Toray to establish carbon fibre plant in US

Toray to establish carbon fibre plant in US

Coray to establish carbon fibre plant in us Complete set of production moulds for the fabrication of polyester units, to be used as: a garden house ...

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Coray to establish carbon fibre plant in us

Complete set of production moulds for the fabrication of polyester units, to be used as: a garden

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Height:

9 ft

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Specialists wet laid fibre processing Veils and mats far surface engineering of composites made from glass, polyester, carbon, nickel coated carbon, aramid ond refractory fibres impart

* High quality surface finish * Reducedmicrocrocking 8 microporosity * Increased hoop strength * Weor resistance

* Surface conductivity * EMIIRFIShielding * Static protection * Chemical resistance * Passivefire protection to your fabrications

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APANESE carbon fibre lroducer Toray is estabshing its first US producion facility, Toray Carbon ‘ibers America Inc (CFA). The plant, for making lolyacrylonitrile (PAN): ased carbon fibre, will bbe situated at Monsanto’s P)ecatur plant in Alabama. at IIt will be capitalized 45 million with 95% SB from Toray and C,oming from Toray t he remainder IIndustries (America) Inc. Iit will feature a $70 milline with liion production capacity of a n annual 1 800 tonnes and is schedtied to come on-stream in : ipril 1999. When the plant is :omplete the Toray : group’s annual producion capacity for carbon will total : ‘ibres including I‘300 tonnes, tonne Ehime t he 4700 slant in Japan and the Soficar plant : $00 tonne i n France, 70% of which i s owned by Toray. The will further c:xpansion Toray’s posis;trengthen t.ion as the world’s largest <:arbon fibre producer.

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The company says that current global demand for carbon fibre is in the region of 11 000 tonnes a year. This centres on industrial applications in civil engineering and construction as well as ships, vehicles and tanks for compressed natural gas fuelled vehicles. Over the next decade, it forecasts that demand will grow rapidly, surpassing the 21 000 tonne level by 2005. This trend is behind Toray’s decision to establish production in the USA, the world’s largest market for carbon fibre accounting for 40% of demand. The firm says it will initially procure precursor from its Ehime plant, but that it aims to integrate the CFA production facilities at an early stage. To this end, it will sign a contract with Monsanto a major US acrylonitrile producer to lease a 200 000 m2 site at its Decatur plant.