A new and revolutionary material made from the humble carrot could soonbegin to replace materials such as glass fibre and carbon fibre in allsorts of things, from fishing rods to car parts.

Through a special new process, nano fibres found in carrots and createdby the energy of Mother Nature, are extracted and combined with resins.The result is a tough and durable component that can be moulded towhatever shape, degree of stiffness, strength or weight required.

With colourful backgrounds that have taken them from universityresearch to being involved in advanced aerospace technologies, theCurran inventors Dr David Hepworth and Dr Eric Whale, are poised torevolutionise manufacturing. A unique range of biofibre’ fly fishingrods are one of the first things to roll off their company’s productionline.

Dr Hepworth said. ‘The potential of Curran is enormous. If we canreplace a small percentage of carbon fibre in our products, the effectson the environment could be significant and wide ranging.’ And DrHepworth believes that this new technology can be developed further. Itis not limited to just carrots. There could also be composites madefrom turnips, swede and parsnips.

‘The irony,’ he concludes, ‘is that the main ingredients for achieving this major step forward have been with us all along.’

Contact: Cellucomp Limited,
Unit 3, West Dock, Harbour Place, Burntisland,
Fife, Scotland, KY3 9DW
Tel: +44 (0)1592 870 335
Website: www​.cellucomp​.com

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