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


There’s a New Entrant in the Sustainable Natural Fiber Composites Business
#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
May 278 min read


Sustainability Tidbits and a Note about Defense vs Non-Defense Composites
#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
May 137 min read


What do I Mean when I Say Roadmap
#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
May 611 min read


A Little Update on Natural fiber and Plant Resin Composites
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins This post, again, is at least loosely based on what I wrote in my new book, “Sustainable Composite Materials: A Roadmap to a Circular Economy” released on April 6 by McFarland, my publisher. And, if you are going to SAMPE in Seattle next week, I will be doing a book signing there on Tuesday April 28 in the SAMPE Spotlight Theater. From “A Closer Look at Plant-Based Composites” AZO Materials
Apr 299 min read

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