Composites end markets: Electronics (2023)
Increasingly, prototype and production-ready smart devices featuring thermoplastic composite cases and other components provide lightweight, optimized sustainable alternatives to metal.
Hannah Mason
Technical Editor, CompositesWorld
EcoVadis awards Scott Bader Gold sustainability rating
Adhesives, composites and functional polymers manufacturer was ranked in the top 4%, committing to full sustainability by 2036.
Lingrove plant-based ekoa composite featured in Hyundai Palisade concept vehicle
Carbon-neutral biocomposite enables interactive doorspear with look and feel of wood while protecting trees, enabling transparency and capacitive touch for futuretech.
Forvia launches Materi’act brand to develop, produce sustainable materials
Materi’act to propose materials including low CO2 carbon fibers, bio-based and carbon-capturing compounds and more, with up to 85% CO2 reduction.
European R&D project Bizente researches enzymatic technologies to recover thermosets
Through protein engineering, project partners molecularly modify enzymes and resins to make it possible to recover thermoset composites and give them a second life.
Asahi Kasei joins investment in supply chain traceability, transparency system
Alongside three other partners, Asahi Kasei helped raise €11 million to accelerate Circularise, a Netherlands startup enabling traceability of information for raw materials recycling, biomass and more.
NCC announces Crown Estate Scotland, Owens Corning and TotalEnergies to join SusWIND
Leading stakeholders will add their voices to the SusWIND community in order to deliver a sustainable future for composites in wind.
