CFK Valley Stade Recycling GmbH & Co. KG

CFRP Recycling

The increasing consumption of carbon fibers and the resulting larger amount of CFRP waste will foreseeably lead to an increased need for disposal.

As a certified waste management company, we offer you the security of sustainable recycling of carbon fiber-containing production residues and end-of-life components.

In the first step, dry fiber residues, prepreg materials and hardened CFRP components are sorted according to fiber type and processing status and, if necessary, shredded. The pure carbon fibers are then completely recovered by means of thermal treatment.

Only then does the refinement and the final processing into the product variants carboNXT 'chopped' (cut) and carboNXT 'milled' (ground) begin

History

2005

In January, Karl Meyer AG joined CFK Valley eV and actively participated in the recycling working group.

2007

In February 2007, CFK Valley Stade Recycling GmbH & Co. KG, a 100% subsidiary of Karl Meyer AG, was founded as the transnational CFK disposal company for AIRBUS.

In November, EU innovation funding through the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment to support the aviation cluster in

2008

In the spring, start of development work with DOW Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft Stade mbH (engineering partner).

CFK Valley Stade Recycling GmbH & Co. KG wins the 'Composites Innovation Award 2008' in July

In August, the pilot plant was put into operation by Lower Saxony's Minister of Economic Affairs, Walter Hirche, on the DOW site in Stade.

2009

Completion of the implementation planning and commissioning of the large-scale CFRP recycling plant in

2010

 In July 2010 carboNXT GmbH was founded as a sales company for high-quality carbon short-fiber products and the headquarters of CFK Valley Stade Recycling were relocated to Wischhafen.

The CFRP recycling plant with a minimum capacity of approx. 1,000 tons per year started work in October 2010 and has been supplying the short fiber products carboNXT chopped and carboNXT milled since then.

2011

On February 1, 2011, the CFRP recycling plant was officially commissioned by Lower Saxony's Prime Minister David McAllister at Karl Meyer AG's headquarters in Wischhafen on the Elbe.