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