Boating Industry Canada
Brunswick Corporation and Arkema are expanding their partnership to develop a fully recyclable fiberglass boat. The boat will integrate Arkema’s Elium® liquid thermoplastic resin on all the vessel’s composite parts, core, and adhesives.
Brunswick adds this project to its sustainability program that expects hull and structural components to be fully recycled at end of life and reintroduced into production processes. Thus reducing the amount of disposable material and sourcing of virgin raw materials.
A first glimpse of the prototype could be on display at the 2022 Fort Lauderdale Boat Show in October. It will be developed together with Boston Whaler, leveraging the brand’s unique construction to validate the technology.
Arkema’s Elium® resin is particularly suited to the marine industry and the production of composite watercraft; in addition to being fully recyclable, it is specially adapted to the resin infusion process of large parts with a low viscosity, long reactivity, and a low exothermic reaction.
For more information about Brunswick’s sustainability strategy, performance, and progress, visit www.brunswick.com/corporate-responsibility/sustainability .
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