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


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


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


A Bit More About Recycling Composites – So What’s New?
#String_and_Glue, #Composites, #Recycling, #Pyrolysis, #Solvolysis Yes, I’m going to talk a bit more about sustainability of composites...
Jul 10, 20235 min read


Advances and Current Trends in Composites Recycling
JEC World 2023 Was All About Recycling I’m going to turn again to sustainability and recycling of composites. This is because it is not...
Jun 13, 20234 min read


Recycling Fiber is Scaling Up – And that’s Good News
#String_and_Glue Of course, It's a Lamborghini - What else would it be? By now you all know that I am going to put an eye-catching pic at...
May 22, 20234 min read


About Sustainability - What Does it Really Mean?
I’ve written about this topic several times now, so I thought that it was time to provide everyone with a real definition of what...
May 1, 20235 min read


Sustainability and Carbon Fiber
I’m going to talk about sustainability again, only this time I want to focus on carbon fiber. Why do I talk about sustainability in...
Apr 23, 20233 min read

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