Honeycomb technology expert EconCore has partnered with Flaxco to develop and manufacture an innovative new thermoplastic honeycomb sandwich panel. Founded in the 1850s, Flaxco has 150 years of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story. Carbon fiber is a brilliant high-performance material with excellent strength-to-weight properties, but it remains expensive and impractical to ...

The European Confederation of Flax and Hemp I CELC, as the leading industry authority for flax and hemp, is delighted to announce that it has partnered with JEC Group to set up the new Natural Fiber ...

The performance of the final product depends heavily on the degree of cure - making it critical to ensure that the reaction goes to completion for the highest quality and reliability. Achieving this ...

Carbon fiber changed the motorsport game when Formula One teams started using it to fabricate cars in the 1970s. A bunch of carbon atoms weaved together, carbon fiber is stiff, strong, and light—the ...

Natural fiber for a natural challenge: A variety of ski manufacturers offer skis made from Bcomp’s (Fribourg, Switzerland) flax/Banova balsa core, ultralight flax/balsa bCore, and ampliTex flax-yarn ...

Revolin Sports, an industry leader in pickleball equipment and innovation, revealed it is the first manufacturer to incorporate a natural, flax and hemp-based composite as the sustainable material ...

BMW is preparing to ditch carbon fiber in favor of a new natural alternative made from flax-based composites. The automaker partnered with Bcomp, a clean-technology company that has been helping BMW ...

Natural fibers have a rich history of reinforcing materials for over 3,000 years. The renewed interest in natural fiber composites in the last five years is driven by a focus on improving and ...