Sustainability Focus: Flax Fibres
A clear growing demand for flax based composite solutions across all sectors. SHD are actively engaging with the whole supply chain to offer cost effective, tailored solutions.
Supply chain
- Engagement from seed to farm to processing of fibres
- Optimizing properties for composites
- Long term ambition to localise supply where possible to reduce CO2 footprint
Alternative fabrics
- Balancing performance vs aesthetic vs cost
- Increasing material options and availability
- Characterisation data at SHD
Hybridising
- Combining with high performance fibres
- Tailored architectures to suit applications
- Maximising sustainability and performance
Sector development
- Developing new applications across multiple sectors from:
- Motorsport to automotive
- Infrastructure to marine
- Sporting goods up to aerospace
