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NED PATTON: ALL ABOUT COMPOSITES

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

Jul 157 min read

Some New and Weird (Maybe?) Plant-Based Textiles that Might End Up in Composites

Jul 87 min read

Composites Recycling in France Goes Full AI

Jul 25 min read

Biocomposites on Airplanes – Coming Soon to Your Flight

Jun 255 min read

A New Kid on the Block and Some Other News in Recycled and Plant-Based Composites

Jun 175 min read

Some Recycling Updates for the Composites Industry – Wind Turbine Blades

Jun 106 min read

Fully Bio-Based Carbon Fiber Almost Ready to Come Out of the Lab

Jun 26 min read

Fully Plant-Based Epoxy Resins - Are They Going Commercial?

May 286 min read

My Reflections on SAMPE 2025 Indianapolis

May 256 min read

Some More Uses for Recycled Carbon Fiber – Flexible Solar Panels?

May 126 min read

New Process(es) for Continuous Recycling of Glass Fiber Composites

May 58 min read

Graphene has Come of Age

Apr 287 min read

An Update on Carbon Fiber Recycling – Continuous Fibers No Less

Apr 217 min read

Hodgepodge of Recycled and Renewable Composites Applications

Apr 149 min read

Cellulose as the New Plastic – Can it Help with the Microplastics Problem?

Apr 710 min read

Sustainability – A Look at Energy Efficiency in Composites Manufacturing

Mar 317 min read

Recycled Thermoplastics and Recycled Fibers – a Pretty Good Mix

Mar 267 min read

What’s Happening in Plant-Based Composites?

Mar 177 min read

Some Good News on the Recycling Front and Other Updates

Mar 117 min read

Part 4 of PFAS and Microplastics – Vinyl Ester Resin Chemistry and Manufacture

Mar 37 min read

Part 3 of PFAS and Microplastics – Polyester Resin Chemistry

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