Composites Exchange: Asahi Kasei & Fraunhofer IGCV collaboration contributing to Sustainable Society

Asahi Kasei presents how they invented a new recycled polymer thansk to collaborating with Fraunhofer IGCV.

Asahi Kasei have embarked on the development of new products to expand the engineering plastics portfolio. In this session, we introduce the overview of our newly developed composites and their application examples first, then present the recycling initiatives for resource circulation with Fraunhofer IGCV. Based on the synergy effect of Fraunhofer’s cutting edge processing technology and Asahi Kasei’s specific polymer technology, a new nonwoven prepreg using recycled carbon fiber with polyamide was successfully invented.

Speakers
Dr Marcus GREGER, Senior Manager Technical Center - Engineering Plastics - Asahi Kasei Europe
Dr Frank MANIS, Group Leader - Fraunhofer IGCV