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A UNSW Canberra researcher claims to have advanced CF recycling. But major challenges remain, says one industry expert. Carbon fiber composites are super strong super lightweight and super difficult to recycle effectively. Embedded in a (usually thermoset) polymer matrix, carbon…

Led by carbon fibers and thermoplastics, global opportunities will drive demand and value Carbon fiber will be the dominant composites material through 2031, when the value of the global market for all composites is forecast to reach $88.7 billion, an…

Bioplastics and biopolymers will post the largest compound annual growth rate by 2025 of nine materials surveyed by Plastics Engineering for this inaugural installment of Data Points. According to research consultant Markets and Markets Inc., of Northbrook, Ill., global demand…