Jute, a natural fiber, is important in developing composite materials that have shown promise in domestic, automotive, and medical industries among others. Jute plants thrive best in grassy soil with ...

Dale Brosius , Contributing Writer, Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) Driven by increasing environmental awareness, automakers in the 1990s made significant ...

Jute is a natural fibre that has been in versatile use for thousands of years -- in making rope, twine, hessian bags, rugs etc. While it's still being used extensively around the world, it's not as ...

Launched earlier this year, Composites Evolution says the fabrics can reduce the weight and environmental impact of composite parts, making it an attractive alternative to glass fibre. Biotex Jute can ...

In the dim light of a century-old mill, dozens of men work in silence, their sweat-darkened undershirts clinging to taut, weary backs. Hulking metal machinery clatters and thrums, coughing up fibrous ...