JEC Composites Magazine: Whilst natural flax and hemp fibres have been used onboard ships for ropes, sails and sealing between planks for hundreds, even thousands of years, the use of these fibres in ...

Natural fibers have a rich history of reinforcing materials for over 3,000 years. The renewed interest in natural fiber composites in the last five years is driven by a focus on improving and ...

JEC Composites: The importance of bio-based materials is ever-increasing for the composites industry. Given their recyclability and less dependence on limited resources, they are increasingly used to ...

The durability, lightness, and strength of composite materials make them applicable in many industries from building, construction, and infrastructure (BCI) to wind energy, transportation, and ...

As a company specializing in natural fiber composites technology, Greenboats GmbH has learned to adapt its product offerings to meet market demands, expanding its portfolio from flax fiber/bio-based ...

The manufacturing of carbon fiber-based composites uses fossil resources, which a research and technology project is trying to replace with bio-sourced materials. Credit: IRT Jules Verne Wood, a ...

Efforts to develop and commercialize composite materials reinforced with natural fibers are accelerating as automakers target reduced carbon footprints for their onroad offerings. Engineering plastics ...

The term “sustainability” was defined in the late 1980s by the UN World Commission on Environment and Development as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future ...

Bcomp and Ather Energy unveil Redux concept with sustainable flax-fiber composites, reducing CO2 footprint by 85 percent.

Carbon fiber (CF) has attained somewhat of a near-mystical appeal in consumer marketing, with it being praised for being stronger than steel while simultaneously being extremely lightweight. This ...