GIANCE Online Recycling Workshop

How can composite waste become a valuable resource for new materials?

This online workshop brings together experts from research and industry to explore innovative approaches to the recycling and reuse of composite materials, with a particular focus on carbon fibre reinforced composites.

Through four complementary perspectives, the session will showcase solutions ranging from thermomechanical extrusion-based recycling and tailored recycling technologies to circular composite solutions and the recovery of high-value secondary materials.

The workshop builds on GIANCE’s work on end-of-life strategies and recycling technologies, contributing to the transition towards more circular and sustainable composite value chains.

Join us to exchange knowledge, discover practical recycling approaches and discuss how composite waste can be brought back into the value chain.

Speakers

Ali Rezaei
TNO

Ali is a Scientist Specialist and Tech Lead with 20 years of experience in numerical simulations, polymer composite materials, and recycling technology. He holds a PhD in Electromechanical Engineering from Ghent University and completed management training through the MBA department of Sharif University of Technology.
He has worked and trained at KU Leuven, the University of Waterloo, and the Technical University of Denmark. Alongside his scientific contributions, he has directed and developed several novel technologies for the automotive, construction machinery, and R&D equipment sectors.
His recent work at TNO (NL) centers on developing novel recycling technologies and multiscale numerical simulation methods for composite materials, in collaboration with leading technical universities and industry in the Netherlands.

Ronny Hanich-Spahn
Fraunhofer

Researcher since 2015 at Fraunhofer ICT
PhD at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Chemstry faculty 2021
2022 Group Leader of Recycling technology at Fraunhofer ICT
Responsible for different project (national and EU) with chemical recycling context

Gianluigi Creonti
Crossfire

PhD at Bologna University, Industrial Chemistry faculty
Cabot Italiana and Cabot Corp. from 1981 up to 2000
MBA Cabot College at Harvard University
Tech. Marketing Cabot College at Harvard University
Shareholder at PFlex to produce Elastomeric Copolyester (CoPe) up to 2012
Founder of Crossfire as Consultant at Samyang Corp, first to support their EU production plant startup and marketing their CoPe in EU, than (2018) to develop their reactive Composite resin. The COVID event changed the Samyang policy to the EU market and I reminded the already developed technology in my hands in Cy2022.
Crossfire Laboratory went physically open!

Jacopo Ortolani
Gruppo HERA

Jacopo Ortolani is the Vice Plant Manager at Herambiente’s FIB3R plant, with a background in materials science and engineering, particularly in composite materials and carbon fiber applications. He has been involved in the FIB3R project for over three years, contributing to the development and industrial implementation of innovative solutions for the recovery and regeneration of carbon fiber. His work focuses on combining technological innovation, circular economy and sustainability to create new value from end-of-life composite materials.

Agenda

Time	Session	Speaker	Organisation
13:00	Introduction
13:00-13:30	From composite waste to new material: A thermomechanical extrusion-based recycling approach	Ali Rezaei	TNO
13:30-14:00	Tailored recycling technologies for carbon fibre reinforced composites	Ronny Hanich-Spahn	Fraunhofer
14:00-14:30	Crosspreg®, the EoL circular recyclable composite solution; use cases analysis	Gianluigi Creonti	Crossfire
14:30-15:00	Closing the Loop on Carbon Fiber: From Composite Waste to High-Value Recovered Materials	Jacopo Ortolani	HERA Group
15:00	End of session

GIANCE Online Recycling Workshop

GIANCE Online Recycling Workshop