In this article, Tom Michielsen discusses our Techtextil Award winning development, which could provide a breakthrough in the dismantling and recycling of end-of-life aircraft. Every year, around a thousand end-of-life aircraft end up in huge car parks around the world, waiting to be dismantled and processed. Increasingly composed of composite materials, they are difficult to recycle.
Belgian company Syensqo and Centexbel are working on new-generation materials and cutting-edge technology to make this easier in the future.
READ MORE ABOUT OUR BREAKTHROUGH IN DISMANTLING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS