N°16 - november 2025 - Special Issues - JEC Composites Magazine Digital Edition

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JEC Composites Magazine editorial team produces two times a year special issues on top of the regular issues of the magazine.

Every first quarter: the JEC Observer

Written in collaboration with Estin & Co, it is the annual barometer of the composites industry, which provides a forecast growth up to the five coming years. This publication seeks to give an ample perspective and outlook of the industry for the next five years using graphs, key figures, market dynamics, and insights to illustrate the state of composites globally.

Every autumn: the Composites Sustainability Report

Compiling highlights about the part composite materials are playing in creating the sustainable European economy of the future. The purpose of this annual work, rather than results, which quickly become obsolete, is to give examples of approaches contributing to and moving towards sustainability.

In the past, JEC Group published special issues about end users industries such as smarter cities, mobility, sports, health, and leisure, all these issues being available to all JEC Composites Magazine subscribers.

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N°9 - october 2024

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N°8 - february 2024

N°7 - december 2023

N°13 - april 2023

N°6 - march 2023

N°5 - february 2022

N°4 - november 2020

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N°12 - march 2020

N°2 - november 2019

N°1 - march 2019

Welcome to the 2025 edition of the JEC Composites Sustainability Report! The scale of the challenge being dizzying, as every year, in the composite materials sector, the advances have been...

The European Circular Composites Alliance (ECCA) is a new initiative aiming to establish a circular economy for composite materials. In this interview, EuCIA’s President, Professor Roberto Frassine,...

As the European Union accelerates its green transformation, circularity is moving to the heart of industrial policy. The vision is clear: circularity is not only about environmental responsibility; it...

Through the Solar Impulse Foundation and challenging projects such as Solar Impulse and Climate Impulse, explorer, psychiatrist and clean-tech pioneer Bertrand Piccard showcases the possibilities of...

A structural engineer and expert in sustainable concrete systems, Professor Antonio Nanni, currently on sabbatical, divides his time between the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at...

To monitor the composites industry's adaption to environmental issues and sustainable development, JEC conducted a global survey of its actors. This considers the level of implementation of...

At Ragasco, sustainability means creating measurable environmental value across the entire product life cycle of its composite LPG cylinders, as Bjorn Haver, Head of Sustainability, explains. When...

Chris Skinner, VP Strategic Marketing & R&D, explains how Owens Corning is incorporating glass fibre waste into new glass fibre products without compromising performance. The composites industry is...

TECH-FAB Europe, the voice of the European technical textiles industry, has produced an association-level life cycle assessment (LCA) for glass fibre fabrics used to manufacture composite products....

nlcomp® has developed a recyclable tooling solution using Elium® thermoplastic resin and recycled carbon fibre. Unlike traditional thermoset moulds, rComposite® enables full recycling of both polymer...

IDI Composites International Europe has demonstrated that an SMC tailgate can be recycled and the recycled SMC used in a new tailgate. Cédric Defaye, Innovation & Design Engineering Manager, discusses...

Samuel Requile, head of the composites department at Coriolis Composites, explains how intelligent use of AFP can lower the environmental footprint of composite parts. As aerospace continues its push...

JEC World 2025 again demonstrated that natural fibre composites are a cornerstone of sustainable industrial transformation. The Natural Fibres Village organised by the Alliance for European Flax-Linen...

Malcolm Forsyth, Sustainability Manager at Composites UK, reviews recent developments in the UK composites industry. Composites UK continues to work hard to build life cycle assessment (LCA)...

Dr. Elmar Witten, Composites Germany, Dr. Bastian Brenken, Composites United e.V., and Volker Mathes, AVK - Federation of Reinforced Plastics, offer an overview of the sustainability activities of...

Kuusakoski Recycling’s new recycling plant provides a sustainable solution for Northern Europe’s composites waste, as Jarkko Lahti, Production Manager, explains. Kuusakoski Recycling's new composites...

Thousands of Europe’s wind turbines are destined to reach the end of their operational life in the coming years, with around 14,000 blades projected to be dismantled by 2030¹. Product designers,...

Tessa ten Cate, Senior Scientist & Program Manager, TNO – Brightlands Materials Center, discusses a recycling technology for thermoplastic composites. From building circular supply chains to managing...

In 2025 Spanish association AEMAC published a comprehensive document exploring the sustainability of composite materials. This article provides an introduction to the White Paper's objectives and...

The CICLO project is working to advance sustainable design and circularity in the wind energy industry. Iván Sánchez Gómez, of ACCIONA, and Oscar Baró Rius, from Menzolit, outline the objectives....

The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has developed a platform to assist composite manufacturers in preparing reliable and cost-effective Environmental Product Declarations. As the...

Research commissioned by the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) examines how composite materials can advance sustainable construction practices. In the race toward net-zero emissions...

Driven by global carbon neutrality goals and the wave of circular economy initiatives, Chinese university research teams have achieved groundbreaking progress in sustainable composite materials....

HRC Group has developed the 3R CF Construction Formwork to replace wood and aluminium, providing a more sustainable option for construction projects. It is produced using end-of-life carbon fibre. The...

Australian company Talon Technology has developed a recycling process that allows small communities to transform plastic waste washing up on beaches into useful products for local use. Kerryn...

Catherine Holyoake Taiapa and Rich Little of the Composites Association of New Zealand (CANZ) present a new initiative aiming to connect those using, working with, and disposing of glass fibre and...

The recycling of wind turbine blades has long been a challenge. However, with favourable policies and breakthroughs in new technologies, the prospects for blade recycling are gradually becoming...

Shanghai Zhishi Alloy Technology Co., Ltd. has developed a recycling technology for carbon fibre and glass fibre composites waste. The company provides a unique solution that decomposes the resin in...

Innovation and collaboration are key drivers of growth in the composites market. Here we present some of the research and innovation projects advancing technologies to enable sustainable and circular...

The European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA), headquartered in Brussels, represents European national composites associations and industry-specific sector groups and alliances at EU level....

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