Carbon Fiber Remanufacturing

Carbon Fiber Remanufacturing (CFR) develops alternatives to land filling of excess post industrial carbon fiber materials by development of improved and new products in industrial, commercial and retail product applications utilizing reclaimed carbon fiber. The composites industry estimates that 30% of carbon fibers become excess or part of the waste stream in the manufacturing process.

CFR processes carbon fiber fabric selvage, preform, and tow (loose or on tubes) by detangling, milling, cutting and preparing the materials for use in certain product applications developed in teamwork with manufacturing clients. Critical to CFR’s ability to manage these carbon fiber waste streams is the ongoing development of best uses and new markets for remanufactured carbon fiber material forms.

Established in 1997, AdTech International, Inc. has developed efficient and desirable solutions to a wide range of excess and problematic assets and materials of industry and commerce. CFR was established to develop a comprehensive recycling program for high tech carbon fibers in service to a world-wide base of manufacturers in the composites and aerospace industries.

Mission

The focus and mission of CFR is simply to build a worldwide alternative to the landfilling of excess carbon fiber and carbon selvage and scrap materials. The business of CFR is developing proprietary processes and operations to convert the world’s supply of excess carbon fiber and fiber materials from scrap into new product applications resulting in great improvements of material performance characteristics in each finished product.

Underlying CFR operations, material specifications, recycling contracts, warehousing, imports and exports, and the normal features of business, is a team of people with a shared enjoyment of solving challenges in technical processes, materials design and engineering, and logistics. Solutions and efficiency come out of a team of process managers, equipment operators, logistics coordinators, materials engineers, client representatives, and office support staff that have taken on or grown into the daily exploration of finding better ways to do everything.

CFR processes excess carbon fiber and carbon fiber selvage, end cuts, preform and scrap, by detangling, milling, cutting and preparing the materials for use in certain product applications developed in team with CFR manufacturing clients. Critical to its ability to manage these growing waste streams is the ongoing development of specific carbon fiber forms tied to emerging markets for reclaimed carbon fiber remanufactured for use in new carbon fiber based finished product.