Plastics Review

Reinforced plastic composites

Several technologies are now available for the production of self-reinforced polymer systems, mainly based on polypropylene. Their impact resistance and strength can be higher than that of glass fibre reinforced systems, although their modulus is still lower than that of composites containing conventional reinforcing materials. Their market is still small, but more and more companies are seeing the potential to develop such materials and find suitable applications for their products.