Aerotecnic, a leading aerospace company in the manufacture of aerostructures, committed to the development of innovative technological solutions, keeps its strong commitment to R&D
Within this strategy, the company initiates a new Circular Economy project in the Thermosetting Composites Industry, led by Cosentino and in collaboration with some of the main companies that make up the value chain of this industry, such as Acciona, Kimitec, Omar Coatings, Reciclalia and Suez, in addition to 13 research entities and universities.
The EOCENE project promotes, on the one hand, the obtaining of all the components of a composite material (resin and fillers and / or reinforcing fibers) from renewable sources and, secondly, the development of sustainable technologies for controlled processes of recycling and revaluation of waste at the end of its life cycle. These innovations will be combined synergistically to achieve a new generation of highly sustainable composites for three fundamental applications: surfaces for architecture and design, construction and aeronautics, the latter being led by Aerotecnic.
In this way, it is aligned with the efforts and main interests of the company, including reducing the environmental impact, and making the company more competitive, facing a more demanding future in terms of environmental regulations within a sector as competitive as aeronautics. For this, it is essential to be at the forefront of technological improvements, developing proposals such as EOCENE.
With this research project, the company seek to advance in a sustainable and respectful way with the environment, reducing dependence on raw materials such as oil, and with this the carbon footprint. In addition, with the incorporation of companies involved in the entire cycle of the associated Circular Economy, the way is opened for new sectors to benefit from this knowledge, and generate a greater impact.
This strategy is rewarded with the participation of our company in a first-rate public-private consortium with a project managed and financed by the Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI), being one of the 24 selected and most valued initiatives , from among the more than 100 submitted for this program, within “Large Business Missions”, and in the specific section on investigations related to promoting the “Spanish Industry in the Industrial Revolution of the XXI Century”.
Thanks to this project, Aerotecnic will be able to demonstrate the feasibility of transforming the new biobased epoxy resins and recycled carbon fibers for the realization of concrete solutions for the aeronautical sector, as well as advancing in the repair of new composites with processes outside the autoclave (OoA).
