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


Composites Recycling in France Goes Full AI
#composites, #sustainability, #AI, #recycling, #carbonfiber I saw a very interesting news article this week about Fairmat, a French...
4 hours ago7 min read


Fully Bio-Based Carbon Fiber Almost Ready to Come Out of the Lab
#composites, #sustainability, #carbonfiber, #cellulose, #lignin, #plantbased Last week I focused on the up and coming composite resins...
Jun 106 min read


My Reflections on SAMPE 2025 Indianapolis
#composites, #sustainability, #carbonfiber, #SAMPE2025, #compositesindustry As promised with my last post, I was at SAMPE in Indianapolis...
May 286 min read


Some More Uses for Recycled Carbon Fiber – Flexible Solar Panels?
#composites, #sustainability, #recycledfiber, #carbonfiber, #fibers, #resins I saw a really cool article in one of my news feeds that I...
May 256 min read


An Update on Carbon Fiber Recycling – Continuous Fibers No Less
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #recycledfiber, #carbonfiber I have talked about how difficult it is to recycle composites –...
Apr 287 min read


Part 1 of PFAs and Microplastics - The Chemistry and Process of Making Acrylonitrile
#composites, #foreverchemicals, #toxicity, #carbonfiber, #petroleumbased As promised from last week, this is part 1 of a multi-part...
Feb 178 min read


Wings on Cargo Ships? Composites Enable Interesting Wind Powered Craft
#composites, #windpower, #marinecomposites, #carbonfiber, #fiberglass I saw an interesting article in Composites World about a cargo ship...
Feb 46 min read


Flying Cars? Are we in an Episode of the Jetsons?
#composites, #flyingcars, #urbanairmobility, #carbonfiber, #gyroplane I saw something really fun in Composites World this week. There is...
Dec 9, 20246 min read


Recent Developments in Recycling Carbon Fiber – We’re Getting There
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #recycling, #recycledfiber, #carbonfiber This week I wanted to talk a little bit about...
Oct 7, 20245 min read


Make Your Carbon Fiber in a Microwave? Good News Again
#composites, #sustainability, #renewableenergy, #carbonfiber, #microwave, #carbonfootprint I wrote about this idea and technology at the...
Aug 5, 20246 min read


Carbon Fiber Recycling – Yes, Another Good News Story
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #carbonfiber, #recycling I saw an article in Composites World this week about Toray’s...
Jul 22, 20247 min read


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


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

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