About Us
Life Cycle Assessments
LCA as a benchmark for sustainability
Life Cycle Assessments or LCAs quantify the environmental impact of a product starting with the extraction of raw materials from the earth, the processing those raw material, the manufacturing process of the product itself, the use phase, and finally the end-of-life stage. In short, LCAs account for all the inputs and outputs associated with producing a product.
Sustainability During Use Phase
Much of a composite’s sustainability benefits are realized during the use phase. Our lightweight composites have high strength-to-weight ratios, improving both the fuel economy of internal combustion engine vehicles and the range of electric and hybrid vehicles.
- Our composites can be molded into complex geometries, minimizing the number of components needed for automotive assemblies.
- Our composites are corrosion and dent resistant leading to a long life in use on the road.
- Our composites are EV enabling technology. We can formulate with fire resistant materials for specific applications such as safe EV battery enclosures.
End-of-Life
Co-Processing in Cement
Composites can be used as both a feedstock and fuel supplemental in cement kilns.
Thermal Recycling
Composites can be thermally recycled to recover not only fiber and filler, but the decomposed polymers are recovered as useful oils and gases.
Patented Chemical Recycling
Our in-house, patented recycling technique recovers filler, fiber, and organics at relatively low temperatures.
Recycling by Design (Patent pending)
Looking to the future, we are developing new polymer resin technologies with reversible crosslinking that holds the potential for room temperature recycling.
