# Hexcel and Fairmat partner to recycle carbon fiber prepreg in France

Hexcel Corporation and Fairmat have agreed to build capability to recycle carbon fiber prepreg from Hexcel European operations. Fairmat will lease a former Hexcel facility in Bouguenais, France, to recycle cutoffs, with production starting in March 2022.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2021-11-29
- Where: Bouguenais, Loire-Atlantique, France
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 5,000 tons of recycled material annually
- Products: recycled carbon fiber prepreg composites
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Hexcel](https://endata.com/companies/15803.md) (partner)
- [Fairmat](https://endata.com/companies/59284.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/2021/11/hexcel-and-fairmat-announce-partnership-to-recycle-carbon-fiber-prepreg-composites/), 2021-11-29: "With Fairmat, Hexcel has found an industrial recycling solution for the carbon fiber prepreg cutoffs generated at our European facilities."

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