Embracing a circular economy: the path to ecological composite manufacturing
BIOPOWDER – Kathrin Schilling
The composites industry has seen a noticeable shift towards natural materials. While conventionally flax, hemp or other plant fibres were incorporated into polymer composite systems, new solutions have recently become a market success. Those include, besides plant-based polymer chemistries (as opposed to fossil-based ones), functional fillers, reinforcing fibres and texture particles – sometimes with an interesting story to tell.