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With an estimated 12,000 aircraft retiring in the next 2 decades, aircraft recycling offers a broad range of opportunities for expanding your aerospace or recycling business. AFRA is here to help you keep in touch with the industry. From AFRA news, to industry information, to research and development opportunities - AFRA provides you with ways to grow your business.

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  • Universal Asset Management First Ever to Fully Recycle Carbon Fiber from Commercial Aircraft

    February 21, 2025 8:35 PM | Chris (Administrator)

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  • The 747 Had a Great Run. But Farewell Doesn’t Mean the End.

    February 21, 2025 8:34 PM | Chris (Administrator)

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  • European Remanufacturing Council Launches With a Nod to Hollywood

    February 21, 2025 8:33 PM | Chris (Administrator)

    At its launch today, the Conseil Européen de Remanufacture (European Remanufacturing Council) announced its plans to represent companies which produce €30 billion of remanufactured products and employ 190,000 people across Europe. Its work programme, aimed at global institutions such as the UN, the OECD and the World Bank, aims to increase to 5% the proportion of manufactured output that achieves an extended life through remanufacturing. The current rate is a mere 2%. The unveiling of the programme looked much like any other until a last-minute plot twist… click here for the full article.

  • Aircraft Recycling: Up To The Challenge

    February 21, 2025 8:32 PM | Chris (Administrator)

    The safe and responsible recycling of commercial aircraft is one of the main challenges facing the global aviation industry. With around 12,000 commercial aircraft to be decommissioned over the next 20 years, manufacturers and operators are working towards the development of the 100% recyclable airplane.

    The aviation sector is undergoing a challenging and ambitious paradigm shift towards sustainable practices and operations, and one area where progress is being made is at the end of an aircraft’s life.

    Today, a commercial aircraft has an average retirement age of around 25 years, after which an arduous and highly technical dismantling and recycling process follows – all part of a lucrative market valued at over at $80m per year.

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