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Champions of Change: Empowering Bamboo for a better Future
Dedicated volunteers steer the World Bamboo Organization. The Ambassadors work independently but are connected as a team, and we collaborate to expand the potential of our actions and our mission.
Edouard Sherwood
France
Fiber and composites
Edouard Sherwood is Chartered engineer in mechanical engineering with robotics from Surrey University, Guildford, UK.
He worked for R&D small & medium companies in Toulouse, France, designing robots and special machines for the semi-conductors, the medical sector and aeronautics.
He then became consultant in aeronautics for companies such as LIEBHERR AEROSPACE or AIRBUS leading international projects. Quickly, he became Team Leader of a group of engineers working for AIRBUS.
In 2010, Edouard took advantage of a Voluntary Redundancy Plan to tackle an ambitious project in the field of sustainable development and founded COBRATEX. With over 24 years’ experience, he is currently COBRATEX’ CEO.
He developed a specific mechanically based technology to extract very thin bamboo strips and weld them together in order to obtain a continuous reinforcement for composite materials. An international patent protects this innovation. The company has started production and business is growing fast. The company is currently launching its first industrialisation steps.
