About this Event
Composites UK is teaming up with member company, Elsoms Seeds to bring you an exciting new event showcasing the growing, processing and by-product reuse of natural fibres.
Elsoms are at the forefront of seed technology with over 30 years’ experience supplying and treating high quality agricultural seed throughout the UK, using the latest in plant breeding research and seed technology.
Why Harrison Spinks?
One of the companies Elsoms supplies is mattress manufacturers, Harrison Spinks, who grow hemp and flax at its farm near Hornington Manor between April – September.
Once it’s grown, the hemp and flax are put through a decortification line where the fibres are separated before being blended with other natural fibres into mattress fillings.
The dust from their manufacturing process is then compacted into ‘bricks’, which are used in the biomass boiler that fuels the farm, coming full circle.
Who should attend?
Anyone wishing to learn more about natural fibres, how they are grown, how they can be processed for manufacturing and how they can contribute to a net-zero production line.
Programme
9.30am – 10am Registration
10am – 11am Presentations from:
· Elsoms
· SHD Composite Materials
· Innovate UK
· Harrison Spinks
· Q&A session
11.am – 12.45pm Field and processing tours in groups
12.45pm Lunch
1.30pm Close
A meeting of the Composites UK Sustainability Sub-Group will take place from 1.30pm- 4pm.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hornington Manor, Oxton Lane, Bolton Percy, United Kingdom