Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is increasingly moving toward the use of recycled raw materials in the production of its thermoplastic compounds and composites. One of the most recent examples is ...

The automotive industry is the third-largest consumer of polymer materials after the packaging and construction industries. By using engineered plastics with recycled content, automotive companies ...

Production Process: The production process for carbon fiber is relatively complex and involves steps such as high-temperature graphitization, which may result in certain environmental impacts, such as ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3SAE Technologies, a dominant leader in advanced fiber optic preparation and glass processing equipment, has developed a highly versatile Combiner Manufacturing ...

Dr. Guenter Margraf, global product manager at the company’s High Performance Materials (HPM) business unit, explains: “We want to help make the switch from a throw-away society to a circular economy.

The construction of this annual output 50000 tons alkali free glass fiber production line is aiming at the market growing demand to further improve the company’s business development. The project uses ...

KCC has developed a new circular resource material by processing manufacturing by-products generated in industrial sites. On the 19th, KCC announced that it succeeded in developing a new material ...

Non-crimp fabrics like METYX’s glass fiber fabric range are becoming increasingly sought after in the advanced manufacturing industry, with applications in many sectors. Image Credit: ...

In the composites industry, fiber is a significant topic of conversation. Fiber sizing rarely gets a mention. It is difficult, however, to overstate sizing’s importance. Without it, the fiber could ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a production method they estimate will reduce the cost of carbon fiber as much as 50 percent and the energy ...

Fig. 1. Overall business activity of glass fiber manufacturers from 2015 to early 2021, based on data from Gardner Intelligence. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its second year, and as the global ...