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Innovative, natural & sustainable top-notch flax fibre fabrics made for the next generation composites.

More Cotton Flax Composites!

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Light technology keeps food fresher for longer and could solve world hunger

I really like the innovative potential in this use of the right technology. With the global population set to top nine billion in 2050, demand for food is predicted to rise by 70 %. This great use of technology might bridge the gap. 

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This aesthetic really pleases me. 

Bcomp has collaborated with several academic partners (FHNW Brugg-Windisch, KU Leuven, FHNW St. Gallen) over several years to develop novel thermoplastic-flax prepregs, with the objective of matching the mechanical properties of flax-epoxy composites. In addition, thermoplastic matrices are tough and damage tolerant and offer the possibility of rapid processing.

Several application specific polymers were selected (stiffness, strength, strain or impact performance driven) and modified, comprising a cellulose derived thermoplastic and a co-polyoxymethylene (coPOM). As a first case study, a bicycle saddle sheet was produced with a brand new coPOM-ampliTex preform. 

This is a little different and more technological approach to the process of making a composite of the easy grown flax fibers. 

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It is estimated that the total growth and revenue of seaweed and kelp in Norway will come to grow to a total of 40 billion by 2050. A growth of 40 times the level in 2010.

http://www.sintef.no/forskningsaktuelt/verdiskaping-basert-pa-produktive-hav-i-2050/