The development platform for plant-fibre-based biomaterial
The development platform for plant-fibre-based biomaterial 

Our vocation

The private innovation company and engineering platform for industrial projects FRD promotes the emergence and development of innovative applications for agricultural fibres.

 

FRD works within the “Industries et Agro-Ressources” (Industries and Bioresources) and acts as the cluster’s co-ordinating structure for the plant-fibre-based materials sector.

 

Created at the behest of producers of plant fibres and reinforcements and major plant-chemistry players, FRD is the first unifying industrial organization to bring 15% of all French plant-fibre production under its wing via its stockholders.

 

FRD has expertise in the full range of plant-fibre extraction and applicative implementation activities, from the plant all the way to end applications.

 

If you are a professional in the building & construction, transportation, or sports & leisure sector (among others), we can provide support for your innovation needs, along with the most relevant solutions in terms of environmental compliance, product performance or material functionality.

What’s new !

International and multisectoral congress organised by SFIP and IMT Nord Europe

18 and 19 May, at the Douai Campus (France)

This cross-sectorial congress will adress aspects of the circular economy and eco-responsibility in the plastics and composites industry through numerous conferences and exhibitions led by key European players. Topics will include decarbonation and life cycle analysis as well as alternatives to oil with bio-based solutions in the automotive, sports, construction, packaging and electrical/electronic equipment sectors. 

 

The will also be a round table discussion where plastics producers will discuss their strategy to reduce their carbon footprint and develop their sustainability ambitions.

Do you have a need ? Contact our teams 

 

- Insumation Development : delannoyguillaume@batlab.fr

- Plastics and Composites : xavier.dreux@f-r-d.fr

- Concrete/mortar Development : laidoudiboubker@batlab.fr

- Ecodesign/FDES : robinoalexandre@batlab.fr

- Biomass Fractionation : alexis.duborper@f-r-d.fr

- Biomass Producers : laurent.bleuze@f-r-d.fr

- Territorial actors : laurent.bleuze@f-r-d.fr

- Building advice and support : lagrevestephane@batlab.fr

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Come and meet us and discover our solutions in FIP Salon 2022 (Lyon) 

Stand : IMDCO2

- FIP Salon (Lyon) : 5 to 8 April 2022

The leading event in the plastics, composites and rubber industry. 

2nd Webinar Poject CAFIPLA

[Invitation Webinar 17 March 2022 ; 3:00p.m. - 4:30p.m.]

Second Webinar of the European project CAFIPLA on the biowaste valuation 

FRD is participing on the project for the development of an integrate pe-treatement in order to convert biomass into feedstock for the bioeconomy by linking the carboxylic acid production platform (CAP) to a fibre recovery platform (FRP). 

 

FRD will present during the webinar the part on material valuations for fibres from biowaste. 

 

Registration : https://lnkd.in/dnMig8XN

 

If you missed the part 1, the recordings are available https://lnkd.in/gMXVC-e8

Mark your calendars 2022

Come and meet us and discover our solutions

Stand 

FIP Salon (Lyon) : 5 to 8 April 2022

The leading event in the plastics, composites and rubber industry. 

 

Participation

Jec World 2022 (Paris) : 3 to 5 May 2022

International Salon dedicated to composite materials and their applications.

 

Internship offer 2022

[4 Internship offers 6 months - M2 or Engineer]

 

FRD is looking for 4 internships to join its R&D team in order to study new potential valuations in the field of materials for plant fibre fractions. 

 

#internshipoffer #bioeconomy #biosourced #FRD #internship #sustainabledevelopment 

 

Contacts and further information or to apply in the Human Resources tab via the link below : 

 

1st CAFIPLA Project Webinar

[Webinar Invitation December 10, 2021 : 3:00p.m. - 4.15p.m.] 

1st presentation webinar of the European project CAFIPLA on biowaste valorisation. 

FRD participates in the project for the development of an integrated pre-treatment process to convert biowaste into  feedstock for the bioeconomy by linking a carboxylic acid production platform (CAP) to a fibre recovery platform (FRP).

 

#biobased #vegetablefibres #bioeconomy 

 

Registration : https://lnkd.in/dnkykHsC

Project Manager Recruitment

As part of the Recovery Plan for the Preservation of R&D jobs, UMR FARE and the company FRD are hiring a Project Manager !

You will be part of joint laboratory pooling their efforts to develop innovative systems for monitoring the quality of plant biomass from their production in the field to finished materials, for all application areas. The design of such tools requires the definition of strategy, the development of methods and then the transfer of these methods after validation on a pilot scale in an industrial environment.

 

If you have a Master's degree in Materials Science and Engeneering and/or in non-food valorization of plant resources, presented with a good knowledge of plant biology, physico-chemistry, materials science, statistics, spectroscopy and wish to join a dynamic and ambitious team, don't hesitate to apply to Arnaud Day Scientific Director of FRD (arnaud.day@frd.fr) and Bernard Kurek Research Director (bernard.kurek@inrae.fr). 

 

Special conditions : the master degree msut have been obtained in 2020 or 2021, obligatorily.

 

Contacts and further information or to apply in the Human Resources tab via the link below : 

Publication of an article on the realities of vegetable fibre markets

[Article] Discover the current market realities of plant fibres in materials our article FRD (published in 2 parts) which has just appeared in the n°141 (p20-23) and 142 (p 18-20) of the magazine JEC Composites, available now on by following the following link: https://lnkd.in/d8wrveCB
Plant fibres can bring to the market low-carbon impact solutions compatible with material transformation processes for different sectors: concrete, panels, insulation, plastic or composite parts, etc.


#plantfibres #biosourced #biobased

ICBBM: FRD participation in the 4th International Conference on Bio-based Building Materials, 16-18 June 2021

The latest scientific and technical advances in the field of bio-based building materials are presented. Over the years, this conference has become an important forum for scientists from various disciplines to share their experiences in the application of bio-based building materials.

 

This year, more than 150 papers were presented at the conference, which allowed for a wide range of topics to be discussed. Thanks to the organisers!

 

FRD intervened, in the framework of the FIBRABETON project in collaboration with Groupe Vicat and the Ecole spéciale des Travaux publics, du Bâtiment et de l'Industrie, two papers were presented by : "Valorization of vegetal fibres in anti-cracking screed mortar formulation" and "Substitution of synthetic fibres by bio-based fibres in structural mortar" presented by Marie Audouin, our Project Manager. The desire to replace synthetic fibres by plant fibres in structural concretes and anti-cracking mortars was presented on this occasion.

Webinar FRD/APR : Natural Fibres and Plastics 

Invitation to the Webinar : FRD/APM Natural Fibres and Plastics

You want to boost the performance and reduce the ecological impact of your plastic materials thanks to natural fibres, then join us on April 8th.

The opportunity to discuss with natural fibre plastics specialists with APM and FRD.

 

Free and mandatory registration on:

https://lnkd.in/dpzw-6Q

Note in your calendars: come meet us and discover our solutions 

  • Rechday intervention (webinar) : January 28, 2021
  • SFIP (Chambéry): March 25-26, 2021
  • JEC World (Paris): June 1-3, 2021
  • FIP Show (Lyon): June 15-18, 2021

 

Our catalog of fibre and reinforcement natural solutions

Find our page on material design and supply of fillers or reinforcements naturals on this following link.

 

Download HERE our catalog of fractions (fibres, flour, aggregates) and reinforcements (compounds, nonwovens, rovings, unidirectional, multiaxial…) offered by FRD.

Contract processing of all biomass 

You are an application manufacturer, a biomass producer, a start-up? Are you looking for a solution for fractionation and functionalization of your materials?

 

Thanks to its expertise FRD supports you and offers you several solutions: cutting, grinding, micronization, dedusting, functionalization and calibration adapted to your product and its application.

 

For more information with its equipment.

FRD has just released the 2020 version of the "Guide to the markets for technical vegetable fibres in material uses (excluding wood) in France".

This guide provides a complete photograph of the use of plant fibres, their availability and their production at national level.


This document is the result of the desire to make these markets legible both for downstream actors (What resources? What availability? What access conditions?) and for agricultural upstream (What reality of materials market? What trends, what valuation levels? What is the point of positioning yourself on these markets?).

 

This study was carried out by FRD & IAR, with the support of Interchanvre and CELC, with funding from ADEME and FranceAgriMer. It is based on the main statistical data or benchmark studies produced in France or on a European scale in recent years.


Click HERE to access the download form in french version.

FRD and CODEM: Technical Centers dedicated to Materials with Low Environmental Impacts 

An combination of skills that covers the entire materials value chain, from production to processing to end of life.

 

Our joint service offer brings you solutions in terms of:  

 

  • Realization of turnkey studies (market, strategic, supply, LCA, technical evaluation ...)  

 

  • Support in tailor-made R&D services  

 

  • Development of innovative materials (Development, prototyping, process validation, pre-production) 

 

  • Evaluation and characterization of raw materials and materials  

 

  • Collaboration and piloting of collaborative innovation project

 

CRT Labeling & CIR certification

 

Since January 1, 2019, FRD has been certified by the Ministry of Research as a Technological Resource Center (CRT), thus recognizing our own technological and analytical means (tests, characterizations, analyzes ...) and or tailor-made (research , feasibility studies, design assistance, development of prototypes ...).  

 

FRD is thus the 1st CRT in France entirely dedicated to the recovery of agricultural plant fibres in any field of application. This label guarantees the quality of advice and research provided to manufacturers, and in particular to  SMEs French. This label would not have been retained without the quality of the academic partnerships set up for many years. A big thank you to our team and our partners who have enabled us to gain recognition for our expertise.

 

 

As such, FRD is CIR approved for 2021 to 2022 annual period, recognizing its ability to conduct research services, and providing for partial financial support to customers for research service fees.

 

Access the certification HERE

Infrared analysis available at FRD

In an effort to innovate, monitor quality, speed up controls and measure materials, FRD has just acquired a reflective and visible-near infrared scanning analyzer in a range of 400 to 2500 nm:

  • Non-destructive testing
  • Analyses on straw, fibers, aggregates, compounds ...
  • Identification (relative to a reference), quantification, qualification
  • Technical repeatability: 32 measurements per sample


Find all the Analysis (Materials & Materials) and Quality Management HERE.  

 

For any tailor-made research contracts, click on this following link.

Regio 2N train cabin made with natural fibers

The largest composite part reinforced with natural fibers

 

This demonstrator was presented for the first time at the JEC World show in Paris Nord Villepinte in March 2017. The part is the result of collaboration among participants in the investment project for the SINFONI “forward-looking” program.

  • Project Leader: Fibres Recherche Développement (FRD)
  • Materials and Processes: Stratiforme Industries - Bombardier
  • Reinforcements: EcoTechnilin - Eyraud
  • Fibers: Calira - Decock s.a. - La Chanvrière

The cabin of the Regio 2N train is usually produced with glass fibers by infusion and hand lay-up molding. It has been completely redesigned by computer to replace this synthetic material with fibers of flax and hemp as reinforcements. The production of the Regio 2N cabin was carried out in cooperation between producers, industrials and experts, in order to select the right stratifications and to optimize the manufacturing techniques.

The use of plant fibers as a reinforcement in the railway industry has been possible with the same processing methods while at the same time allowing a weight gain on the part of at least 20%.

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