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Infrastructure innovations: Part 3

FRP infrastructure applications are global and growing, but there’s more to innovation than commercialising new components. Reinforced Plastics talks with award-winning engineers to seek a more...

Whatever floats your boat: Part 2

GRP, CFRP, bio and nano – stem to stern, composites bring durability, weight reduction, and cleaner, greener cost-effective material and process options to the world of watercraft. In Part 2 of this...

Infrastructure innovations: Part 2

FRP infrastructure applications are global and growing, but there’s more to innovation than commercialising new components. Reinforced Plastics talks with award-winning engineers to seek a more...

Whatever floats your boat: Part 1

GRP, CFRP, bio and nano – stem to stern, composites bring durability, weight reduction, and cleaner, greener cost-effective material and process options to the world of watercraft. In Part 1 of this...

Infrastructure innovations: Part 1

FRP infrastructure applications are global and growing, but there’s more to innovation than commercialising new components. Reinforced Plastics talks with award-winning engineers to seek a more...

Past is prologue for composite repair

Thicker laminate structure in new commercial passenger aircraft will affect maintainability. Vicki P. McConnell identifies possible changes in composite repair of these new designs.

Not just another road trip

Is automotive design paradigm shifting into high gear on a direct drive to carbon fibre body-in-black? Vicki P. McConnell looks at new FRP products for vehicle applications and asks composites...

Launching the carbon fibre recycling industry

Recycling carbon fibres from aerospace composite scrap has environmental and business benefits. The shift from pilot scale to industrial operations is progressing, as Vicki P. McConnell learns from...

Decoding the ‘stealth factor’ in global carbon fibre supply and demand

Robust growth of carbon fibre composites for aerospace and industrial products have suppliers rushing to expand production capacity. Does this mean the carbon fibre supply/demand ratio will balance...