RECOMP 2024 – Reuse and Recycling of Composites
27th & 28th November 2024, University of Warwick
All industries urgently need to increase their circularity, reducing their use of virgin resources and increasing their use of recycled resources, as part of the drive towards a net-zero, more sustainable world, and the Composites industry is no exception. As a result of this need, there has been a big increase in the effort being made globally to develop and commercialise processes which can enable greater reuse and recycling of composite materials, both production waste and end-of-life waste material, and a real focus on developing new market applications for products with ever greater recycled composite content.
RECOMP 2024 is THE major UK event focussed on the reuse and recycling of composite materials.
Programme
Wednesday 27th November 2024 |
Thursday 28th November 2024 |
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| 09:00 | Registration | 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:45 | Welcoming address by Composites UK | 09:30 | Welcoming address by Composites UK | |
| 09:55 | KEYNOTE 1: Taking Composites Circularity to the next level – Challenges and Opportunities Jaap van der Woude, Chairman, EuCIA |
09:45 | SESSION 4A: COMMERCIALISING RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES – RECYCLING GLASS FIBRE (Session chair, Stella Job, Grazebrook Innovation) |
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| 10:25 | SESSION 1: REDUCING COMPOSITES WASTE (Session chair, Steven Brown, Scott Bader) |
An Update on the Global Developments and Commercialisation of the DEECOM Pressolysis Process Jen Hill, Director, B&M Longworth |
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| Minimising Scrap and Increasing Efficiencies Sara Hawi, Project Engineer, Airborne UK |
Increasing the Circularity of Composites through Mechanical Grinding Thomas Merry, Commercialisation and Innovation Manager, Suez Recovery & Recycling UK |
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| Eliminating Waste from the Braiding Process Guy Lawrence, Lead Development Engineer, Composite Braiding |
An Update on Project PRoGrESS – Fluidised Bed Recycling of GRP Composite Waste Sarah Lord, Sustainability Projects Delivery Manager, Composites UK and Ramin Moradi, Research Associate, University of Strathclyde |
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| 11:10 | COFFEE BREAK | 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:30 | SESSION 2: EMERGING MATERIALS & PROCESSES FOR COMPOSITES CIRCULARITY (Session chair, Stella Job, Grazebrook Innovation) |
11:05 | SESSION 4B: COMMERCIALISING RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES – RECYCLING CARBON FIBRE (Session chair, Vicky Summers, NCC) |
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| Elium Thermplastic Resin – A Breakthrough Innovation for the Composites Market Guillaume Cledat, Global Business Manager, Arkema |
Closing The Loop—Bring CFRP Waste Back to the Market Frazer Barnes, Chairman & CTO, Gen2Carbon |
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| EzCiclo Recyclable Thermosetting Epoxy Resin Jackson Lin, Global Marketing Strategy Manager, Swancor-S-Wanlai Co. |
Advanced Carbon Fibre Recycling and Realignment Technology Lourens Blok, CTO & Co-Founder, Lineat Composites |
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| SURECOMP – A Toughened and Fully Repairable Fibre-Reinforced Composite Thomas Thorn, Research Assistant, Queen Mary University of London |
Aerospace Application for REEPREG – Prepreg Material Made with Recycled Chopped Carbon Mat Vincent Fawcett, PRF Composite Materials |
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| Recycling of Continuous Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites by Thermomechanical Reprocessing Aditya Shembekar, PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh |
Latest Developments in Continuous Fibre Recycling Jenny Banks, Research Engineer, National Composites Centre |
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| ChemR: Low Cost, Low Energy Chemical Composite Recycling Harry Miller, Programme Manager & Chris Jenkins, Head of Research and Innovation, Uplift 360 |
12:20 | LUNCH | ||
| 13:00 | LUNCH | 13:20 | SESSION 5: THE WASTE MANAGER’S PERSPECTIVE – MAKING THE SYSTEM WORK (Session chair, Steven Brown, Scott Bader) |
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| 14:00 | SESSION 3A – USE OF RECYCLATES – RECYCLED CARBON FIBRE (Session chair, Vicky Summers, NCC) |
The Challenges of Managing the GRP Waste Stream and the Cement Kiln Reprocessing Route Thomas Merry, Commercialisation and Innovation Manager, Suez Recovery & Recycling UK |
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| Developments in the Reclamation of Carbon Fibres from Industrial Waste and End-of-Life Components Josh Evans, Project Engineer, Warwick Manufacturing Group |
The Challenges and Opportunities with End of Life Boat Recycling Will Higgs, Director, Marine & Boat Recycling |
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| Improvement of Recycled Carbon Fibre Behaviour through the Introduction of Natural Fibres Dawid Hnatyk, PhD Researcher, University of Hertfordshire |
Manufacturing Waste – How Big is the Problem and the Latest Advances in Processing & Second Life Application Tom Andrews, Advanced Research Engineer, National Composites Centre |
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| RECARBON: One-stop Solution in Circular Economy for Carbon Fibre Patrick Pacchetti, Project Manager, Recarbon |
14:20 | KEYNOTE 3: An Industry Perspective: Exploring Today’s Resin Systems in Blade Manufacture from a Sustainability Viewpoint Julien Sellier, Managing Director, STRUCTeam Limited |
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| 14:40 | COFFEE BREAK | 14:50 | Day 2 – Wrap up | |
| 15:00 | SESSION 3B – USE OF RECYCLATES – RECYCLED GLASS FIBRE AND RECYCLED RESINS (Session chair, Malcolm Forsyth, Composites UK) |
15:00 | Conference Close | |
| Utilising GRP Regrind in Extruded Profiles Oliver Wessely, Managing Director, Gen2Plank |
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| Finding Value in Composite Resins for Circularity Steven Brown, Technology Development Manager, Scott Bader |
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| A Closed Loop Recycling System for Recovering Resins from Sail Cloths Joe Penhaul Smith, CTO & Founding Director, Sustainable Sailing |
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| 15:55 | KEYNOTE 2: Carbon Neutral Carbon Fibre Damian Cessario, Founder & CEO, V-Carbon |
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| 16:35 | Day 1 – Wrap up | |||
| 16:45 | Day 1 – Close | |||
| 19:00 |
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Registration
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Tickets covering both days, or a single day are available, with discounts for Composites UK members*.