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


Natural Fibers and Racing Sailboats – How Much Fun is That?
#racingsailboats, #sustainability, #naturalfiber, #flaxfiber, #bamboofiber, #bioresins I saw an article in Composites World this week about a flax fiber boat manufacturer I wrote about two and a half years ago – Greenboats – that has been building recreational sailboat hulls since about 2020 using flax fiber. They source their flax of course from France which grows more of this stuff than any other country in Europe. Anyway, the article is about a strategic partnership betw
Nov 26, 20258 min read


Collection of Composites Sustainability Tidbits from Last Two Weeks
#composites, #sustainability, #energyefficiency, #renewableenergy, #fibers, #resins Since this is supposed to be a “newsletter” I thought I would collect some tidbits of news on the composites sustainability front that have come across my feed in the last couple of weeks. I did want to get a couple of state of the art posts done, so the last two weeks I haven’t been keeping everyone up with the latest news. And there has been some news to keep up with, especially in the rec
Nov 5, 20256 min read


Sustainability of Carbon Fiber Sports Equipment - Yes it is Happening
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw an article in Composites World about...
Mar 4, 20246 min read


There are More Sports than Basketball and Football?
Yes there are, and I’m going to talk about them. This post is about sports and sports equipment made using composites where the sport...
Apr 22, 20233 min read

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