Join us at JEC World Paris MARCH 8-10TH.

Hall 6 Booth P39f (U.S. Pavilion).

See you in Paris!

Chemical & Engineering News has identified Connora Technologies as one of the “10 START-UPS TO WATCH”. Read the full article here.

Connora Technologies has teamed up with Enjoy , Ecovative, and Patagonia to make Cradle-to-Cradle composites a reality. Watch the video here.

Connora Technologies is a finalist at the SXSW Eco Startup Showcase in Austin Texas October 5-7. Connora CTO Dr. Stefan Pastine will present at the Showcase. Find out more here.

Connora Technologies along with partners Ecovative Design (USA), Enjoy Handplanes (USA) were awarded the 2015 JEC Asia Innovation Award in the Recycling category. Join us during the 8th annual JEC Asia - Composites Show and Conferences (October 20-22, 2015) for the awards presentation.

Excerpt from the official JEC press release (read the full press release here):

The unprecedented recycling of thermoset plastic composites will enable composite manufacturers to meet their cost reduction and regulatory compliance needs in the fast-growing composites industry.

The ground-breaking cradle-to-cradle recycling of a thermoset plastic composite structure with a compostable bio-based foam core will be demonstrated as part of this project. The application will be a bodysurfing board, aka “hand plane”, representing typical foam core composite structures used in many sporting, automotive, aeronautics, and marine applications today.

The foam core will be comprised of a mushroom foam fiber board made by Evocative Design. The thermoset composite will be made from Connora’s recyclamine epoxy resin system. All parts of the composite will be reclaimed and reused, while the mushroom foam core will be composted or reused.

This cradle-to-cradle composites recycling demonstration of the surfing hand plane represents the larger general concept of recyclable composites. Recyclable composites have enormous market potential in industries where hundreds of thousands of tons of composite waste are generated annually, including automotive, aerospace, electronics (PCB), wind energy, marine, and sporting products. Based on the current market value of reclaimed carbon fiber and copper, the ability to reclaim and reuse high-value materials from composite waste offers the potential for significant cost savings to composites manufacturers. Additionally, similar to the $60+B thermoplastic industry today, the creation of a secondary market for reclaimed composite materials also has significant market potential.

Rey Banatao, CEO of Connora Technologies goes Inside the Founder’s Studio with CTC to discuss the emerging recyclable thermoset industry, getting products on the market, and reflecting on ways he’d recommend entrepreneurs bet bigger from the start.

Listen here.

Judges declared Connora Technologies to be “Best in Show” at the California Technology Council’s “First Pitch: Renewables” event on May 7th. Find out more here.

The 2015 TechConnect Innovation Awards have recognized Connora’s Recyclamine. Read all about it here.

Come see us at JEC Europe in PARIS March 10, 11, 12 showcasing our recyclable epoxy system, Recyclamine.Booth M49b

http://www.jeccomposites.com/events/jec-europe-2015