin and sell their products in prepreg form – hence the name Bpreg. I wanted to h

#composites, #sustainability, #glassfiber, #fiberglassbusiness, #owenscorning Article reposted from www.nedpatton.com There is some news about the glass fiber reinforcement business that is pretty substantial that I need to talk about this week, primarily because it just became official. You may already know this, especially if you have read my posts in the past, but Owens-Corning fiberglass is the largest glass fiber manufacturer in the world – by far. This of course isn’t

#composites, #sustainability, #glassfibers, #bioacn, #defense, #infrastructure,#plantbased There were a couple of articles and brief notes in the latest Composites World magazine and on-line newsletter about sustainability that I need to mention. And there was also an editorial in the latest (April) edition of Composites World that I want to talk a bit about. Trillium Plant-Based Acrylonitrile First up is a company that I have talked about in previous posts, Trillium Renewa

#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins As promised, this post will be about the roadmap that I keep talking about for the industry, and what exactly I mean when I say roadmap. And this will be the sixth and final blog that is from my newly released book, “Sustainable Composite Materials: A Roadmap to a Circular Economy”. I wanted to leave my audience with a sense of what my new book is about to make sure that everyone that reads