Toray Advanced Composites, Daher, and TARMAC Aerosave announced the launch of a joint End-of-Life Aerospace Recycling Program for commercial aircraft production. Working with Airbus, this collaborative initiative will focus on advancing recycling technology practices in aerospace manufacturing by recovering and reusing end-of-life secondary structural components made from continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites.
The project aims to extend the useful life of composite materials and contribute to the aviation industry’s Net Zero goals by developing remanufacturing processes and creating a closed-loop recycling system—minimizing waste and driving recycling innovation across the aerospace industry. The initiative aims to reutilize secondary structural thermoplastic (TP) parts from End-of-Life Airbus A380 aircraft and repurpose them for other aeronautical applications.
Expertise from the aerospace and materials sectors is being brought together in this collaborative initiative. Airbus provides support for the advanced material reuse framework, while TARMAC Aerosave will ensure components are dismantled without damage, preserving material integrity. Daher is leading the reshaping and the quality validation (performed as serial production conditions) of repurposed parts, while Toray, as a materials supplier, is monitoring the material quality for the second-life application.
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14 June 2025
