At Lineat, we are passionate about reducing the carbon footprint of advanced materials. When we envision a net-zero future, we see the important role that materials have in helping build the structures and components that enable more efficient use of resources. One of these is wind turbine blades, and at Lineat, we are looking at…
South West based startup Lineat Composites has been named as the Manufacturing Startup at the South West finals of the StartUp Awards 2023 on the 15th of June. Lineat Composites is leading the development of commercial fibre alignment technologies and products to turn single-use carbon fibre into the multi-use commodity material of the future. Current…
Lineat has been named a finalist ahead of the South West England Final of the StartUp Awards. The StartUp Awards has been launched to recognise the booming startup scene across the UK which has accelerated since the 2019 pandemic. Over 800,000 new businesses were founded in the UK since 2021, a 4.3% increase from the…
Lineat Composites has won the CompositesUK industry sustainability award for the work performed in the Carbon Fibre Circular Alliance (CFCA) project. This collaborative project was set-up together with the WorldSailing Trust to demonstrate true circularity for carbon fibre by taken broken carbon fibre sport components and reclaiming and re-using the fibres back into new sport…
In the first of four demonstration projects, Lineat Composites has enabled carbon fibre circularity by using its Aligned Formable Fibre Technology (AFFT) to re-align carbon fibre into highly aligned UD pre-preg tapes. Carbon fibre was reclaimed from scrap Wilson Labs prototypes and re-used in the manufacture of a new tennis racket manufacture to substitute 50%…
Olympic Sports form Alliance to tackle Carbon Fibre circularity Friday 22 April: To celebrate Earth Day, a ground-breaking project sees the launch of an alliance of International Federations, leading sports manufacturers, composite specialists, and academics collaborating to support a demonstration project to reuse and realign carbon fibres. The Carbon Fibre Circular Demonstration Project is being…