#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

#composites, #sustainability, #flaxfiber, #biocomposites, #fibers There appears to be quite a bit of movement in the natural, plant-based fiber business this past week or two. Two announcements came out in Composites World about companies that are scaling up their flax fiber composite reinforcements business, and another one that I will talk about a bit later about a basalt fiber production facility being built in the Middle East. New Circular Structures USA Inc. Facility i

#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

#composites, #sustainability, #flaxfiber, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased Earlier this month I talked about flax...