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08/01/2025 – Lightweight construction

Lightweight construction

Tapes made from recycled carbon fibers

The DITF have developed highly oriented tapes made from recycled carbon fibers (rCF) suitable for reuse in high-performance applications such as structural ... By Sibylle Michel

The facades of the school, which opened in September 2024, were designed by the renowned architects Rudy Ricciotti and Roland Carta. © Lisa Ricciotti

07/01/2025 – Lightweight construction

Lightweight construction

Flax composite for shading an international school building

In a collaborative effort, Bcomp’s innovative flax fibre composites and Temca’s manufacturing expertise have been combined to create the cladding panels ... By Editorial staff

Fibre composite components increase the precision and service life of the plant systems. © Vombaur

18/01/2023 – Lightweight construction

Lightweight construction

Preforms from vombaur increase performance and service life

Lightweight components offer innovation and savings potential. This also applies to the lightweight and resilient components made of composite textiles ... By Sibylle Michel

In the project 3DNaturDruck, construction elements will be manufactured additively from natural fibers, such as here a free-form tile made of wood short fiber filament. © LZH

14/09/2022 – Sustainability in 3D printing

Sustainability in 3D printing

LZH research components made of natural fibers

Together with partners, the LZH is researching how to produce individual building elements from natural fibers using additive manufacturing. By Sibylle Michel

As a development partner, vombaur supports companies from a wide range of industries in the implementation of challenging projects. © Vombaur

16/06/2022 – Techtextil: Vombaur

Techtextil: Vombaur

Composite textiles made of natural fibres

Flax fibres are particularly rigid and tear-proof. They also have a low density. With woven tapes made of flax, Vombaur makes the functional advantages ... By Sibylle Michel

The FibreCoat founders (from left): Dr Alexander Lüking, Richard Haas and Dr Robert Brüll. © FibreCoat

11/04/2022 – Startup

Startup

Technical textiles made from aluminium-coated high-performance fibres

At JEC World 2022, May 3–5, 2022, FibreCoat will introduce its new AluCoat product line for the first time as part of the Startup Booster competition. By Sibylle Michel