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It's Just String & Glue. This is a newsletter about composites, the strings, the glues, and the business.


Sustainable and Recyclable Resin – A Good News Story
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #resin_recycle, #sustainable,...
Dec 11, 20235 min read


Carbon Fiber 2023 Conference and Ned’s Talks
#carbon_fiber, #carbon_fiber_2023, #composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #plant-based, #bio_based_acrylonitrile...
Dec 4, 20236 min read


Carbon Fiber and Sustainability – Just a Quick Overview
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio_based, #natural_fiber, #plant_based There’s a reason I’m writing this week’s post...
Nov 27, 20236 min read


Let’s talk about Lignin a bit more
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #cellulose, #lignin, #bio_based_epoxy I want to...
Nov 13, 20235 min read


Cellulose and Lignin – Our Wonderful Friends
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #cellulose, #lignin, #bio-based-composites They...
Nov 6, 20234 min read


Coconut Husk Fiber for Composites? And some Other Stuff
#coir, #composites, #fiber, #sustainability, #coconut_husk, #coir_fiber, #coconut_husk_fiber, #natural_fiber, #green_composites,...
Oct 24, 20236 min read


Some News About Plant Based Fibers and Resins
#String_and_Glue, #sustainabillity, #recycle, #biocomposites, #plant_based I thought this week I would go back to some natural (that is,...
Sep 5, 20234 min read


Wind Energy is Taking Off – and All the Turbine Blades are Composite
#String_and_Glue, #renewable_energy, #renewables, #composites, #wind_energy, #wind_farms With the approval last week of the Revolution...
Aug 29, 20234 min read


Some Interesting Things Going on with Recycling / Sustainability
#String_and_Glue, #Composites, #Published, #recycling, #sustainability There are two articles I read this week about composites recycling...
Aug 22, 20233 min read


Plant or Biomass Derived Carbon Fiber (PAN-Based)
#String_and_Glue, #Sustainability, #biomass, #sustainablecomposites This week I am going to focus on just one aspect of sustainability of...
Aug 7, 20234 min read


Put it Together - All Natural String and Glue
Natural or bio-based composite materials are starting to come into their own for a number of reasons. It has taken the manufacturers and...
Apr 22, 20233 min read


Yes there are Plant Based Glues (Resins) - Good Ones!!
I’m going to talk a little bit about plant based resins and the newer push in the composites industry to work off of the petroleum...
Apr 22, 20232 min read


What does Dietary Fiber have to do with Composites?
So, I’ve talked a bit about Strings and Glues – aka Fibers and Resins – for Composites in previous posts in this newsletter. So, I...
Apr 22, 20233 min read


More About Natural Fibers, Resins, and Biocomposites
In this post I’m going to delve a little deeper into natural fibers and plant-based resins and their applications. There is a very large...
Apr 22, 20233 min read


All About Natural Fibers
In this post I am going to talk a bit about natural fibers, their uses, and how they are changing the overall composites market. To get...
Apr 22, 20233 min read

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