James Cropper Advanced Materials

Season's Greetings from everyone at James Cropper Advanced Materials. As we wrap up another year, we want to thank our customers and suppliers for helping us make a material difference in 2024. We wish you all a restful and joyful festive season. Please note that we will closing at noon on Tuesday 24th December and re-open on Thursday 2nd January.

Introducing the James Cropper Christmas Card 2024 We are thrilled to unveil the James Cropper Christmas Card 2024, the first card produced under our new brand identity. This card is a testament to our brand essence of 'Making a Material Difference,' highlighting our unwavering commitment to world-class service, innovation, and sustainability. Technological Innovation and Sustainable Design The 2024 Christmas card is a blend of cutting-edge technology and sustainable practices. The design features a tree, symbolising Christmas, celebration, and a source of fibre, while the Cropper pigeon, a significant part of our history and heritage, is honoured as a decoration, celebrating our legacy. This intricate design is made possible through advanced in-house embossing capabilities and printing techniques that ensure precision and quality. The geometric pinhead emboss applied to our Forest Green card paper elevate our brand essence and the tactile experience of the card. We offer a choice of more than 30 different embossing patterns, including textile weaves, leathers, rippling effects, and intricate geometrics in grid, spot, or linear formations to further enhance our premium papers and boards. Bespoke patterns can also be developed if required. Premium Materials Printed on our new company colours—Forest Green 270gsm with a Pinhead Emboss and Heritage White 120gsm—this card not only looks stunning but also reflects our dedication to sustainability. The materials used are sourced responsibly, ensuring minimal environmental impact while maintaining the highest standards of quality. A Token of Gratitude This card is more than just a festive greeting; it is a small token of our gratitude for our customers' continued support over the past year. It embodies our appreciation and our commitment to fostering strong, lasting relationships. Acknowledging Our Team A huge thank you to everyone involved in the production, organisation, creation, and distribution of the cards this year. Your hard work and dedication are truly appreciated. This project showcases the incredible teamwork and innovation that define James Cropper. As we celebrate this festive season, we look forward to continuing our journey of innovation and sustainability, making a material difference in everything we do. #JamesCropper #ChristmasCard2024 #Innovation #Sustainability #MakingAMaterialDifference

We are pleased to announce that, in partnership with University of Oxford, we have secured a prestigious grant from the Henry Royce Institute. This collaboration will drive the development of cutting-edge research into carbon fibre materials to improve next-generation battery performance, including faster charging times and greater efficiencies. Read more about this exciting advancement in energy storage: https://lnkd.in/eWXq6CgH #Innovation #BatteryTech #Sustainablility #EnergyStorage

Leaders in advanced materials, we operate at the forefront of material science, working alongside our partners to create solutions to the unique challenges of the electrolyser, fuel cell and battery industries. From specialist component coatings and electrocatalysts that enhance the performance and lifetime of PEM electrolyser systems, to nonwovens widely used as fuel cell Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) substrates, battery electrodes and separators. We manufacture materials that empower our customers to drive the global energy change. Discover more about our materials and how they are making energy technologies more efficient and sustainable in our latest brochure. View it here: https://lnkd.in/ep6ERgds #greenenergy #advancedmaterials #pemelectrolysis #batterytechnologies #fuelcell

This week marks European Hydrogen Week, highlighting the transformative role of hydrogen in decarbonizing the energy supply chain. To recognise, James Cropper hosted a Lunch & Learn for colleagues from James Cropper and James Cropper Paper & Packaging. Led by CTO Dr. David Hodgson, the session covered hydrogen technologies, the "hydrogen rainbow," and the role of our materials in advancing PEM electrolysis, culminating in a hands-on electrolyser-building activity. As a business James Cropper is committed to the advancement of hydrogen, and in particular helping to make hydrogen generation technologies such as PEM electrolysis more efficient and affordable. Our Resillion™ coating technology exemplifies our commitment to making hydrogen generation more efficient and sustainable. If you are visiting the European Hydrogen Week conference in Brussels look out for Jack Williams, CEng, our Business Development Manager who is also attending this week. #pemelectrolysis #greenhydrogen #advancedmaterials #EUH2week

Extend the lifespan, integrity, and resilience of aerocomposites with our advanced, lightweight nonwovens. Engineered for seamless integration, they provide a robust, uniformly distributed thermoplastic layer that significantly enhances fracture toughness and structural durability by up to 430%. Traditional composites can exhibit low fracture toughness and be prone to interlaminar failure, this compromises the mechanical integrity of the structure and is considered a dominant life-limiting failure mode. In aerocomposites this delamination can be caused by damaging events during service, for example, bird strike events or large hailstones, so fracture toughness must be considered in the design process to ensure both safe application and prolonged life of the aircraft. Our range of PPS, PEI and PI veils have been proven to enhance fracture toughness and part durability. They are lightweight (from 5 g/m²), easy to handle and are incorporated directly into the composite lay-up, providing a consistent and uniformly distributed thermoplastic layer. When interleaved between the reinforcement plies before resin infusion they prevent the formation of a resin only layer which is more susceptible to mechanical failure. To find out more visit Fracture Toughness - page on the James Cropper Advanced Materials website or watch our Webinar: Improving Composite Fracture Toughness Using James Cropper Nonwovens. https://lnkd.in/exuJXcZR

We are delighted to announce that we have been invited to speak at the next IACMI – The Composites Institute Innovation Insights Webinar. Caleb F., our Technical Sales Representative for Composites and Mark James PhD, Research Specialist, will be presenting the "Novel Functions of Lightweight Conductive Nonwoven Materials in Composites." In the webinar Caleb and Mark will explore how our flexible, conductive nonwovens are revolutionising composite technology through applications such as EMI shielding, static dissipation and resistive heating. Join us online on Monday 18th November from 12-1 pm EST, click here to find out more and register: https://lnkd.in/eRA7FktA #conductivematerials #EMIshielding #webinar

At James Cropper we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt our process, materials and capability to meet our customers’ requirements. A recent example of this is when we were challenged with rapidly doubling our coating capacity in order to enable one of our customers, an electrolyser manufacturer, to meet their increased production target. In the process, our Resillion™ advanced coating technology was used to coat to key electrolyser components to maximise system efficiency and part durability. The production scale up was successfully implemented over a tight time scale, not only delivering a 100% increase in capacity, but also ensuring that high product quality was maintained and stringent performance criteria met. Read more about the case study here: https://lnkd.in/eYp_Yr2p. Or contact us at enquiries@cropper.com to discuss our Resillion coating technology and how we can help with your technical challenges. #advancedmaterials #resillion #pemelectrolysers 

Today, we announce that Steve Adams has notified the Board of his intention to retire from the Company, stepping down as Chief Executive Officer and from the Board, in early 2025.   Following a rigorous search process led by the Nomination Committee the Board is pleased to announce that David Stirling has been appointed to succeed Steve Adams as Chief Executive Officer. David will join the business as Chief Executive Officer Designate in January 2025 and will be appointed to the Board as Chief Executive Officer following a short handover period.   David was most recently Chief Executive Officer at Zotefoams plc, a Main Market listed pioneer in cellular materials, a position he held for 24 years. Under his leadership, Zotefoams developed a range of technical materials to serve a diverse global customer base and grew from a single UK site to multiple manufacturing operations across the UK, Europe, North America and Asia.    David began his career as a chartered accountant with KPMG in the UK and PricewaterhouseCoopers in the USA and Europe before transitioning into industry. He brings a wealth of leadership, strategic, commercial, operational and technical experience, and is well positioned to lead the Group into its next phase of growth and development. Mark Cropper, Non-Executive Chair, commented:   "I am delighted to welcome David to James Cropper. David has a proven track-record for delivering growth in materials businesses by developing new products and entering new markets across a variety of end-uses on an international scale. I am confident that his strong leadership and strategic outlook will harness the strength and value of our products and services across our global markets and diverse customer base.   "On behalf of the Board, I would also like to thank Steve for his contribution over the last two years as Chief Executive Officer, and prior to that as Managing Director of the Paper & Packaging business. Steve has navigated the business during a challenging period, and leaves James Cropper repositioned for growth as an advanced materials business." Learn more - https://lnkd.in/eZU5c6XN

We've had a great first day at the Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe 2024. This year, our advanced coating technology, Resillion™, takes centre stage. A game changer for PEM electrolyser manufacturers aiming to enhance their systems’ performance and longevity, Resillion™ technology can be deployed across multiple components within the stack, including bi-polar and uni-polar plates, PTLs, sinters, and meshes. The technology offers many advantages including: ▪ Excellent adhesion ▪ Uniform distribution on complex shapes ▪ Excellent resistance to corrosion and oxidation ▪ Enhanced electrical conductivity ▪ No size or shape limitations ▪ Rapidly scalable technology Join the team tomorrow on Stand 1I5, Hall 1A to explore how Resillion™ is setting new standards across hydrogen technologies. https://lnkd.in/gcU49iiu #HydrogenNow #HydrogenTechnologies #AdvancedMaterials #Innovation