Toray Industries Inc has developed a new variety of regular tow carbon fibre with an outstanding combination of cost and performance and has decided to build a new carbonization facility for mass production at the Mexico plant.
The new plant is expected to start production at the end of 2018.
Until now, Toray Group has lined up a wide range of products from ultra-high-performance carbon fibres for aerospace applications to high strength and average elastic modulus carbon fibres that are increasingly being adopted for industrial applications.
This increase is led by the robust demand in the automotive industry. Carbon fibre needs are expected to diversify further, and the demand for overall industrial applications is expected to expand exponentially as electric and fuel cell vehicles begin adopting carbon fibres in full scale.
To respond to this demand growth, Toray has been advancing the development of new varieties of regular tow, which has impressive cost and performance characteristics. A new Toray product, Z600, a new variety developed by the company, has physical properties that are in between large tow, which Zoltek currently produces, and regular tow, which has a track record in applications such as pressure vessels. The company plans to promote the material for industrial applications such as used in the automotive industry, which is expected to drive carbon fibre demand.
Toray Industries Inc has developed a new variety of regular tow carbon fibre with an outstanding combination of cost and performance and has decided to build a new carbonization facility for mass production at the Mexico plant.
The new plant is expected to start production at the end of 2018.
Until now, Toray Group has lined up a wide range of products from ultra-high-performance carbon fibres for aerospace applications to high strength and average elastic modulus carbon fibres that are increasingly being adopted for industrial applications.
This increase is led by the robust demand in the automotive industry. Carbon fibre needs are expected to diversify further, and the demand for overall industrial applications is expected to expand exponentially as electric and fuel cell vehicles begin adopting carbon fibres in full scale.
To respond to this demand growth, Toray has been advancing the development of new varieties of regular tow, which has impressive cost and performance characteristics. A new Toray product, Z600, a new variety developed by the company, has physical properties that are in between large tow, which Zoltek currently produces, and regular tow, which has a track record in applications such as pressure vessels. The company plans to promote the material for industrial applications such as used in the automotive industry, which is expected to drive carbon fibre demand.
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