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Carbon fibres

Toho Tenax of Tokyo, Japan, is introducing a flame-retardant (FR) thermoplastic prepreg reinforced with high-modulus carbon fibres.

Japanese companies Toray Industries Inc of Tokyo and Toyota Tsusho Corp of Nagoya are to develop a recycling process for carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs). 

Effective from the beginning of 2016, SGL has formed a new business unit, Composites – Fibers and Materials (CFM), combining its existing activities in composites with those for carbon fibres for t

A 3200-g.m–2 quadraxial carbon fibre fabric has been launched by Vectorply Corp of Phenix City, Alabama, USA. 

Toho Tenax Co Ltd has revised and renewed a long-term contract to supply its Pyromex oxidized polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibre to UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), part of United Technologies Corp (UTC). 

Microwave carbonization and plasma surface treatment technologies for the production of carbon fibres have been developed by Toho Tenax Co Ltd of Tokyo, Japan. 

A mass-producible carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) leaf spring for railroad trucks is being developed by Toho Tenax Co Ltd and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. 

A mass-producible carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) leaf spring for railroad trucks is being developed by Toho Tenax Co Ltd and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. 

Multi-national computer manufacturer Dell is partnering with plastics producer SABIC to introduce reclaimed carbon fibre into its Latitude and Alienware laptops.

Trials at the Hohenstein Institute in Germany suggest that biotechnology can be used to open-up entirely new ways of recycling carbon fibre composites. 

Researchers in the USA have developed a spinning technique that enables them to improve both the strength and modulus of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibres. 

SGL Group plans to customize carbon fibres for thermoplastic matrices as part of the €2.9-million MAI CaFeE (Carbon Fiber with enhanced Elongation) project.

Toho Tenax Co has introduced a new grade of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibre that it claims combines high strength and high tensile modulus.

Two companies have won funding to develop graphene-enhanced sizings for carbon fibres.

Carbon fibre and carbon composites set for steady growth

While there is a lot of publicity regarding the growing use of carbon fibre in cars(1), the automotive market has a long way to go to catch up with the biggest user of the material—the aerospace and defence sector. Joining our team of regular contributors, Composites Editor Amanda Jacob summarizes the findings of the latest report on the global markets for carbon fibre and carbon composites.

Audi AG has placed an order with Voith GmbH for the high-volume production of a carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) component for one of the carmaker’s future models. 

Praedium, an investment company based in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, has purchased a majority share in the Burgos, Spain-based acrylic fibre manufacturer, Montefibre Hispania SA.

Austria-based Lenzing Group has sold its majority stake in European Carbon Fiber (ECF) GmbH, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Dolan GmbH.

The first-ever GOCarbon Fiber North America will take place in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 20–22 July 2015.

Toray Industries and its subsidiary Toray Carbon Fibers Europe (CFE) have completed the construction of a plant to produce carbon fibre precursors at the existing CFE facility in Lacq/Abidos, France.

Hexcel Corp is to spend US$250 million on new precursor and carbon fibre lines at a production plant in Roussillon, France.

Carbon fibre textiles specialist Sigmatex will spend US$12 million to build a facility in the John W. Matthews Industrial Park in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA.
The opening of a facility to make specialist carbon fabrics in Anderson, South Carolina, USA, has been announced by Chomarat Textiles Industries.
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