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The survey is live October – November 2023 . Users, sellers, manufacturers, designers, researchers of composites products, including but not limited to Fibreglass, Carbon Fibre & Kevlar. This is a critical time to participate.  Please encourage others to complete the survey also! The more data, the better momentum.  We all need a solution that actually tackles the challenges and presents the opportunities unique to our NZ context.  Now is the time to make sure your unique situation is included.  With the support of the professional research team at CIRCUIT (Uni of Auckland) we can do this! Be part of the NZ solution.  Contribute data to enable composites recycling. See full details here. Complete survey here.

CANZ members are encouraged to join the livestream to launch the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Transformation Plan. This Plan has been co-created and is co-owned by business, unions and workers, government, Māori, Pacific peoples, and the wider sector. This launch will recognise the significant contribution made to the Plan’s development over 18 months through sector Steering, Working and Partnership Groups, and consultations on the draft from Whangarei to Invercargill. We hope you’ll be part of celebrating its launch and discussion on immediate next steps. The Industry Transformation Plan will be introduced by the Minister for Economic Development, Hon Stuart Nash, and then presented by the Steering Group Co-Chairs with opportunity for Q&A. Date and time: 13 March 2023, 9.00amRegister for the livestream by 4.00pm, Friday 10 March 2023. Online registration form for the livestream A link to watch the livestream will be sent to your email prior to the launch. Feel free to share this invitation around your networks.More information about the Industry Transformation Plan is available here

We are pleased to announce that the CANZ Conference will be held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 October. Our conference venue is the Centre for Advanced Composite Materials at the University of Auckland Newmarket campus. We are grateful to the University of Auckland for hosting the conference.Members of CANZ are invited to attend at no charge. The programme is as follows: Day 1 – Monday 17th October 2022 08.00 – 08.30Welcome & President’s address08.30 – 09.00MAST Academy presentationJoe Daw, MAST Academy Training Manager09.00 – 09.30Sustainable Composites and Manufacturing – Solutions to reduce environmental impactsChris Moors & Tony Stanton, Gurit (Asia Pacific) Limited09.30 – 09.45New Product Marketing Session – Synthepol PuttiesHS Composites – Richard Kestle09.45 – 10.00Morning Break10.00 – 10.30CANZ Annual Plan: Prospective Projects for next year Vineeth Babu10.30 – 11.15Manufacturing of Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites Dr Tom Allen, University of Auckland11.15 – 12.30Annual General Meeting12.30 – 13.30Lunch13.30 – 14.00Feasibility of Mechanically Recycled GFRPTim McCafferty, University of Auckland14.00 – 14.45Delegation from Composites Australia Kerryn Caulfield, CEO, Composites Australia14.45 – 15.15Afternoon Tea15.15 – 15.45Project Progress Update: Styrene Exposure Monitoring Dr Samuel Keer, Massey University15.45 – 16.15Composites Sector Decarbonization Program Insa Errey, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority16.15 – 16.45Additive Manufacturing demonstration – […]

Vineeth Babu, CANZ Vice President March 09, 2021 Health effects of styrene and other solvents continue to be a significant Occupational Hazard in the composites industry. As styrene is potentially dangerous to the health of workers, WorkSafe New Zealand has lowered the short-term workplace exposure limit for Styrene to 40 ppm and time-weighted average exposure value to 20 ppm. The Health and Safety Work Act 2015 requires the Composites Industry to meet these new exposure standards. To better understand worker exposure to styrene, CANZ has initiated an industry-wide project to gather real-time worker exposure measurements at the manufacturing facilities of some of its members. Read more here.