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Efficient, Lightweight, sustainable advanced materials – Supporting EU industries to meet the Green Deal targets

New advanced lightweight materials The demand for advanced materials is growing but the problem of critical raw materials is increasing day after day. More and more critical raw materials need to be replaced because there are fewer and fewer of them, but also because most of them are not produced or available in Europe. This… Continue reading Efficient, Lightweight, sustainable advanced materials – Supporting EU industries to meet the Green Deal targets

VDL Fibertech Industries – Dissemination activities

RAAK closing meeting VDL Fibertech Industries, one of the project partners is a Dutch manufacturer of lightweight fibre-reinforced thermoset composites. Their goal in the MC4 project is to manufacture composite parts from mechanically recycled glass-fibre composites, implementing a process of reusing materials for the same purpose in a circular approach. They are doing several dissemination… Continue reading VDL Fibertech Industries – Dissemination activities

Amura dissemination activities

Navilia 2024 exhibition Amura, one of the project partners is a Spanish boatbuilding company in charge of developing boat parts made of recycled carbon fibre composites. To do so, they are working on manufacturing a rooftop and a pillar. Last month, they had the opportunity to present their work during the Navilia 2024 exhibition. This… Continue reading Amura dissemination activities

Indtech 2024

Introduction Last week took place the Indtech conference in Namur from the 3rd to the 5th of June. This conference about industrial technologies and their current challenges gathered scientists from all around Europe around conferences, exhibitions and B2B meetings. Several topics were at the heart of the Indtech event like the European competitiveness, advanced materials,… Continue reading Indtech 2024

Profactor -inspection systems for recycled carbon fibres

Profactor is an Austrian non-university research centre and is the leader of the MC4 project. They develop production technologies such as robotics, machine vision, augmented reality and processes for functional surfaces. In the project. Profactor is developing inline inspection systems for carbon fibre composite materials, pre-forms and parts in the MC4 project. The goal is… Continue reading Profactor -inspection systems for recycled carbon fibres

i-RED sorting technology

An important aspect of the MC4 project is the investigation and development of methods and technologies for the efficient and reliable sorting of carbon and glass fibre composite materials at the end of their service life. Why is that? Because the chemical recycling processes for such composite materials depend heavily on the resin system of… Continue reading i-RED sorting technology

Environmental and cost performance – IRES

The MC4 project aims at reducing the environmental footprint of composites manufacturing by offering more sustainable processes with the recycling of glass and carbon fibre composite materials. To assess this decrease in environmental impact, IRES, a sustainability consulting company and one of the MC4 project partner will evaluate the environmental and cost performance of the… Continue reading Environmental and cost performance – IRES

TECHTEXTIL 2024

Don’t miss us at the 20th edition of Techtextil! We are thrilled to announce that some of the MC4 project partners will be present at Techtextil from the 23rd to the 26th of April! It will be an occasion to present what has been achieved in the first half of the project and showcase the… Continue reading TECHTEXTIL 2024