Arapaha BV
Arapaha is a purpose driven start-up based in Maastricht, The Netherlands. We make it possible to fundamentally change how things in and around your house are made and remade.
We develop an endless loop system to make products and manage materials, so they never run out. When designing, we prefer to use bio-based materials and make sure every part can be disassembled and recycled back to its molecules. This is how we create products that are as evocative and beautifully functional now and in the future. Again and again.
Contact details
Jörn Behage
Co-founder, Co-owner
+31 6 25338667
jorn.behage@arapaha.com
Sint Antoniuslaan 22C
Maastricht6221 XK
The Netherlands
Design and simulation
3D Product design of durable consumer goods (own collection and cooperation with partners)
Materials
Development and application of PLA composites: Comingled yarns, braided PLA hybrid composites, Non-woven PLA composites, Foam applications, SMC, sheets, coatings, etc.
Material
Hybrid PLA composites & Injection moulded PLA
aprox. 850 grms
Machinery and tooling
Combined processes
Advantages
Light weight Paddle with improved kinetic energy flow to the blade
Production
Prototyping, production, assembly of composite parts/products
Development status
Prototype
Process optimization and consulting
Virtual testing, Life Cycle Management, Molecular recycling of PLA
Development partners
Hardy Advanced Composites, Ltd & Aqualyte Ltd.
Our use cases
Aqualyte
The Aqualyte paddle blade is a light weight Paddle, specially developed for Paddle boards. The concept is based on a fully recyclable bio-based design which can be recovered and recycled after its usefull life. Several grades of PLA are used in the composites as well the injection moulded parts.
Further information
Arapaha Products
News and Events:
Launching PLA surfboard fins late Summer 2021
Launching PLA rugs Q4 2021
Extend recycling study and pilot plant proofs for molecular recycling of PLA, Q2 2022
Looking for cooperation for
Research
Brand partners for the development of fully recyclable bio-based products
Experiences with consumer behaviour