Before we close the year 2023, we look back on the achievements of the MC4 project since its launch in April 2022. MC4: Context and objectives The primary objective of the MC4 project is to develop effective and economically viable recycling methods for composites made from thermoset materials, including both carbon and glass fibres. This… Continue reading MC4 mid -term Achievements
Author: Robin Oddon
Cooperation with r-LightBioCom
MC4 teams up with r-LightBioCom! Sustainability in materials and material processes can take many forms: MC4 and r-LightBioCom provide different approaches complemeting each other, further leading to additional opportunities to change the European industry. r-LightBioCom aims at developing bio-based and sustainable raw materials with inherent recyclability properties and related processing and production processes to enable… Continue reading Cooperation with r-LightBioCom
MC4 presented at the Dornbirn GFC
On September 14, 2023, MC4 was presented at the Dornbirn Global Fibre Congress in Austria. It is the Europe-centred innovation platform for the fiber industry and the downstream manufacturing stages is to serve as a generator of ideas and the basis for networking. Techtera introduced to the audience the whole concept of the project, with… Continue reading MC4 presented at the Dornbirn GFC
MC4 in Textil Plus
Textil Plus, the German-language specialist magazine for the European textile industry, published an article about MC4 in its edition of September/October 2023. Along with a global description of the project, the article focuses on the activities dedicated to close the loop of the carbon fibre value chain. The article includes details about the cooperation between… Continue reading MC4 in Textil Plus
NOMA RESINS joins MC4
This July 2023, MC4 welcomed a new partner in the consortium: NOMA RESINS. NOMA is a SME from Poland, specializing in the production of resins, in particular epoxy resins. In MC4, NOMA will take part in the development of the long term carbon fibre recycling process. More specifically, the company will work on the reuse… Continue reading NOMA RESINS joins MC4
MC4 part of Processes4Planet
The Processes4Planet (P4Planet) Partnership aim is to transform the European process industries to achieve circularity and overall climate neutrality at the EU level by 2050 while enhancing their global competitiveness. P4Planet is a European co-programmed public-private Partnership established between A.SPIRE – as the private entity – and the European Commission in the context of the… Continue reading MC4 part of Processes4Planet
MC4 presented at the EPC4 Annual Conference
On May 4, Alaitz Rekondo, head of the Polymers and Composites unit at CIDETEC, partner of the MC4 project, participated in the Annual Conference ECP4 entitled “Trends in polymers and composites circularity. From advanced materials to industrial applications”. The event was held in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain). She presented the MC4 project, its goals,… Continue reading MC4 presented at the EPC4 Annual Conference
MC4 on JEC World
From April 25 to April 27, MC4 partners presented the project on JEC World, the main trade fair for composites materials. It’s been a year since the beginning of the partnership, and the partners started developing the recycling processes of glass and carbon fibre composite materials. MC4 was well represented, with 6 partners exhibiting on… Continue reading MC4 on JEC World
MC4 in 2023
The year 2023 has started, and it will soon be one year in the implementation of the project. 2023 will be a key year for MC4, with the first results of the research undertook to develop solutions for recycling garbon and glass fibre composites. With a clearer view on the outcomes of MC4, the 15… Continue reading MC4 in 2023
Lecture on circular economy
On December 17th, 2022, MC4 partner IRES presented the project at a lecture on circular economy. About 25 participants attended the presentation. Participants were academic students and professionals participating in the MSc on Bioeconomy, Circular Economy & Sustainable Development course in the University of Piraeus. Among the elements of the presentation, facts and figures about… Continue reading Lecture on circular economy