Infinity Recycling
The end of a product shouldn't be the end of the material.
Fairmat’s patented cold plasma technology
Fairmat’s patented cold plasma technology selectively breaks the bonds between chips without compromising their performance or durability. This allows the chips to be recovered and reused in new layups and resins, enabling the material’s properties to evolve over time.
Recycling
Without Limits
When a FAIRMAT laminate is made, a small amount of new resin is added to hold the chips together. FAIRMAT’s patented Infinity Recycling process uses a low-energy treatment to selectively remove this new resin and recover the original chips so that they can be reused.
Because each time we only add and remove a small amount of new resin and leave the original chips untouched, we can repeat this process as many times as needed.This process gives FAIRMAT composites a second life, and third, and...
1.Chip Collection
Carbon fibre chips (60 x 60 mm, 0.5 mm thick) are recovered, each coated in a thin layer of new resin.
2.Material Assembly
Chips are arranged in a brick-and-mortar pattern with ~1 mm gaps filled with new resin, stacked into a 5-layer laminate.
3.Selective Resin Removal
Cold atmospheric plasma is applied to remove only the new resin, preserving the original chips intact.
4.Automated Recovery
A 6-axis robotic arm (KUKA) precisely extracts the cleaned chips for reuse.
The problem with traditional recycling
Most carbon fiber composites are made with thermoset resins.
These resins cure irreversibly — which means once the part is made, it’s nearly impossible to break it back down without destroying the fibers.Today, most composite recycling either burns the matrix (high emissions) or shreds the fiber (low performance).
Neither solution is truly circular.
A breakthrough: cold plasma separation
Infinity Recycling changes everything.
Our patented process uses cold plasma to selectively remove the resin between chips, allowing us to robotically remove and recover chips without damaging the valuable carbon fibre within. Cleanly, efficiently, and without combustion.
No grinding.
No incineration.
No compromise.
Designed for repeatability
The chips produced from this process retain their mechanical strength and can be reused again in new Fairmat materials. This opens the door to second-generation recycling, where even previously recycled products can be processed again without loss of quality.
And because it’s all tracked through FairTrack, we know where each recycled chip has been — and where it’s going.
Ultra-low
carbon impact
Because we recover chips that are already made, Infinity Recycling emits up to 10x less CO₂ than our first generation chips.
It uses no solvents, no combustion, and operates at low energy.Circularity isn’t just about what you reuse. It’s how you reuse it that matters.
