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Encina and BASF Establish Long-Term Partnership for Supply of Circular Raw Materials

Encina Development Group, LLC, a manufacturer of ISCC PLUS certified circular chemicals, and BASF announced a long-term supply agreement for chemically recycled circular benzene derived from post-consumer end-of-life plastics.

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Dow announces the launch of two new REVOLOOP™ Recycled Plastics Resins with up to 100% PCR for shrink films

Dow launched two new grades of REVOLOOP Recycled Plastics Resins, one with 100% post-consumer recycled content, and collaborated with RKW Group to create a new collation shrink film containing household waste recycled plastics.

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Laser Technology for a Lighter Future Flying

The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS has achieved decisive progress towards new ecological aircraft construction concepts...

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New Bcomp Materials for Italdesign Quintessenza™ Concept Car

Bcomp announces its support on the new Italdesign Quintessenza™, a groundbreaking concept car unveiled at the 2024 Auto China in Beijing, featuring Bcomp's natural fibre composites across both its interior finishes and exterior body parts.

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IIT Guwahati Develops High-Performance Materials for Supercapacitors

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Airbus is Developing Bio-Based Composites that are Fit to Fly

Airbus has created an experimental helicopter panel using bio-derived fibres, whose production process starts with capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide, aiming to develop a bio-based carbon fibre with equivalent performance and safety of regular composites.

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Xenia® Materials presents PVDF-based compounds for 3D printing pellet-fed applications

Xenia Materials is introducing a 3D printing pellet version of unfilled PVDF polymer and a new range of carbon-fiber reinforced compounds for additive manufacturing.

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Real-Life LEGOs Launch New Era of Sustainability

A Miami-based company that is disrupting the construction industry by introducing a new way to build with real-life LEGO bricks has been honored with the international award for 'best construction product design' of 2023.

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Innovative Robotic Solution for Clean and Precise Machining of Composites

Spain's IDEKO research centre develops a robotic composite-machining cell that extracts toxic dust and boosts precision under the EU Fibremach project.

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Hexcel and Fairmat Bolster Sustainability Efforts by Expanding Composite Material Recycling in the United States

Hexcel Corporation and Fairmat announced a 10-year agreement to recycle carbon fiber composite materials from Hexcel Salt Lake City for reuse in composite materials sold into various commercial markets.

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British Tech Company Wins Government Backing for Coloured Flax Fibre

British technology company Hypetex has been awarded an Innovate UK grant to develop FlaxTex, the world's first technical coloured flax fibre, a sustainable substitute for glass and carbon fibre in composite structures.

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TPI Composites Manufactures All-Composite Cab for the Next-Generation Kenworth SuperTruck 2

TPI Composites, Inc. announced its contributions on the Kenworth SuperTruck 2 exhibited at ACT Expo in Las Vegas. The all-composite cab, engineered and manufactured by TPI, pushes the boundaries of weight reduction and aerodynamics.