Discover SSUCHY-NEXT

In recent years, plant fibres have gained renewed interest due to their environmental benefits and potential for various applications. These fibres offer advantages in ecology, economy, and technical properties. Beyond traditional uses like textiles and paper, research has opened new opportunities in engineering. Europe has seen a significant increase in plant fibre usage, and hemp is a promising natural fibre for high-performance composites. Thanks to outstanding research efforts, hemp fibre has become amongst others, an attractive material for several applications. SSUCHY-Next will lead to the extension of the range of applications to sectors such as: wind energy and building applications. To do so, the project will go beyond its predecessor, SSUCHY, which developed the hemp fibre supply chain and bio-based epoxy resin. The consortium will scale up hemp fibre production and develop new bio-based resins (bio-based acrylic polymer Elium® with very high bio-content, fully bio-based benzoxazine, and fully bio-based BG-epoxy) for sustainable composite materials. These bio-based composites will serve as basis for demonstrators to be developed at TRL7 in the framework of the project including a 12.6 m wind turbine blade, bulk mould compounded products like façade panels, wood-based construction materials.