Modular high coffe tables with Recomb sandwich panels
Showcasing Precision Machining & Versatility
The Challenge
Designers and manufacturers are constantly seeking innovative, lightweight, and visually appealing furniture solutions. Traditional materials can often limit design possibilities and are difficult to machine into complex, custom shapes.
The Solution
We produced in-house modular high coffee tables using our RECOMB sandwich panels, showcasing the excellent machinability of these advanced materials. By leveraging CNC milling techniques, we were able to precisely shape the panels into unique designs that meet specific application requirements. This process not only allowed us to develop ready-to-use coffee tables but also demonstrated the feasibility of producing custom-shaped panels and nesting kits for a
range of applications.
Key Features & Benefits
- Precision Machining: Our RECOMB panels are ideal for CNC milling, enabling the production of detailed and complex geometries with exceptional accuracy.
- Modular & Customizable: The modular design of the coffee tables offers flexibility in configuration and adapts to diverse interior design requirements.
- Ready-to-Use: This project underscores our ability to deliver finished, high-performance furniture solutions that combine aesthetics with functionality.
- Versatile Applications: Beyond furniture, the precision machining capability opens up opportunities for producing custom-shaped panels and nesting kits across various industries.
Impact & Future Applications
The successful production of these modular high coffee tables not only confirms the versatility and robustness of RECOMB sandwich panels but also paves the way for future innovations in customizable furniture and related applications. This case study demonstrates our commitment to delivering sustainable, tailor-made solutions that push the boundaries of design and functionality.
Showcasing Advanced Customization & Rapid Turnaround
Custom prizes
The Challenge
Foiling Week Pensacola 2025 required unique, high-quality prizes that perfectly reflected their brand identity. The task was to create custom prizes—shaped as the company’s logo—that not only captured the visual essence of the event but also needed to be delivered to Florida before the competition began.
The Solution
Using our high-performance RECOMB sandwich panels, we precisely machined the panels into the distinct shape of Foiling Week’s logo. Our efficient production workflow ensured that the custom-designed prizes were completed and shipped well in advance, meeting the tight deadline for the event.
Key Features & Benefits
- Advanced Customization: Our CNC milling allowed for precise shaping of the RECOMB panels to match the complex contours of the Foiling Week logo.
- Rapid Turnaround: Fast in-house production capabilities ensured that the prizes were delivered to Florida ahead of the competition, demonstrating our commitment to meeting critical deadlines.
- High-Performance Materials: RECOMB sandwich panels provided outstanding durability and aesthetic appeal, making the prizes both visually striking and long-lasting.
- Brand Integrity: The final product perfectly encapsulated the event’s identity, enhancing the overall experience for participants and elevating the brand image.
Impact & Future Applications
This project not only highlights our ability to deliver bespoke, high-quality custom products under tight deadlines but also opens up new possibilities for personalized awards and promotional items across various industries. Our work with Foiling Week Pensacola 2025 sets a precedent for future collaborations where rapid, precision manufacturing meets unique branding requirements.
Showcasing Strength & Machinability with RECOMB Sandwich Panels
Fishing rods rack
The Challenge
Artico, a renowned Italian fishing rod manufacturer, needed a robust yet lightweight display rack for an expo trade fair. The rack had to securely hold multiple fishing rods while standing up to frequent handling and transportation. Additionally, it had to be visually appealing and easily customizable to fit the brand’s aesthetic.
The Solution
RECARBON provided RECOMB sandwich panels—our high-performance, recycled carbon fiber panels engineered for strength, durability, and design flexibility. Artico utilized these panels to build a custom fishing rods rack that could withstand the demands of a busy trade show environment while showcasing the company’s premium products.
The Role of RECARBON
- Strength & Durability: Despite being lightweight, RECOMB panels offer superior structural integrity, making them ideal for a heavy-use display rack.
- Machinability: The panels are easy to cut and shape into complex forms, enabling Artico to create a sleek, tailored design that fits their brand image.
- Sustainability: Made from recycled carbon fiber, RECOMB supports eco-friendly manufacturing practices without compromising on performance.
Key Features & Benefits
- Lightweight Construction: Simplifies transport and setup for expo environments.
- Customizable: Can be cut, milled, or finished to match specific branding and functional needs.
- Eye-Catching Aesthetics: Showcases high-end fishing rods with a modern, polished look.
- Eco-Conscious Solution: Reinforces both Artico’s and RECARBON’s commitment to reducing environmental impact.
Impact & Future Applications
The success of the fishing rods rack at the expo trade fair demonstrated the versatility and reliability of RECOMB sandwich panels. This project highlights how recycled carbon fiber materials can deliver top-tier performance and aesthetics in retail displays, product stands, and beyond.
Driving Sustainability in Automotive Engineering
Special roughness measurement device
The Challenge
Automotive manufacturers are under increasing pressure to meet high-performance standards while reducing environmental impacts. Traditional components often rely on materials that add weight and contribute to a higher carbon footprint, making it crucial to find innovative, sustainable alternatives.
The Solution
Dufournier Industries, a recognized leader in automotive innovation, partnered with RECARBON to address these challenges. By integrating recycled carbon fiber prepregs into their manufacturing process, Dufournier Industries has been able to present components that are not only lightweight and high-performing but also environmentally responsible (LinkedIn post here). Moreover, thanks to our shareholders, we supplied the complete, ready-to-use component, demonstrating our commitment to a comprehensive, sustainable approach.
The Role of RECARBON
RECARBON provided high-quality recycled carbon fiber prepregs, which serve as the cornerstone for these advanced automotive components. Our collaboration with Dufournier Industries and our partners has enabled the delivery of a fully integrated component solution, showcasing how recycled materials can be effectively utilized without compromising on performance or quality.
Key Features & Benefits
- High Performance: The recycled carbon fiber prepregs offer an exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, enhancing the overall performance of automotive components.
- Environmental Impact: Utilizing recycled materials helps reduce CO₂ emissions and supports circular economy practices.
- Complete Solution: In addition to supplying prepregs, RECARBON, in collaboration with our partner, provided the entire component, streamlining the integration process for our clients.
Impact & Market Applications
The collaboration between Dufournier Industries and RECARBON exemplifies how sustainable materials can revolutionize the automotive sector. By reducing weight and improving durability, these components not only meet industry performance standards but also contribute to a greener, more efficient production cycle. This innovative solution is paving the way for wider adoption of sustainable practices across the automotive market.
A Step Toward Sustainable Energy
This case study highlights the transformative potential of integrating recycled carbon fiber into automotive components. With a focus on both performance and sustainability, the project reinforces our commitment to providing advanced materials that meet the evolving demands of the industry.
Revolutionizing Solar Energy with Sustainable Materials
Solar panels with recycled carbon fiber
The Challenge
Traditional solar panels are often bulky, fragile, and have a high carbon footprint due to the materials used in their production. While rigid panels offer durability, they lack portability, and most lightweight options on the market compromise on structural integrity. Levante set out to solve these challenges by developing a new generation of solar panels that combine high performance with sustainability.
The Solution
Levante, an Italian green-tech startup, has developed the world’s first solar panels made with recycled carbon fiber (rCFRP). These cutting-edge panels are semi-rigid, frameless, and glass-free, making them exceptionally lightweight, durable, and portable. Compared to conventional semi-rigid solar panels, they are 40% lighter and offer superior structural resilience, ensuring optimal protection for the solar cells.
The Role of RECARBON
RECARBON exclusively supplies Levante with high-quality recycled carbon fiber, reinforcing a shared commitment to sustainability. By specializing in the recovery and transformation of composite materials, RECARBON contributes to a circular economy, giving carbon fiber a second life while significantly reducing waste and carbon emissions.
Key Features & Benefits
- 40% Lighter: Easier to transport and install, ideal for mobile and off-grid applications.
- 60% Lower Carbon Footprint: Material innovation and the use of rCFRP cut CO2 emissions by 60%, as validated by a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) from HFT Stuttgart University.
- Three Sizes Available: Small (13W), Medium (55W), and Large (110W) for various use cases.
- Superior Durability: Carbon fiber reinforcement protects solar cells from damage, making them more robust than other lightweight panels.
- Designed for Mobility & Outdoor Use: Ideal for the automotive, marine, yachting, and emergency response sectors.
Impact & Market Applications
The Levante panels are made entirely in Italy, showcasing excellence in sustainable engineering and craftsmanship. Their lightweight nature makes them especially valuable in the mobility sector, where every gram counts. From electric boats to camper vans and lightweight electric vehicles, these solar panels integrate seamlessly into various applications, offering an innovative energy solution with a minimal environmental footprint.
A Step Toward Sustainable Energy
Levante’s panels set a new benchmark for lightweight, rigid solar solutions in the mobility market. By leveraging advanced materials and high-performance design, they enable seamless solar integration for sustainable energy applications, redefining the future of renewable technology.
The product is already available at Levante’s website.
NL COMP: Recycled Carbon Fiber Dock Box
RECARBON has again collaborated with NL Comp (www.nlcomp.tech) to produce a Dock Box, totally made with RECOMB panels in an interlocking solution, which was presented at the Genoa Boat Show in September where the “Eco Yachts” brand dedicated to cruising sails was launched.
The solution, which does not involve any gluing or fastening points, allows easy assembly and disassembly and consequent transport anywhere, thanks also to the reduced weight (40% savings vs. traditional fiberglass panels). The absence of glues or thermosetting resins allows total recovery at the end of life, still marrying NL Comp’s philosophy.
FIM - Fabbrica Italiana Motoscafi presented the new REGINA 440 model
FIM – Fabbrica Italiana Motoscafi presented the new REGINA 440 model, created in collaboration with RECARBON and CBS – Advanced Composites for the manufacture of superstructures and wall panels that guarantee lightness and recovery of materials.
AEHRA: Aerodynamic Wheel Covers in Recycled Carbon Fiber
RECARBON collaborated with AEHRA (www.aehra.com) for the manufacturing of recycled carbon fiber aerodynamic wheel covers for the upcoming SUV and SEDAN models.
The 24” wheel covers are made from ‘forged effect’ recycled carbon fibre prepregs, with autoclave curing. The component has an excellent appearance, suitable for automotive class A finish.
“Taking inspiration from classical Italian design principles and nature, the mono-body AEHRA Sedan encapsulates advanced global engineering, state-of-the-art EV technology and pioneering recyclable carbon fiber composites”
NL COMP: Recycled Carbon Fiber Engine Box
RECARBON has collaborated with NL Comp (www.nlcomp.tech) on the production of some components of the new ECORACER 30 OD hull, presented at the Ocean Race Grand Finale in Genoa, by developing specific sandwich panels in recycled carbon fibre, 100% thermoplastic and without the use of glues, perfectly matching NL Comp’s philosophy for the end-of-life recovery of their boats.
Eco Sailing Week: 1001VELAcup Trophies
RECARBON supported the organisation of the 1001VELAcup event (www.1001velacup.eu) during the EcoSailingWeek 2022, by collaborating in the realisation of the “1001VELAcup’s Trophy “, using the recycled carbon fibre organosheets.
The 1001VELAcup is a competition among universities with boats designed, built and sailed by university students, in a three-day regatta.
