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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.

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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

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Alternative fabrics

  • Balancing performance vs aesthetic vs cost
  • Increasing material options and availability
  • Characterisation data at SHD

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Hybridising

  • Combining with high performance fibres
  • Tailored architectures to suit applications
  • Maximising sustainability and performance

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Sector development

  • Developing new applications across multiple sectors from:
  • Motorsport to automotive
  • Infrastructure to marine
  • Sporting goods up to aerospace

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