Let’s start Re-using Recycled Thermoplastic Composites brings together businesses and innovators to explore how recycled thermoplastic composites (TPCs) can help securing your sustainable material needs and future proof supply chains. Hosted by Brightlands Materials Center, this one-day event is focused on matching companies that enable recycled TPC materials to those who need them.
Our goal is to create a “marketplace “ where supply and demand sides of recycled TPC materials meet to jointly start exploring and creating (new) circular supply chains based on TPC waste opportunities that exist today. The event will also give an overview of TPC markets and highlight current recycling options, recycled TPC materials, and the long-term potential of circular TPC ecosystems.
Date: November 5th, 2024
Location: Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Urmonderbaan 22 (gate 2),
6167 RD Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands
Reserve your spot today!
Space is limited, so don’t miss your chance to be part of this event.
The Importance of Thermoplastic Composites
Thermoplastic composites are ideally suited to address the challenges of the energy and material transitions. Composites offer exceptional lightweight functionality, enabling them to replace heavier materials like metals without compromising mechanical performance. As a result, they contribute to energy savings and CO2 reduction in applications such as airplanes, trains, and cars.
Moreover, thermoplastic composites are relatively easy to recycle, allowing them to be reused multiple times in similar applications. However, reuse is far from a reality today and the industry still faces challenges, including the need for better supply chains for recycled materials and a robust market for these products.
Changing policies and legislations, like for example the upcoming European legislation on auto recycling, intensify the necessity of finding alternatives to fossil resources. Recycling existing TPCs can play a significant role in the solution. Currently, manufacturing operations that process TPCs generate concrete amounts of waste that can be processed relatively easily into recycled TPC materials for re-use in a variety of markets. Driven by legislation, business sense and technological innovation these supply chains can then be extended to cope with more complex post consumer TPC waste streams.
Companies that are looking to future proof their supply chains: discover how waste thermoplastic composites are recycled and can potentially be re-used in your applications.
- Product developers aiming to use more sustainable and circular materials in their new products and designs.
- Procurement specialists looking to achieve sustainability goals in their sourcing strategy.
- Manufacturers seeking circular solutions: learn how to replace traditional materials with strong, lightweight TPCs to boost your sustainability efforts.
- Sustainability Officers & Decision Makers: gain insights into the latest advancements in TPC recycling technology and how they can be integrated into your production process.
- Industry Innovators & Researchers: network with like-minded professionals and explore new collaboration opportunities.
- Policy makers: learn about the hurdles and opportunities around TPC recycling and what policies might best speed up and support these developments
- Companies looking for TPC waste solutions: discover what recycling opportunities exist to reduce waste costs.
- Discover recycled TPC material opportunities and identify new possible recycled TPC supply chains.
- Learn from industry experts: attend presentations by thought leaders in TPC technology and sustainability.
- Discover practical solutions: see real-world examples of how TPCs are recycled and what material properties are.
- Network with peers: connect with other companies facing similar challenges and explore potential partnerships.
- Experience Innovation: get hands-on with the latest TPC innovations and see how they can transform your business.
- 09:30 Walk-in and Welcome
- Morning session: Context of Thermoplastic Composites Recycling and Re-using
- Lunch session: Visit demo TPC recycling facility and showcases
- Afternoon session: Interactive Let’s start Re-using Recycled TPC session
- 16:00 Closing and networking
Featured speakers
- Keynote speaker: Dr. Elmar Witten, German Association for Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites (AVK).
AVK published a first of its kind comprehensive study on composites recyclingtogether with IKK Institute from Leibniz University in 2023. Dr. Witten will set the context of thermoplastic composites waste, how it is dealt with today and what future perspectives are.
- Other speakers will be announced soon
Reserve your spot today!
Space is limited, so don’t miss your chance to be part of this event.
Questions?
Contact BMC@tno.nl
If you can’t make it to this event, due to time or location, you might consider to visit this event from our colleagues at Sirris and Agoria in Belgium on October 17th: https://www.agoria.be/en/services/expertise/green-transition/circular-economy/recycling/agenda/thermoplastic-composites-from-recyclable-to-recycled
