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


What’s Hydrogen got to do with Composites?
#composites, #sustainability, #hydrogen, #hydrogeneconomy, #carbonfiber, #fibers, #resins As it turns out – quite a bit. The lead image...
Apr 9, 20246 min read


Bio-Resin – Yes it’s now a Thing!!
#sustainability, #bioresin, #resins, #composites, #biobased, #plantbased This week I decided to dig a little deeper into the bio-resin...
Apr 2, 20246 min read


Boats, Composites and a Circular Economy - YES
#composites, #sustainability, #marine, #boats,#boating, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased This week I get to write about two things...
Mar 25, 20246 min read


What are Resin Producers Doing to Become Sustainable Businesses
#sustainability, #composites, #bioresin, #biobasedresin, #plantbasedresin,#naturalfiber, #fiber, #resin https://www.goodnet.org/articles/...
Mar 19, 20249 min read


What Are Material Suppliers Doing to Become Sustainable Businesses?
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased, #materialsuppliers, #epoxy, #carbonfiber The short...
Mar 12, 202411 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


The World of Plants – Materials for our Future
#composites, #plants, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw an article in the New York Times...
Feb 26, 20247 min read


Sustainability – A little detour from Composites
#sustainability, #foodsupply, #composites, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #plantbased I’m going to go into sustainability this week, but...
Feb 19, 20247 min read


Recent Developments in the Bio Composite World
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #bio_based, #natural_fiber, #plant_based, #biocomposite, #bio_composite, #sustainable,...
Feb 13, 20245 min read


Composites as Commodity Materials
#composites, #fibers, #resins, #structures, #I_beams, #square_tubing, #carbon_composites, #glass_composites, #rectangular_tubing,...
Jan 8, 20245 min read


Bio-Based Carbon Fiber – An Overview and Update
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #bio-based, #natural_fiber, #plant-based, #sustainable_fiber, #plant_based, #recycle, #recycling,...
Dec 18, 20235 min read


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


Sustainable Plant-Based Fibers - So What's Nanocellulose?
#String_and_Glue, #makerfaire, #MFBA23, #seemeatmfba23, #composites, #sustainability This week I’m going to go back to being a bit...
Oct 9, 20234 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

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