Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co. Ltd. (NSMAT) will start mass production in Thailand of NS-TEPreg, a carbon fiber prepreg using a thermoplastic resin matrix. Production will start in September...
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Interview: Kureha President Yutaka Kobayashi Talks Strong Results, Expansion Plans
Kureha Corp. (TYO:4023) has been reorganizing its business and taking a flexible approach in planning responses to various industry trends. President Yutaka Kobayashi recently sat down with The Chemical Daily...
Toray Looks to Acquire Dutch Carbon Fiber Composite Maker TCAC
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) announced on March 15 that it will acquire Dutch-based TenCate Advanced Composites Holding BV (TCAC) for 930 million euros ($1.14 billion). A world-leading producer of thermoplastic...
Kaneka Buys Henkel’s Aircraft Composites Business
Kaneka Corp. (TYO:4118) announced on Feb. 1, 2018 that it has acquired the aircraft composites business of German company Henkel’s U.S. subsidiary Henkel Corp. The portfolio includes benzoxazine-based composites, which...
Shinryo Moves Into Carbon Fiber Recycling
Shinryo Corp., a Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (TYO:4188) group company based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, is starting operations in carbon fiber recycling. Since recycled carbon fiber can be offered at...
Materials and Chemical Companies Work to Bolster Business in Automotive Sector
Japan’s materials and chemical companies are making a big push to conduct M&A for automotive operations. The common aim of these manufacturers is to strengthen their marketing prowess with solutions...
Teijin Lines up New Carbon Fiber Plant in the US
Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) announced on Nov. 30 its plans to build a new carbon fiber production facility in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The company this month will establish...
Mitsui Chemicals Looks to Singapore and Japan for Major Investments
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TYO:4183) has solidified its plans to invest in Japan and Singapore under an initiative for the next fiscal period to boost production of Tafmer high-performance elastomer and...
Toray Moves Full Speed Ahead to Create Market for Carbon Fiber Business in South Korea
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. (TAK), a Korean subsidiary of Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402), has been announced to be part of a cluster for the carbon industry in South Korea’s...
Arisawa Develops Prepreg With Three-Minute Curing Time
Arisawa Mfg. Co. Ltd. (TYO:5208) has developed a new fast-curing carbon fiber prepreg. The prepreg can be molded in three minutes using hot pressing, and is compatible with some deep...
Mitsubishi Chemical Develops SMC Hybrid Molding Technology for Auto Structural Materials
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has developed a hybrid molding technology for carbon fiber sheet molding compound (SMC). The firm plans to position the new technology as a core molding technique for...
Nagoya Research Lab Makes World’s First CFRTP-Only Car Chassis
The Nagoya University National Composites Center (NCC) announced on Oct. 16 the first-ever successful production of an automobile chassis using only carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP). This was done by...
China Set to Become Carbon Fiber Superpower – Part 2
China’s carbon fiber manufacturers are mounting an offensive, aggressively expanding production facilities and developing technology. Meanwhile, Japan’s foremost manufacturers also are turning their attention to China, as their biggest market....
China Set to Become Carbon Fiber Superpower – Part 1
Carbon fiber is one new material business where the Chinese government sees future growth. Despite technological shortcomings compared to overseas rivals, China is steadily developing to catch up and increasing...
CCGC President Discusses Growth Strategy Through China’s 13th Five-Year Plan
China Composites Group Corp. Ltd. (CCGC) General Manager Zhang Dingjin recently talked with The Chemical Daily to discuss his company’s management policy and growth strategy for China’s 13th Five-Year Plan,...
Toray to Begin Full-Scale Development of Next-Generation Carbon Fiber
Toray Industries Inc. (TYO:3402) has announced that it will establish development facilities for an innovative process that produces next-generation high-performance carbon fiber. The new facilities will be built on the...
Toray Engineering to Enter Market for CFRP Automotive Part Molding Machines
Toray Engineering Co. Ltd. has announced that it will begin dealing with molding machines for carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) automotive parts. The company plans to achieve this goal by...
Fuji Chimera: Global Additive and Filler Market to Reach 3.5 Trillion Yen by 2020
Fuji Chimera Research Institute Inc. has released a market research report on the additives and fillers used to enhance resin performance and add functional properties. The institute projects the global...
China’s Kangde Group, BAIC Partner to Build Local Carbon Fiber Plant
Kangde Group, a maker of optical films and carbon fiber based in China’s Jiangsu Province, has formed a strategic partnership with major automaker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. Ltd. (BAIC)...
Kaneka to Acquire Applied Poleramic for Full-Scale Entry Into Aerospace
Kaneka Corp. (TYO:4118) recently announced that it will acquire California-based Applied Poleramic Inc., a manufacturer and vendor of compounded resin used in aerospace components and carbon fiber composites. Kaneka will...
