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It's Just String & Glue. This is a newsletter about composites, the strings, the glues, and the business.
News on the Composites Recycling Front – Some New Stuff
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased Recently Composites World has been highlighting...
Oct 14, 20245 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
Offshore Wind to Dramatically Increase by 2050 – Will the Blades be Sustainable?
#composites, #sustainability, #offshorewind, #fibers, #resins, #renewableenergy There is an article in Composites World this week...
Oct 1, 20247 min read
What’s Happening in Natural Fiber Composites?
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased As it turns out, there is quite a bit going on,...
Sep 23, 20246 min read
So, What Are the Two Big Aircraft Companies Doing About Sustainability
#composites, #sustainability, #naturalfiber, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #boeing, #airbus, #plantbased I saw an article this month in...
Sep 16, 20245 min read
UPDATE – NREL Success – Plant-Based Carbon / Epoxy Composite
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased, #bioresin There is an article in the latest...
Sep 9, 20246 min read
Where Will The Renewable Energy for Making Composites Come From?
#composites, #sustainability, #renewableenergy, #geothermal, #windenergy, #solar I have talked about where the precursors for fibers and...
Sep 2, 20245 min read
Latest Developments in Plant-Based Resins for Composites
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased This week I’m going back to sustainability for...
Aug 26, 20245 min read
Challenges Raw Material Suppliers Face in a Plant-Based Transition
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased, #precursors I have been thinking about the...
Aug 12, 20246 min read
What’s New in Natural Fiber Composites – Mostly Flax and Hemp
#composites, #sustainability, #flaxfiber, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased Earlier this month I talked about flax...
Jul 30, 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
A Quick Look at New Uses of Natural Fibers (Mostly Flax) – Again, Good News
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I saw an article in Composites World this week...
Jul 15, 20246 min read
News About Composites Sustainability – Mostly Good!
#composites, #sustainability, #compositesbusiness, #uk, #us, #eu, #reuse, #recycle First, my apologies for going off the grid – so to...
Jul 9, 20249 min read
So, What Plants Will be Used in the Future for Composites?
#composites, #plantbased, #biobased, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #naturalfiber Just as an explanation for why I haven’t posted in...
Jun 18, 20246 min read
How Was the SAMPE Conference?
#composites, #sustainability, #biobased, #sampe, #naturalfiber, #plantbased I’m back again this week after taking a week off to attend...
May 28, 20246 min read
Bio Based Wind Turbine Blades – A Brief Update
#sustainability, #composites, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased, #windturbines There is a recent article in...
May 14, 20245 min read
Sustainability of Composites – A Roadmap for the Future
#composites, #sustainability, #fibers, #resins, #biobased, #naturalfiber, #plantbased This week I’m going to provide a bit of a preview...
May 8, 20246 min read
What’s Going On in the World of Glass Fiber Recycling
#composites, #sustainability, #recycling, #fibers, #resins, #glassfiber I thought this week I would come back to this subject because it...
Apr 15, 20249 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
Bio-Resin – Yes it’s now a Thing!!
#sustainability, #bioresin, #resins, #composites, #biobased, #plantbased This week I decided to dig a little deeper into the bio-resin...
Apr 2, 20246 min read
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