DEMAND FOR INNOVATIVE AERONAUTICAL TEXTILES DRIVEN BY LIGHTWEIGHTING DEMAND TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS
February 1st, 2018
THE FUTURE of materials in this carbon-averse world is all about lightweighting. But quality and safety must be maintained. Nowhere is this truer than with the aerospace textiles segment, where durability, toughness and flexibility is allied with low weights, of importance when civil aviation operators are under pressure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Europe is a key innovation centre for this technical textile segment, with bionics - the use of patterns occurring in the natural world for the creation of modern technology – a key trends in the use of ...
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