One of the major areas of demand in the market is for high performance materials which are more flexible in terms of processing options (reprocessability) and are also more environmentally friendly (recyclability and reparability).
This demand is largely met by using continuous fibre thermoplastic composite materials. Sectors including the automotive and aeronautics industries have begun to use these products, mainly due to their processing/cycle time, reprocessability and recyclability advantages.
Adapting processes designed for composites with thermosetting resins to continuous fibre thermoplastic composite materials is an enormous challenge for companies which can be met with the help of AIMPLAS.
