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Integrated Sensors and Predictive Maintenance: Toward Smart Composite and Plastic Structures

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Smart Composites and Plastics: Toward an Active, Multifunctional Polymer Matrix Smart composite materials represent a major advancement in the field of advanced materials, particularly in the defense sector, where performance, reliability, and durability are fundamental requirements. Traditionally, composites rely on a polymer matrix—either thermosetting (epoxy, phenolic) or thermoplastic (PEEK, PEI)—reinforced with carbon, glass, or aramid

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Defence and Innovation: When Plastics and Composites Redefine Protection

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For several decades, the defence sector has been a major catalyst for innovation in advanced materials. As threats become increasingly sophisticated, requirements for performance, lightweighting, and durability have never been more critical. Advanced plastics and composite materials play a key role in protection—including body armour, helmets, lightweight armour, stealth aircraft, drones, ships, and more—while enhancing

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Plastics and Composite Materials: A Driver of Industrial Sovereignty at The Heart of Defence Challenges

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From Industrial Origins to Military Applications From the celluloid of the late 19th century to Bakelite, the first commercially available synthetic plastic introduced in 1907, the history of plastics has been closely intertwined with major industrial and military revolutions. During the Second World War, the rise of nylon, Plexiglas and polyethylene demonstrated how these lightweight,

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Legal Innovation: What’s Happening in California?

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The cornerstone of California’s plastic regulation is the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (Senate Bill 54, Allen, Chapter 75, Statutes of 2022, commonly referred to as SB 54). By enacting this legislation, California lawmakers aim to reduce plastic pollution while shifting the financial responsibility for collecting and managing plastic products and packaging

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Automation in the Polymer Industry: A Key Driver for Meeting Today’s Challenges

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The plastics and composites industry, particularly within the Polymer Industry, is facing growing challenges: a shortage of skilled labour, increasing pressure to reduce costs and environmental impacts, and the need to maintain consistently high product quality. More recent issues, such as the loss of work permits for some foreign workers, have further intensified the labour

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Self-Healing Materials: Towards a New Era of Durability

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Self-healing materials (also referred to as autonomous healing materials or self-healing/self-repair materials) are a class of materials capable of repairing damage autonomously, without human intervention, after sustaining mechanical or structural degradation.¹ While most research has focused on polymers—including thermoplastics, thermosets, and elastomers—as well as composite materials, self-healing concepts have also been successfully applied to a

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Recycling Hazardous Waste: A Critical Issue for the Composite Materials Sector

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Composite materials are widely used across many industries due to their numerous advantages. However, their manufacturing not only involves the use of hazardous substances, but also relies on processing operations (polymerization, cutting, lamination, machining, etc.) that release potentially toxic volatile compounds (vapors, gases, dust). In this context, waste generated from the synthesis or processing of

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Natural Fibers: The Material of the Future for Sustainable Composites

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Composed of two materials with complementary mechanical properties, a matrix and a reinforcement, composites are highly sought after in sectors such as construction, energy, transportation, and telecommunications. These materials stand out for their performance, particularly in terms of high strength and light weight. However, while common practice relies on synthetic fibers such as glass or

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Hydrogen: A Growth Opportunity for Composite Manufacturers in the Development of High-Pressure Tanks

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With its Plan for a Green Economy, the Government of Québec has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 37.5% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels (1). Achieving this objective will require significant efforts, particularly in the transportation sector, which accounts for 44% of total emissions. In this context, green hydrogen—producing neither

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Toward the Bow of Tomorrow: Uniting Art and Finesse with Innovation in Composite Materials

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Pernambuco wood bows are highly prized in the world of classical music. This rare and precious wood has been sought after for more than 200 years for its exceptional acoustic and mechanical properties. Pernambuco offers an ideal balance of density and lightness, firmness and flexibility, speed and resonance, showcasing the innovation in bow making. Pernambuco

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