GreenPoxy

Happy Holidays one and all 🎄🎄

It’s a busy month! See us next week at or later in the month at . Please dm to book a meeting.

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innovative approach to sustainable boating has generated massive international attention, and the Candela P-12, is no exception. The zero emission, 12 metre passenger shuttle is built using a full carbon fibre and epoxy construction, resulting in a low vessel weight that allows Candela to provide operators with capacity for 30 passengers and a range of up to 60 nautical miles at 25 knots. Intended to replace larger, slower, fossil-fuelled ships, the P-12 uses 80% less energy than a conventional ferry whilst producing no local emissions and removing the risk of fuel or oil spillages.

The P-12 has been developed using the same high-performance DNV-GL type approved Sicomin resins and adhesives as the previous Candela models. Sicomin’s SR1710 epoxy infusion resin produces extremely high laminate mechanical properties and delivers excellent performance in hot and wet conditions, critical for such a lightweight foiling craft.

Sicomin’s premium epoxy adhesive, Isobond SR7200HTG is also used extensively in the P12 construction for bonding of the carbon fibre hull’s internal structure and final assembly of the vessel’s composite components. Suitable for both thick and thin bond lines, SR7200HTG provides superior bonding performance and is particularly resistant to micro-cracking in long term fatigue.

Composites World recently interviewed us and Salomon concerning our collaboration on the most sustainable board to date!

Exciting news! Sicomin proudly announces its collaboration with Salomon to develop the most sustainable snowboard in Salomon's history.

The revolutionary Salomon HIGHPATH is made using our cutting-edge bio-based GreenPoxy® 28 epoxy resin enabling a high performance board that sets a new benchmark for eco-friendly snowboard production.

As we continue to celebrate 40 years of innovation and excellence, Sicomin had the honor of being interviewed by BoardSport Source, the leading B2B publication for Snow, Skate and Surf.

In the interview, we discussed our position at the forefront of sustainable materials for boardsports, our unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of sustainable innovation and our plans for the next 40 years.

From revolutionizing snow and surf board production to introducing cutting-edge technologies, Sicomin continues to raise the bar for sustainable practices in the industry.

JEC Composites recently interviewed Philippe Marcovich about the celebration of Sicomin's 40 Years, and what to expect in the next 40!
The interview was published in the JEC daily newspaper handed out at JEC World on Wednesday 26th. Incase you missed it, here it is again.

Thomas Hugues from B SMART TV Interviews Philippe Marcovich, President, Sicomin 🤩

At this week, Philippe Marcovich was honoured to be interviewed by renowned journalist Thomas Hugues of the French TV Channel .

Dedicated to discussing latest trends, issues, technology and news within the French and global economy, B SMART TV interviewed a number of this years JEC Innovation Award winners including Sicomin, CETIM, Avel Robotics and JEC Composites themselves.

The episode was broadcast on Wednesday 26th April. Replays can also be seen on BSMART.Fr and on the BSMART podcast available on all streaming platforms.

To view the full show, see the link below. https://www.bsmart.fr/video/19796-smart-impact-emission-26-avril-2023

With sincere thanks to BSMART and to the JEC Communications team for this wonderful opportunity.

Flashback to the Sicomin team at JEC 2000 - 23 years ago!! Those were great days, but we are also looking forward to celebrating our 40th anniversary at JEC 2023 next week. This years highlights will include: - the launch of two new GreenPoxy products. - our 40 year cocktail party on the Sicomin stand at 5.30pm, Wednesday
- the display of a number of stunning applications including: Composite beam sections from the Real Madrid stadium, the new Salomon snowboard, and an Aston Martin AMB 001
- the GreenBoats Flax 27 will also be on display on the Industry Innovation Planet See you next week!!

To celebrate our 40th anniversary, we are delighted to announce that we will launch two new additions to our market leading, bio-based range of GreenPoxy resins at JEC World 2023.

Developed primarily for processes such as hand and vacuum-consolidated lamination, the first new resin, GreenPoxy 170, is ideal for the manufacture of structural parts and for joining or re-laminating prepreg-based, infused and wet-laid parts. GreenPoxy 170 is a low-toxicity system that demonstrates impressive resistance to thermomechanical stress and 33% of its carbon content is sourced from sustainable bio-sources.

GreenPoxy InfuGreen 171, meanwhile, is a high-modulus, low-viscosity bio-resin designed for the manufacture of structural components using both infusion and resin-transfer moulding (RTM) processes. Possessing excellent mechanical performance, InfuGreen 171 takes 35% of its carbon content from sustainable bio-sources.

For further information, please DM us for a meeting or see us at JEC, Hall 6, Stand G43.

For the full press release: http://sicomin.com/news/sicomin-to-celebrate-40-years-at-jec-world-2023

Delighted to share our Partner logo that recognizes our work in supporting NANOTURES and MEL Composites on the composite roof for the new Real Madrid Stadium.

Nanotures, working with , MEL Composites, and other partners, has created multi-element structural composite support beams for the new Spanish football stadium roof that is due to open later this year.

The lightweight, sandwich-cored, 75 metre beams simplify the lifting and installation process as well as significantly reducing the weight and energy consumption of their displacement and elevation motors.

We hope we will be able to showcase examples of the beams at in 3 weeks time. Please DM us to book a meeting.

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Just 6 short weeks until we celebrate our 40th Anniversary at JEC World 2023.

Please DM us for a free pass.

We are very proud to announce our involvement in winning a JEC Innovations Award for our work supporting NANOTURES on the composite roof of the new Real Madrid Stadium.

Nanotures, working with MEL Composites, SICOMIN, FIBERTEX Nonwovens, Gavazzi, MAP Yachting and Sky Advanced Materials / Zoltek, has created multi-element structural composite support beams for the new Spanish football stadium roof that is due to open later this year.

The lightweight, sandwich-cored, 75 metre beams simplify the lifting and installation process as well as significantly reducing the weight and energy consumption of their displacement and elevation motors.

The 2023 award winners were announced in Paris last week with the award being presented to Nanotures Directors Bartolomé Simonet and José María Lozano, alongside CEO of MEL Composites, Eduardo Galofré and our Sicomin President, Philippe Marcovich.

What a way to celebrate 40 years!

Learn how Sicomin’s high-performance epoxy resins power the fastest racing yachts in the New Year's episode of Planet Sail.

See Matt Sheahan’s round up of the Sicomin products and natural flax fibres used in Crosscall - the 2022 World Championship winning Class 40 built by Grand Largue Composites.

Or follow the second link below to watch the full episode and catch up on all the latest sailing news and results from the Planet Sail team.

Sicomin & Grand Largue Composites - https://lnkd.in/eKyuYkhU

Planet Sail Full Episode - https://lnkd.in/ejVNrKkx

Don't forget if you are at ISPO this week you will find us in the Outdoor Sports Valley Village, Hall A2. We hope to see you there!

We are live at Mets2022 alongside our sister company and . Drop by and see us on booth 12.515!

Crosscall's cockpit was designed to be effectively non-structural, with the mainsheet, which can generate huge shock loads, supported separately. This allowed the cockpit to be made from a hybrid biaxial fabric comprising 50% flax fibres. Other parts of the boat that incorporate flax fibre include the tunnel, the engine cover, the ballast tanks and the cap. The rest of the boat is reinforced with 100% glass-fibre fabrics.

To help it realise this ambitious design, Grand Largue Composites turned to us as their long-time material supplier. The hull was moulded and infused in one piece and the deck – including the hybrid flax-fibre cockpit – was also infused as a single part. The internal structure was then laminated into the hull by hand, before the hull and deck were finally bonded together.

The main infusion resin selected was our SR 1710, a high-modulus structural epoxy, whilst our strong, low-toxicity SR 8200 was used to laminate the internal structures onto the skin of the hull. The hull and deck were then joined together with Isobond SR 7100, which demonstrates extremely high fatigue strength and is very resistant to microcracking.

For the full case study: https://lnkd.in/eAdfBx9Y or see us at METS tomorrow!

‘The world champion Class 40 Crosscall is lighter than its design weight and faster than predicted. Credit is due to the builder Grand Largue Composites and Sicomin who supplied nearly all the materials.’ Seahorse Magazine

See you next week! 👊

Grand Largue Composites and Sicomin enable first flax-fibre-built Class40!

We are delighted to announce that our materials have been used by Grand Largue Composites (GLC) to construct the first Class40 racing yacht that features a significant quantity of flax-fibre reinforcements.

To read the full case study, see the link in our stories. Or come along and see us at METS next week.

Bonjour from CAMX In Anaheim, CA. If you are visiting CAMX this year, don’t forget to pop by and see us on booth W21!

Don’t forget to visit us at CAMX next week! Our sales and technical supports teams will be available at Booth W21 to discuss how our epoxy systems and composite solutions can benefit your projects.

Creating the interior of “The most beautiful building in the world”.

We are delighted to share this recent interview between JEC Composites Magazine and our President, Philippe Marcovich.

Learn all about Sicomin’s role within the build of the Interior, supporting . Read the article in full in this months JEC Magazine Issue 147 or online at https://www.jeccomposites.com/news/creating-the-interior-of-the-most-beautiful-building-in-the-world/

With thanks to Magazine for your support.

We are fortunate to have been in the press a lot this month due to our involvement in supporting in the build of the stunning Dubai Museum of the Future interior.

With thanks to for this most informative write up that walks you through from design to build.

Available in the October issue of Composites World or through the following link:

https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/composites-enable-epic-interior-for-museum-of-the-future

Salomon, BirdyFish, Porsche, Aston Martin, Naca, GreenBoats, AIRBUS, Notox, Decathlon and many more..

A wide range of composite solutions created for our customers will be on display on our JEC stand. To book a meeting or request a free pass, please DM us.

Just some of the Sicomin GreenPoxy innovations on display at JEC World 2022.

Please DM us for a free pass. See you in Paris 👊

We are delighted to confirm that eco-surfboard specialist notoxsurf will use GreenPoxy 56 in its latest line of R-CARBON boards. The new NOTOX R-CARBON boards are the first to use 100% upcycled carbon fibre fabrics recovered from a production waste stream at Airbus.

NOTOX has partnered with Sicomin to use GreenPoxy bio-resins in several earlier flax, cork, and bamboo reinforced boards. In a quest to now produce the most sustainable carbon fibre reinforced boards, NOTOX has signed a formal agreement with Airbus Nantes to purchase defective carbon fabrics that were destined for landfill.

“At NOTOX our mission is to produce the most ethical and sustainable boards. Providing great mechanical performance, a high plant-based carbon content, and a low carbon footprint due to local manufacturing, GreenPoxy 56 is a good solution for our new R-CARBON technology,” said Pierre Pomiers, President, NOTOX.

The NOTOX R-CARBON board will be on display on the Sicomin booth at JEC World 2022, Stand G43 in Hall 6. 🍀🙌🏄🏻‍♂️

For the full press release: https://lnkd.in/dX3RNkMM

Welcome to the Future!

We are so very proud to have supported the build of Dubai’s Museum of the Future! 🙌 Sicomin supplied its innovative bio-based intumescent gelcoat and fire-retardant laminating resins for the production of over 200 double curved panels making up the interior of the Museum’s stunning entrance lobby.

The Museum of the Future, aka 'The Most Beautiful Building on Earth', is a stunning new addition to Dubai’s skyline by architects Killa Design, engineers Buro Happold and contractor BAM International.

Advanced Fiberglass Industries (AFI) manufactured 230 double curved interior panels, a unique double-helix DNA structure staircase that scales the full seven levels of the museum and 228 oval shaped light structures for the museums car parking area.

With a challenging structural and fire safety specification defined, Sicomin’s bio-based SGi128 intumescent gelcoat and SR1122 fire retardant laminating epoxy were chosen for the panels, an additional advantage being that in addition to high fire properties, SGi 128 is also formulated with over 30% carbon from renewable sources, reducing the final carbon footprint significantly.

📷Museum of the Future

‘22.02.2022 is the launch date of the most beautiful building on earth!’

We are so VERY excited for the official opening of the Dubai Museum of the Future this month on 22-02-2022.

Stay tuned for our live pictures and coverage of this stunning composites build that has already been listed by National Geographic as one of the 14 most beautiful museums in the world for its astounding architecture and sophisticated technological innovations.

Flying with foils!

was created for sailors to learn to foil. Safe, stable and easy to foil in just 10 knots of wind, this 4.7m lightweight sailing dinghy, provides the perfect initiation to the thrills and sensations of foiling.

Sicomin supplied a package of materials for the Birdyfish foils, delivering its DNV-GL approved InfuGreen 810 bio based infusion resin, PB 170 foaming epoxy for the foil cores, and Isobond 1170 structural adhesive for assembly. Part of the market leading GreenPoxy® range, InfuGreen 810 resin derives 38% of its carbon content from plant origins and is extremely low in viscosity, perfect for infusing carbon fibre foils and components.

BirdyFish

Our SR FireGreen 37 FR hand laminating resin combines exceptional fire performance with a more sustainable formulation, featuring 25% plant-based carbon content.

ASTM E84 Class A classifications have already been achieved with additional fire testing, including EN 13-501 and EN 45-545, currently underway. 🍃🔥👊

Lightweight holding power! 👊 ⚓️Sicomin has collaborated with Crazy Lobster Composites and Guy Royer to create a new lightweight carbon fibre racing yacht anchor!

Conceived by Guy Royer, renowned designer and inventor of the FOB range of anchors, and manufactured by Breton composite specialists Crazy Lobster Composites, the new carbon fibre anchors weigh as little as one third of the weight of their steel alternatives and deliver the same holding power due to their patented geometry that allows them to dig firmly into the seabed.

Ideal as a lightweight back-up anchor, or as the primary anchor onboard weight conscious racing yachts, the new composite anchors are faster to deploy as well as being easier and safer to move around the yacht.

Crazy Lobster carbon anchors, which are infused with Sicomin’s Greenpoxy Infugreen 810 and reinforced with either carbon or flax and glass reinforcement fibres, have been successfully tested by top racers, with Antoine Carpentier racing with a Crazy Lobster anchor aboard his yacht ‘Redman', winner of the European Class 40 trophy.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Swedish distributor

Effective immediately, DockYard Composites will provide Sicomin materials from inventory, along with experienced composite technical support, for customers throughout Sweden.
Dockyard Composites are a newly-established composites supplier offering a broad range of composite materials, consumables, and equipment. The company will now also stock and supply Sicomin’s extensive range of pre-formulated and custom made epoxy systems. These include Sicomin’s industry accredited range of fire retardant products developed for construction and aerospace applications and the Greenpoxy® range of advanced bio-based resins which is currently being utilised with great success in the automotive, winter and water sports sectors.

talks to Marc Denjean, Export Manager, to discuss how more and more snow and surf board manufacturers are switching to GreenPoxy bio materials and components.
With thanks BoardSport Source.
View the the full digital magazine at www.boardsportsource.com

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄

The Russian Orthodox spiritual and cultural centre, named the ‘Holy Trinity Cathedral’, is a stunning addition to the 7th arrondissement in Paris. An official UNESCO World Heritage site, the building is located in the same district as the Eiffel Tower and Quai Branly Museum and sits majestically on the Left bank of the River Seine.

The 4,800 sq. metre cathedral took two years to complete and opened in October 2016. The structure features five gilded domes, a parish centre, offices and apartments, a French-Russian primary school and a cultural centre.

Sicomin delivered a complete package of composite materials to produce both moulds and parts for the 5 gilded domes. Working alongside Multiplast (part of the Carboman Group), main contractor Bouygues and engineering consultants Calcul Méca, Sicomin was able to support in realising architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte’s stunning contemporary design for the Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre in central Paris.

To read the full case study click here: http://www.sicomin.com/case-studies/holy-trinity-cathedral.