Bcomp’s innovative ampliTex and powerRibs, carbon-neutral composite reinforcements made entirely from flax fiber, have already been used in motorsport and high-end furniture applications.

They make the most of flax’s mechanical properties and are now used in creating composite parts with high stiffness, resistance to breakage, torsion, and compression for the shell of tough and sturdy luggage. Using appropriate care and processes, the materials also offer surface finish applicable for luxury product applications.

Circle One is HORIZN STUDIOS’s European-made sustainable luggage range, harnessing ampliTex in its BioX technology, a patented hard-shell luggage innovation. With a much lower carbon footprint than carbon fiber or aluminum – including energy consumption in manufacture and use of a bio-based resin – BioX is one of the most sustainable hardcase luggage materials on the market.

HORIZN STUDIOS’s new Circle One sustainable luggage range makes use of ampliTex material.

ampliTex is some of the most sustainable composite technologies available today, particularly in the high-performance category. Analysis of past projects has shown that Bcomp’s technologies can provide a material emission reduction of 90% when compared to its most commonly used equivalent, carbon fiber. Overall, they offer an outstanding 80-85% cradle-to-gate emission reduction, while retaining many of the performance benefits.

Thanks to ampliTex, BioX is not only a more sustainable material, but it even allows to eliminate some petroleum-based materials that would normally be used from the manufacturing process.

Unlike other luggage materials that would be sent to landfill at the end of their useful life, the Circle One range has various end-of-life recycling options thanks to Bcomp’s flax fiber composite technologies. ampliTex also opens up the possibility of repair, rather than replace.